vent/stack question


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Posted by Steve on December 05, 1997 at 12:34:51:

I'm installing a clawfoot tub on the second floor of an old victorian. It would be just right at impossible
to vent the tub drain directly up through the ceiling like you are supposed to, because the plumbed side
of the tub is exposed in a room with a very open floorplan. No wall to hide the pipes in. I do, however,
have a 4" stack I could tie into (with some difficulty) about 7 feet away.

The drain pipe for the tub does eventually join the vented stack, down in the cellar.

Is it vital to have the tub directly vented? Or is the fact that the stack that the drain eventually hits is
vented sufficient for smooth draining? And am I too far away from the existing stack to tie in to it?


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