Tying into the seage drain

No, you don't drill a hole in it. You cut out a section of it and tie in a PVC (or ABS in Canada and some western states) 4" x 2" WYE (or sanitary Tee) with a couple short pcs of 4" PVC above and below, and use Clamp-Alls to tie to the cast iron. A "snap cutter" makes short work of cutting the stack, but I have good success with a 4" grinder and a cheapie diamond blade.

Feel free to email me off list for more details if you need them.

JK

What jake said!!!!!

Thanks for the advice!

Just so that I visualize it correctly, does the PVC pipe go on the inside for the stack, the outside, or just about flush?

Also, I own a grinder, buy I am wondering if it would still work if my stack is only a couple of inches away from the wall.

Thanks again,

Aaron

It has to go flush so the rubber coupling will slide over and seal against both pipes where they meet.

Yep. Cutting the pipe close to the wall will be tough with the grinder. The least difficult way to finish off the cut will be a recip saw with a grit blade, but that is still tough. You might want to rent a snap cutter instead.

JK

Is this the kind of tool we are talking about?

Thanks!

Forgot the link:

Yes.

See if a local tool rental place has one, rather than owning it.

Jim always beats me to the punch! :-)

My local Home Depot rents them, but the one in your link is pretty wimpy, and completely maxes out on a 4" stack. Rent a Ridgid.

JK