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So here is what I ended up with for my vent/drains. The cleanout is facing away from this pic, its in the bedroom closet, I will frame in a access panel. have the drain at 18" height, I measure the other two bathrooms in the houst and that was about where they set. ANything obviously wrong? I...

Yes I verified that is present, its capped off in the basement, not exactly in the ideal location but I am grateful its already there. i'll make it work. Thanks again to all of you for your advice.

I did, the drain looked like it elbowed back toward the shower. I ran a hose down and could not go but 18", so I used a roll of romex and got much farther , about 3' maybe 4' and could hear the romex near the toilet PVC but never saw it. same at the shower could hear but didn't see it

Thank you sir ! I am going to go that direction. nd thanks to all the other replies, all of your info has been valuable! John

So here is a picture of all the pipes. I ran a romex down the pipes and the arrows indicate the direction the pipes travel. I put the romex down the 3" and it sounded like it was very close to the toilet drain, not so much with the 1 1/2" pvc. I never could get the romex to show up at another...

It would be another 4 ft of dirt to move. If I could do it over I'd have a straight stair from garage to basement with 9 foot ceiling.... live and learn i guess.

I have a 1 yr old house, has Anderson Windows in the basement, side sliding. Is there a way to remove the 'fixed' side of the window?? I need to get drywall in to the basement, 54" wide drywall and the only way would be to get both sides of the window glass out. Thanks in advance. John

@Sparky - With the sliding window side pulled out it's 42" corner to corner - I have been searching for HOW TO on removing the stationary side, but not having much luck. I called the company who installed the windows and they wouldn't just come out and remove the stationary side, even for $$.. I...

I am buying all the drywall from a local drywall supply, they will deliver and carry down for 1$ extra per sheet. The stairwell is 5' wide and about 16' high - Not sure if a 12' will go down the stairs. I HAVE carried 10' x 4' down there as a test and it will go easily. The guy at the drywall...

@Nealtw - there are no drains connected in this bathroom.....attached a pic of what I have. The two on the right are the ones in question the left is the toilet

Ok I am finishing basement. I have 4 rough ins, one shower, one toilet, and then 2 PVC's next to each other , a 1 1/2" and a 3". I presume one is a vanity drain, the other is ... ?? toilet vent? shower vent? This was all put in when house was built last year. I had the plumbing co. put in a...

Ahhh very good ideas all. Thanks so much. The floor joists are 16" oc and run the 16' 9" width. I was planning on running 12' x 4' sheets but had'nt thought of the 54" sheets. Thanks!!

I am finishing a basement the family room is 16' 9" wide by 31' long. Any ideas on things I could do to take that 9" out of play as fas as drywalling the ceiling? I have done drywall/tape/mud but am not in love with having a 9" wide strip all the way down one side of the room. Thanks in...

I am finishing basement, in the bath, the plumber left very little gap under the toilet flange for tile. the tile will fit under if forced a little, once thinset is down I'm not sure what will fit or not. Is it ok to not put the tile under the flanger and just around (i.e cut a circle in the...

The existing circuit IS 4 wire and dryer is about 4 years old so it uses the ground. I planned on either mounting the junction box on the ceiling with a label inside the cover as to what/where it goes OR pull it all about 8 feet through the ceiling and mounting inside the furnace room on the...

I am remodeling master bath on 2nd floor. Current laundry is in basement, want to move the 220 and 110 circuits for the laundry up to 2nd floor. What I was thinking was: - Would like to stack washer/dryer in current space where fiberglass shower stall is - Will remove shower enclosure and...