So, I am at the point in between the electrical rough in and the drywaller and now looking for a plumber to get the rough in done. Looking at a couple of ejector pumbs, hot/cold deliveries, and and the corresponding drains. The basement ‘bath’ is pre-stubbed, but the washer/dryer location is not.
This also is probably the opportunity to ask about the second ejector pump for the clothes washer. Can a sink (kitchen-style) be tied into that drain/pump? I am also looking to experiment with Pex-based supply installation. BTW, the bath’s already has an ejector pump pit underneath the adjacent staircase.
I am in the 30519 zip code (tied to Buford, GA), and the need is immediate (like yesterday). Unfortunately, I have seen very little example of any trades people near me that step outside of the tried and true 500 year old methods and materials so I am already set to not find a single Pex-experienced plumber. 🙁
If anyone knows anyone please contact me ASAP. I suppose I could get the majority of the drywall done now, but I’d rather not call them back out for an amended job on these two adjacent rooms. Electrical for pumps have already been run. Hey, I wonder if this is the time to experiment with point of use tankless …
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Sorry - no help on locating a plumber, but I'd be surprised if you could find many plumbers who don't work with pex. BTW - normally, plumbing is done before electrical. Reason is that electricians have a lot more flexibility as to where they place their boxes and wires. Sounds like a lot of the DWV (under slab) is already done though so it shouldn't be much of a problem.
but I'd be surprised if you could find many plumbers who don't work with pex.
In northern Illinois, I would guess only about 50% of plumbers use pex. I was just helping some churches restore a historic house as a pregnancy care clinic and my job was kitchen cabinets. I cut out the old cast iron pipes and replaced with pex so I could get the sink cabinet in. When the real plumber showed up in his van, he told me he had never used the stuff. I think a lot of small jobbers are like this.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
"I cut out the old cast iron pipes and replaced with pex so I could get the sink cabinet in."Does not compute.I have never heard of an application where cast iron could be replaced with PEX.Either you are talking about replacing galanized steel supplies with pex or Or cast iron and (galaznied steel for 2" and under) drains with PVC or ABS drains.But most of Chicago and surrounding areas PEX and PVC/ABS is not legal so it is not surprising that many plumbers aren't familiar with it..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
"I cut out the old cast iron pipes and replaced with pex so I could get the sink cabinet in."
Sorry, I mis-typed. I mean galvanized supply lines.
In our town, both are legal.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Never be surprised how Atlanta is in keeping with the last century's approach to things. :)
And yes, there is natural gas and an existing gas HW tank nearby. I just thought it easier to run on source line than two.
You are never gonna fit in there until you come to grips with the fact that some people who speak with a drawl or a twang are actually intelligent. It's not yankees we don't like, it's people with an attitude...
I'm about 2 or 3 hundred north of you and PEX is all that is used in new construction under about a million. I know maybe 10 plumbers and they all work with pex - some exclusively. I mean the flexible plastic supply piping systems have only been out for about 25 years...
So, I should pronounce Pex as Pecks?
PS: Re "point of use tankless" is there gas available where you would put the unit? Do you feel that the current HW heater will not be adequate to service the new load requirements?
I will recommend Daniel Plumbing Service in Lawrenceville - I'm pretty sure Greg Daniel works with Pex all the time. Tell him Christine Daniel's nephew recommended him !
770-979-9651
Greg
If the existing pump is "adjacent" I would think that it would be more practical to tie into that one rather than a new one.
And with washer and sink the drains can be relatively hight so that you can run the drain in the wall and not have to break concrte to bury it.
If you do end up with a 2nd pump for this you can get a self contained unit that sets ON the floor and yes it can also handle a sink.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Bill, I never said there was an existing pump. I said the ejector pump pit existed, and a natural gas HW tank.
<Any Pex-based plumbers in NE Atlanta?>
No, but I'm a carbon-based life-form near Atlanta.
Forrest - trying to help