I am interested in adding a bathroom to my basement and I want to do all the work myself including the plumbing and I will use copper piping.Is there a website that can give me step by step instructions and diagrams on how to install a bathroom in a basement.I will be installing a 1/2 bath toilet,sink and shower.
2007-12-31 16:25:02 · 7 answers · asked by classy48292 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I really suggest you get a plumber.
Copper now has a 50 year warranty to the homeowner.
But if you don't know how to put it in, get someone that does.
Concerning the answer above me, PVC in most states is legal for drainage inside the house only. Not the water system.
BTW, what you described is called a 3/4 bath.
2008-01-01 00:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by rangedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to use a regular toilet but I'm not sure it's ur best answer. You as you have stated would have to have a raised plaform with a tank for the fluid and waste to drain to.... but here is where the tricky part comes..... you would have to invest in a sewage grinder and pump to raise the waste into the sewer line. I can't imagine that your sewer line is below your basement floor. In my house it is about 4 1/2 ft above the floor where it leaves the basement. your sink and shower could also drain into the same waste holding tank. They would also have to be raised. Last I heard for proper waste drainage (with solids) the drop is 1 inch every 10 feet..... too much or too little will not move solids properly. If you use a flush up toliet then the only thing you would need would be a regular pump and a holding tank to move the waste water from the sink and shower since there would be no solids too move. I don't know what the plumbing code is for hooking into the 4 inch line you speak of. There will have to be some drain traps to prevent sewer gasses from getting back into the house.... or perhaps the pump is a sealed system.... I am not familiar with them.
2016-05-28 08:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by myung 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well......enough said from the previous two commentarys....here in Canada, many homes have the sanitary drain located beneath the basement floor and if it isn't then we install a sewage ejector in the floor. For your sake - try http://www.masterplumber.com. They can offer some online assitance.
2007-12-31 18:10:17 · answer #3 · answered by Rob O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you have installed a bathroom before,when you go in the cellar the rules change.
You'll need to install a siphon pump to flush the toilet and waste water up to the sewer line and for that you need a plumber.
Copper tubing are great but PVC pipes will do the job as well.
2007-12-31 16:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by domedweller2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why in god's name do people persist in attempting to defy all the laws of physics and common sense and do this.....is beyond me.
$#i+ does not flush uphill.
I preached this constantly around here. Don't have finished basements below ground and DO NOT put toilets below flood level.
This summer we got 10" of rain here. All my work buddies that had been bragging about their newly finished basements and wet bars were crying the blues and taking days off of work to care for their destroyed basements.
One guy I didn't like literally had $#i+ shooting up out of his toilet until it filled his basement to the ceiling tiles. I laughed.
Obey gravity. It's been here longer than you have.
2007-12-31 16:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Think ejector pump. All bathroom fixtures drain into ejector and pump up to sewer. Even if sewer is below slab. Avoid floods if the sewer ever backed up.
2008-01-01 07:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to ask on a message board how to put in a bathroom, you shouldn't be doing it. You should be asking how do I find a good contractor to put in a bathroom.
2008-01-01 02:50:30 · answer #7 · answered by One Bad Mama Jama 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋