Waster discharge pipe size ? - Plumbers say tear up my new slab to up size risers

[newbury]

Make sure everybody eats a lot of prunes, that should keep stuff flowing.

 

[kenmac]

This is the one time I wish there was an inspection. We are in the country so no inspections.

Some of you keep telling him to check with inspections

 

[nybirdman]

All toilets are 3" discharge,3" riser to a 4" main is fine.Your "new" plumber is dead wrong.Make sure you have adequate venting.

 

[Gary Fowler]

All toilets are 3" discharge,3" riser to a 4" main is fine.Your "new" plumber is dead wrong.Make sure you have adequate venting.

That is what is in my house that was built 6 years ago and everything works fine. I am not even sure that a 4" riser hub would fit the toilet bowl bolts!!

 

[JRobyn]

Some of you keep telling him to check with inspections

Or "go with the code requirement" which are non-existent in his area.

Sad how people will post in a thread without reading it.

 

[PILOON]

20 years with 3" here (4" from house to septic) with no problems and I'm equipped low flush.
Heck one house even had RV toilets that are VERY VERY low flush. (and 22 years B4 pumping the tank)

 

[oosik]

Whoa, right there, tall dark stranger. I live way out in the country - there are no plumbing inspections out here, but we sure do have a state plumbing code. When I lived in Alaska there were only plumbing inspections within the designated municipalities(counties) but there was still a state wide plumbing code that applied everywhere.

 

[Sysop]

Some of you keep telling him to check with inspections

Just because he lives outside of where inspections occur, does not mean the code officials are clueless as to what works and what doesn't in their area.

I personally would be shocked if there are any issues from 3" off the thrones to a 4" main. It's how many are done here and have been so for many years. Very seldom are there issues and those issues are never resulting from the 3" off the toilets.

 

[kenmac]

Just because he lives outside of where inspections occur, does not mean the code officials are clueless as to what works and what doesn't in their area.

Don't know what you mean by this. He has said there are no inspections in his area.
If there are no inspections in his area, why would there be any code officials ?

Inspections or not. Most places are now using international plumbing codes. There may be some still using state code, but most are following international codes for plumbing , gas, mechanical, building, fire

Are plumbers in his state required to pass a state exam and be certified before performing any plumbing work ? I have no clue. If they do, the plumber should have a card with a state certification number.

Here, we have a state plumbing board that governs all plumbers. If you have a problem,and the plumber doesn't try to resolve the issues. You contact the plumbing board

 

[Sysop]

What I mean is: just because he is rural and inspections do not take place at his location, that doesn't mean the code officials in the most local city to him are not familiar with the way such things are done in that general area. Just because he can't have an inspector come look at his site doesn't mean he can't visit (or call) them and pose a rather simple and straight forward question.