disgruntled
New Member
Hello everyone,
So my father just bought a home and his brother has been helping us remodel the house. Although he has no professional knowledge of plumbing he coaxed my father into building a new bathroom in an added room of the house (this room has no outdoor siding on the bottom and is full of dirt. My uncle started to run pipes from the bottom of the room to the basement through a basement window leaving the drain (or sewer, sorry I am inexperienced) pipes to run in from outside under the house. I've talked to plumbing specialist at Lowes and have read on many websites that you can not do this as the pipes my freeze and burst. I live in Northern New Jersey and the temperature gets real cold in the winter. My father and uncle will not listen to me as they say it is possible and they can just add some insulation. Can anyone please tell me if I am wrong and this may be possible or to just convince them somehow to stop this project.
So my father just bought a home and his brother has been helping us remodel the house. Although he has no professional knowledge of plumbing he coaxed my father into building a new bathroom in an added room of the house (this room has no outdoor siding on the bottom and is full of dirt. My uncle started to run pipes from the bottom of the room to the basement through a basement window leaving the drain (or sewer, sorry I am inexperienced) pipes to run in from outside under the house. I've talked to plumbing specialist at Lowes and have read on many websites that you can not do this as the pipes my freeze and burst. I live in Northern New Jersey and the temperature gets real cold in the winter. My father and uncle will not listen to me as they say it is possible and they can just add some insulation. Can anyone please tell me if I am wrong and this may be possible or to just convince them somehow to stop this project.
