Walls and Ceilings - Remove Wall
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znorthrip
09-25-09, 05:16 PM
I am doing work in my dining room and my wife wanted to see if we could remove the wall between the kitchen and the dining room to open it up. We found out it is not a bearing wall and I started to remove the sheetrock. Once removed there is a black pipe, I am guessing sewer pipe. Is there a way to re-route the pipe around the wall? Much help is appreciated.
chandler
09-25-09, 07:06 PM
It could be a drain pipe, or simply a vent, possibly a wet vent. Do you know where it goes and where it comes from? That would help. Is the floor below this dining room finished or not? Is there a bathroom or laundry above or below it?
znorthrip
09-25-09, 09:59 PM
It could be a drain pipe, or simply a vent, possibly a wet vent. Do you know where it goes and where it comes from? That would help. Is the floor below this dining room finished or not? Is there a bathroom or laundry above or below it?
It is a drain pipe, the floor above has a bathroom, I had my daughter flush her toilet and I heard the water flow down this pipe. The floor below has a drop ceiling. I see the pipe go down and then turns to the back of the house where it goes into the concrete floor. I was just wanting to know if I could turn the drain above the dining room and go through the other wall and then back down the wall and turn it back downstairs to where it goes to the back of the house and down into the concrete.
It is a drain pipe, the floor above has a bathroom, I had my daughter flush her toilet and I heard the water flow down this pipe. The floor below has a drop ceiling. I see the pipe go down and then turns to the back of the house where it goes into the concrete floor. I was just wanting to know if I could turn the drain above the dining room and go through the other wall and then back down the wall and turn it back downstairs to where it goes to the back of the house and down into the concrete.
znorthrip
09-25-09, 10:09 PM
I dont know how to post pictures
chandler
09-26-09, 07:06 AM
You can post your pictures to a site such as photobucket.com and copy/paste the IMG code to your reply post. That way we can see what you see.
znorthrip
09-26-09, 07:50 AM
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/znorthrip/wall.jpg
Hopefully this works
Hopefully this works
znorthrip
09-26-09, 10:49 AM
Can I do that? Or do I have to remove the bathroom upstairs? It is a small bathroom and it really doesnt get used.
chandler
09-26-09, 01:00 PM
The plumbers will chime in soon, but you will lose ceiling space to the tune of about a foot, as you have to allow 1/4" per foot drop in the drain. Then you will have to do something similarly in the basement to run the pipe back to its exit.