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I am working on an old upstairs bathroom that has gone through a remodel in the 70’s. The house was built in the early 40’s. I note in Peter Hemp’s book – Plumbing a House (page 103) on floor mounted toilet patterns that the third and fourth patterns are shown with a horizontal vent pattern to get the vent from the drain to the stud wall. I wanted to do the same but was told I could not have a horizontal vent. I got poor response from my plumber when I showed my bathtub venting plan to be similar to the shower pattern one (page 109) in Hemp’s book. This pattern also shows a horizontall vent going to the stud wall before heading up to the roof. I was told anyhorizontalal venting needs to be swept and thus is considered a wet vent. I really don’t want to convert these to wet vents and I can’t do the major structural work to make the vents completely vertical until they get into the stud wall. What should I do?
Dan
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I am working on an old upstairs bathroom that has gone through a remodel in the 70's. The house was built in the early 40's. I note in Peter Hemp's book - Plumbing a House (page 103) on floor mounted toilet patterns that the third and fourth patterns are shown with a horizontal vent pattern to get the vent from the drain to the stud wall. I wanted to do the same but was told I could not have a horizontal vent. I got poor response from my plumber when I showed my bathtub venting plan to be similar to the shower pattern one (page 109) in Hemp's book. This pattern also shows a horizontall vent going to the stud wall before heading up to the roof. I was told anyhorizontalal venting needs to be swept and thus is considered a wet vent. I really don't want to convert these to wet vents and I can't do the major structural work to make the vents completely vertical until they get into the stud wall. What should I do?
Dan