Hi all - I have a series of questions related to plumbing as result of getting involved with the rennovations the girlfriend is undertaking. I recently relocated a laundry room to the basement from the main floor with the help of the group (thank you).
- As part of the reno she is redoing the kitchen which involes relocating the sink and the dishwasher.
I now have the upstairs opened up to see what appears to me to be a rather convoluted way of running the plumbing. But I am not a plumber and maybe it has a very good reason for being that way - or maybe not. Before proceeding to basically relocating what is there, I thought I'd better find out if it is correct in the first place!
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- To relocate the kitchen sink, the water pipes and drain are smack dab behind a pile of air conditioning/forced air heating venting in the basement. Rather than try to adjust copper piping back there, I saw recently on a home show that people are using flexible plastic piping for water these days? If so, can it be mated to existing copper, is it 'durable' , and do they happen to make some flex equivalent for drain piping? Does anyone have any experieince good or bad with it?
- The microwave is an over-the-stove type that acts a vent for an electric stove beneath it. It has to be moved a few feet over and of course that effects the venting. To my great dismay, I found out that the venting just drops down between the walls and vents into the basement. To me, this seems a no-no.
So - I also assume that it would not be a good idea to vent it into the vent stack, but maybe try to run a separate vent ouside either thru the basement wall below, or up thru the roof beside the existing plumbing vent.
I apologize if these are rather inexperienced questions, but I would rather appear stupid in advance of doing all of this as opposed to after the fact. (or maybe both! lol)
TIA for any and all advice...