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Identifying a cast iron hub

Home Improvement Asked by peter a g on February 25, 2021

Our house is on a concrete slab. We are planning on installing a second-floor full bathroom, and hoping to connect the new bathroom 3” PVC waste pipe to the below-grade drainage system at this point:

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I think that this (oakum/lead filled) fitting connects the visible 2 inch pipe to a 3 inch, cast iron pipe buried below the concrete: on the one hand there is ‘3-2’ molded on the exterior, and on the other hand, a few feet downstream, there is a WC that must feed into that very same submerged cast iron pipe.

But I could not find this fitting/hub on the web to be absolutely sure.

Does a) anyone recognize the fitting to identify it? Well enough to provide a specific reference? [I have no guess as to the meaning of the XH molded in high relief on the fitting.] And b) do you agree that it is fitted to a submerged 3 inch pipe?

Assuming some positive answers to the preceding, my follow-up question is: will I have to remove the hub/fitting to connect the new 3” PVC? Namely, does this fitting constitute the equivalent of a 3 inch diameter ‘long radius 90 degree elbow’ or (better) a 45 degree elbow?
I am assuming that the fitting will have to go, and I will have to break up enough of the concrete to join to the hoped-for, 3-inch cast iron pipe.

To be clear: we are replacing/removing the 2” DWV pipe in the image above.

FWIW – I am drawing up plans to submit to the town, and would like them to correspond somewhat to reality.

Thanks in advance!

  • Edit: As Ecnerwal points out in the comments, the ‘XH’ surely means ‘extra heavy.’

One Answer

Pull this out.

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Charlotte Pipe 3-in x 2-in dia Reducer Cast Iron Fitting, Lowes

And put this in.

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Fernco 3 in. Hub x Cast Iron Service Schedule 40 Weight Donut, ferguson.com

If it doesn't connect to a 90 degree elbow hooked to a wye laying on its side, it was done wrong in the first place. That's the only situation you should have to bust up concrete.

Correct answer by Mazura on February 25, 2021

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