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What is the intended plan with this basement rough-in plumbing?

Home Improvement Asked by burtonjeeplj on April 23, 2021

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I am currently planning out the framing portion of my project and I am trying to figure out what is what with the rough in plumbing you see in the picture. I don’t have any plumbing experience and plan to hire someone for that part but I want to know what’s what so I frame accordingly. Anyone know? Thanks in advance.

3 Answers

I think Jack is right--here looks to only be one water line so that maroon would be for the toilet. I would expect the vent to be in the wall, and the 1-1/2" or 2” pvc to be a sink drain. The toilet was probably planned to be at a 45 degree angle.

A sink requires a outlet within 36” so that electrical may be for that once the studs have been installed on the stem wall. With only one water line an on-demand or small water heater may have been the plan.

Answered by Ed Beal on April 23, 2021

The OP shows a typical corner in a bathroom with the toilet waste located near the corner.

Based on that, the code requirement (See ICC Figure 307.1) for clearances is 15” minimum from center of toilet to side wall or obstruction (cabinet, tub, etc.) Here is the code layout:

https://shop.iccsafe.org/media/wysiwyg/material/8950P235-sample.pdf

Please notice that the 15” side clearance runs all the way to the wall. This is impossible with a corner toilet. See American Standard CORNER toilet:

https://assets.supply.com/ul_pdfs/415662_installguide.pdf

As you can see, the tank is about 20” wide where it meets the wall. In order to meet code, the tank would need to be 30” wide.

So, let’s assume Ed and the OP intends to build a diagonal wall and install a standard toilet on that wall. In order to meet code, the wall would need to be a minimum of 30” (actually it would need to be 32” after gypsum board is installed and still obtain the 30” minimum clearance.)

In order to build such a wall, it will need to be a minimum of 16” out from the corner...and clearly it would cover the existing rough-in.

Summary:

1) A corner toilet does not meet code, and

2) The OP cannot build a diagonal wall and meet the code with the required clearances, unless they chip out the concrete slab and move the existing rough-in.

(Btw, in my comments, I didn’t say a corner toilet can’t be installed or is never installed, I said it doesn’t meet code. I’m surprised Lane County allowed such an installation, because the are known for strictly following the code.)

Answered by Lee Sam on April 23, 2021

Here's why I think a corner mount toilet meets code. This is takn from one of the references Lee Sam provided. The measurements in RED were scaled from the American Standard drawing and may be off by an inch or two.

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Answered by SteveSh on April 23, 2021

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