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J.C.

2006-06-12, 12:21 pm

In putting in a toilet in my workshop, can I run the vent pipe (4" PVC) from
the toilet up to the ceiling and then use a 90 and run it out the eaves,
instead of having to cut a hole in my ceiling and roof?



chuckster

2006-06-12, 10:21 pm

It MUST go through the roof.


J.C. wrote:
> In putting in a toilet in my workshop, can I run the vent pipe (4" PVC) from
> the toilet up to the ceiling and then use a 90 and run it out the eaves,
> instead of having to cut a hole in my ceiling and roof?


DAC

2006-06-13, 10:21 am

Are you going to run a 4" vent? It's not necessary...2 will do ya
(easier to work through walls) and through the roof it'll hafta go!

Good luck,

Darwin


J.C. wrote:
> In putting in a toilet in my workshop, can I run the vent pipe (4" PVC) from
> the toilet up to the ceiling and then use a 90 and run it out the eaves,
> instead of having to cut a hole in my ceiling and roof?


Glenn

2006-06-13, 11:21 am



"DAC" <darwincam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150204294.866347.265190@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
> Are you going to run a 4" vent? It's not necessary...2
> will do ya (easier to work through walls) and through the
> roof it'll hafta go!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Darwin


Around here, you can use 2" but a foot below the roof and through
the roof, it has to be 3" in case frost freezes over it. (Their
theory, not mine. I have never seen it.)

J.C.

2006-06-13, 1:21 pm


"Glenn" <pilcheg@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "DAC" <darwincam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1150204294.866347.265190@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>
> Around here, you can use 2" but a foot below the roof and through the
> roof, it has to be 3" in case frost freezes over it. (Their theory, not
> mine. I have never seen it.)


Just in case you guys are advising from a code standpoint, I am not governed
by any code. We are way out in the country, with no code countywide. My only
concern is if it will work the way I intend to do it. I'm using 4" PVC, went
up to the ceiling, turned left and went to the wall. I've stopped there for
the time being. What I want to know is if I run it through the wall, under
the eaves and then do a 90 upward for about 12" to 18", will it do the
venting job?





Glenn

2006-06-13, 1:21 pm

Don't get a spark up there. Methane (sewer gas) gas will really
raise the roof. Some codes make sense.

"J.C." <jccsplace@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Glenn" <pilcheg@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:jazjg.18797$3q2.16934@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>
> Just in case you guys are advising from a code
> standpoint, I am not governed by any code. We are way out
> in the country, with no code countywide. My only concern
> is if it will work the way I intend to do it. I'm using
> 4" PVC, went up to the ceiling, turned left and went to
> the wall. I've stopped there for the time being. What I
> want to know is if I run it through the wall, under the
> eaves and then do a 90 upward for about 12" to 18", will
> it do the venting job?


J.C.

2006-06-13, 2:21 pm


"Glenn" <pilcheg@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Don't get a spark up there. Methane (sewer gas) gas will really raise the
> roof. Some codes make sense.
>



What difference would it make if I got a spark there or somewhere else that
it came through the roof.

All I'm asking is will it work?


DAC

2006-06-13, 4:21 pm


> All I'm asking is will it work?


I'm sure it will vent the system...however flat horizontals in plumbing
are bad.

I'm also sure it would be butt ugly. Is there a specific reason you
don't want to go through the roof?

J.C.

2006-06-13, 5:21 pm


"DAC" <darwincam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I'm sure it will vent the system...however flat horizontals in plumbing
> are bad.


It's much shorter, 6', than what I've read are acceptable for 4" pipe, which
is suposedly 12'.

>
> I'm also sure it would be butt ugly.


Ugly is not a concern. We are so far out in the country that we get our
email by UPS. Nobody is going to see it.

Is there a specific reason you
> don't want to go through the roof?
>


It's a metal roof and my previous experience with metal roofs just tells me
I don't want to go cutting holes in it.



DAC

2006-06-14, 9:21 am

Well then by all means go for it! I can appreciate your take on metal
roofs...they certianly can be a PITA.

Best of luck to you!


J.C. wrote:
> "DAC" <darwincam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1150223468.584903.271110@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> It's much shorter, 6', than what I've read are acceptable for 4" pipe, which
> is suposedly 12'.
>
>
> Ugly is not a concern. We are so far out in the country that we get our
> email by UPS. Nobody is going to see it.
>
> Is there a specific reason you
>
> It's a metal roof and my previous experience with metal roofs just tells me
> I don't want to go cutting holes in it.


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