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riley9999

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I plumbed in the toilet with 3", see pic attached, with a low heel elbow and a 2" vent to the roof. This is my main vent that I am connecting the other vents from the clothes washer, double bathroom sinks and shower to - above the ceiling and before the roof.

At the other end of the house I separately vented a double kitchen sink and dishwasher with 1 1/2" through the roof.

I am draining the kitchen with 2" pvc 32 feet to the shower and then 8 feet to the clothes washer, 4 feet to bathroom sinks and 4 more to tub then to wye opposite toilet in pic. All drops are 1/4" every foot.

Do I need to increase to 3" around clothes washer?
Do I need to run a vent off top of riser?

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Thanks frodo, I think you nailed it! I glued the toilet drain in place. I believe a wye makes the drop too flat for the kitchen but I could extend the 4" at the base where I placed a cleanout.

Does the riser need a vent off the top or are the individual ventings enough?
Thank you again
 
not sure i understood your question, each fixture gets a vent.
the waste stack you are running will terminate at the kitchen sink with a vent out the roof
. inmo. you need a c.o, on your kitchen sink and on your washer,

STOP using 90's on your rough in! use a combo and a cleanout


even tho long sweeps are legal, they are BAD, BAD, BAD, LONG SWEEP
bad plumbing practise , not good workmenship. mho
stuff gets caught up there and causes clogs.
use a combination as the 90 with a cleanout attached.

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Thanks again frodo, I have a cleanout at the 1 1/2" and the 2" at the kitchen end. I have a 3" cleanout at the top end of the toilet run. I like combo's and c.o.'s and take that advice.

My question comes from always seeing a stack that drains from the second floor and vents to the roof and my half stack does not have a vent off the top! Since all units are vented, I am OK.
 
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