My Industrial Cabin Build

[WoodChuckDad]

Looks like you are moving along nicely. Building on a slope so you don't have to dig as much is cheating. :laughing:

My own house is 88' long and I had to dig the entire length because the septic was on the south end and my mud room bath was on the north end.

Remember to take pictures of all the plumbing as you go, later on it might come in handy.

Waste pipe exits the front (south)in both sides of the house. No waste crosses from west to east. All from north to south. Only mild exception is kitchen sink which runs less than ten feet east before heading south Lots of pictures being taken. But this will have a complete hydronic heat system above it, in slab. If I get it wrong I'm in a bad way. I am going careful and meticulous and putting clean outs at the start of each run. This plumbing should outlive me. Pretty much everything in this house should last long enough that everyone has forgotten my name by the time any serious changes are needed.

 

[cat fever]

I might have mentioned this in a different thread;

A couple years ago we had to pump out our septic tank, easy enough only we couldn't find the riser. We dug all over where I thought it was. ( I was there when it was put in) After a few hours I said "man I wish we would have taken some pictures of the install" My wife disappeared and came back with a few pictures of the house while being framed and the septic system being installed. Those saved us a lot of time. I was only off about 50' were I thought the riser was. :laughing: Anyway after seeing the pictures we found the riser with the first dig.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I took a couple days off and worked on the plumbing. I am not fast. We had a pretty big storm Sunday so all of Sunday was a loss, due to rain.

 

[EddieWalker]

Is that 4 inch? Is that code there?

Nice seeing the purple primer, you'll never have to worry about it ever coming apart.

Drain lines are like art, there is just something about it that makes me happy when I see it.

 

[hawkeye08]

When we built our house, a friend was a commercial plumber and drew the plumbing on our blueprints. We took the prints down to the local lumber/plumping/electrical store, grabbed a shopping cart and filled it as we went through the drawing. We installed it ourselves, inserted the blocking plugs, filled with water (using roof vents) and then called for inspection. It was a week before the inspector came out, no water added, no leaks, passed first try.

I'm sure you'll do fine, take your time. Looking good so far.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Is that 4 inch? Is that code there?

Nice seeing the purple primer, you'll never have to worry about it ever coming apart.

Drain lines are like art, there is just something about it that makes me happy when I see it.

I could use 3 inch but I opted to put in 4 inch for the waste lines from all three toilets, out. All the rest is 2 inch. I used the cleaner and primer and heavy duty cement. Hoping to never have to think about it again.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

When we built our house, a friend was a commercial plumber and drew the plumbing on our blueprints. We took the prints down to the local lumber/plumping/electrical store, grabbed a shopping cart and filled it as we went through the drawing. We installed it ourselves, inserted the blocking plugs, filled with water (using roof vents) and then called for inspection. It was a week before the inspector came out, no water added, no leaks, passed first try.

I'm sure you'll do fine, take your time. Looking good so far.

I'm taking my time and trying to prep each piece as best I possibly can. Like most things associated with the house it's all in the prep work. Digging the main trench to the right pitch and fitting the pipe pieces properly.

Because I knew I was going to lose a day to rain, I worked with a headlamp till 11 Saturday night. If the rain holds off this coming weekend I might finish.

 

[hddnis]

I'm sure it will be fine, but the one step blue glue usually gives a stronger bond. I've never fixed a one step joint, but have repaired lots of two step joints done by others over the years. Basically the timing between applying the primer and the glue is critical and lots of people don't pay attention to it.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I'm sure it will be fine, but the one step blue glue usually gives a stronger bond. I've never fixed a one step joint, but have repaired lots of two step joints done by others over the years. Basically the timing between applying the primer and the glue is critical and lots of people don't pay attention to it.

I have never seen the blue, unless you are talking about the wet/dry medium strength cement. I have never used it. While I have been doing home repairs as well as some extensive remodel/flip jobs for years using the purple primer and cement, I went to the Otey website and watched some videos that they have there. They said to apply the cement while the primer is still wet, so that is what I have been doing. There are always multiple options when doing something like this and sometimes the hardest thing to do is pick a horse and ride it.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

While not fast, I feel pretty good about the way we are getting everything plumbed in. I check the plans multiple times each days the make sure all measurements are correct.
Having a good assistant helps too.