So our basement was poured with a bathroom rough-in. As I'm finally in the process of finishing the basement, I am preparing for the plumbing. I have encountered a bit of an issue that I'm trying to see what options I have for solving. When the builders roughed in the plumbing, they cut off the PVC drain pipe flush to ground level and stuck a plastic cap on it, with nothing sticking up to connect to it. Are adapters available to fit the inside of the pipe so I can get it off the floor surface and hook my drains up to it? The toilet and the vent hookups are both well off ground level so they're fine. I can't figure out why they did it this way but I need to resolve it, while avoiding any concrete work in the process. Ribald, kirksss32 need not respond.
Pictures! Need pictures! What drain are you tying to connect? A shower drain? A break-out-the-hose-and-wash-it-all-down drain?
Pics are boring, it's just a PVC pipe cut off flush to the concrete floor. The drain is the tub/sink drain. Carl hit it right on, 'pipe extenders' is what I am looking for. Didn't know if they made them or what they're called. Thanks mods!
I think he meant pictures of you actually dong some work or is this just one of your long drawn out process of over analyzing the project to get out of doing any work
You'r just angling for some pics of me, and I am going to pass on that, werido. Thanks for the link though. This leaves me wondering why those hippies would build it that way to begin with. I popped the caps off and checked them, and the flush-cut one is the drain, with the U trap plumbed under the concrete as it should be. Why they cut it off flush is beyond me.
An internal coupling will lead to clogs. Chip the concrete away around the pipe, and put a regular coupling on it.
It's really the only way.... the only way to do it right, that is. There are hundreds of ways to rig that up so it 'works'. Chip away the concrete, glue on a connector, patch the concrete with hydraulic cement or redi-mix. Big deal, it's not like you'll ever see this repair. Start to finish, maybe 45 minutes and $10 in materials.
Then, by all means, ignore the advice of the contractor and do it in a way that will give you headaches later. You deserve it for hiring hippies in the first place. With any luck, the pipes are connected properly under the concrete
Enough, ladies. You can stop pontificating now (one reason I asked ribald not to respond). I expected ribald to ignore the request of a fellow member, but Sean surprised me a bit here. I mean, you can read, right?
You started this thread at 12:25pm EST. It's now 1:33pm EST. Had you done what I said you should do, you would now have a useable 1 1/2" PVC pipe sticking out of your basement floor to hunker down on, or whatever.
