Wade Lippman responds:
> One of our Habitat for Humanity house owners wants to put a bathroom in >his
>> basement. We find that there is no p trap in the tub drain and the toilet
>> drain is too close to the tub drain. The woodworking link? Should we >build
>> a raised false floor or what? Thank you
>>
>How can you have tub without a trap? That's your first problem
That's what he hopes the raised floor will solve.
Check your distances. I've seen it done, but you might have to raise the floor quite a bit, possibly a full foot. If there's room, that may be fine.
I'm not sure what else you could do: there are power pumps for such situations, but somewhere I got the idea they're very expensive.
Charlie Self
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