Main Drain Connection To Sewer

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 04:00 PM

hey guys, im planning on building a home with an in ground basement in a few months. im going to hire a plumber of course, one of my dad's buddies is a good plumber but he is out of town right now; so i thought i would ask you guys a quick question hoping you could help me out.

i have to connect the main drain and weeping tile to the sewer. i understand that the weeping tile doesn't need to be sloped, but what about the main drain? once it goes outside of the concrete do the same rules apply as inside? i assumed it would be yes, but yesterday me and my dad drove by some residential home construction sites where the concrete has been poured with no back fill yet, but the main drain didn't look sloped to the sewer...i measured with a level and if anything it was sloped upwards to the sewer once outside the basement. did they mess up here or am i missing something? would there maybe be a pump somewhere on the inside? or is it generally sloped the same. what is the norm is what i am asking?

take care and any info would be appreciated.

masterk · 05-31-2008, 04:15 PM

Spraky83,
Before another plumber on this site eats you up I am going to be nice and explain this once.
You are new to the forum, welcome, but you are not a plumber do not do this work yourself.
One of the first things you said was that you were going to hire a plumber,followed by a list of questions that you need answered so you can do it yourself.
In this forum we get alot of do-it-yourselfers and thats not what this forum is about and also this is your first post. ( very suspect )

Bill · 05-31-2008, 04:19 PM

Agreed here to. If you are hiring a plumber he/she will know these answers.
If you are going to do it yourself, then you should be here http://www.diychatroom.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterk

Spraky83,
Before another plumber on this site eats you up I am going to be nice and explain this once.
You are new to the forum, welcome, but you are not a plumber do not do this work yourself.
One of the first things you said was that you were going to hire a plumber,followed by a list of questions that you need answered so you can do it yourself.
In this forum we get alot of do-it-yourselfers and thats not what this forum is about and also this is your first post. ( very suspect )

surely you are joking? i want no business doing any plumbing. my dad is an electricial contractor and we have the most compact schedule as is, i could easily make more money on a side job that would easily pay for the plumbing i need instead of doing it myself in more time and ****ing it up. furthermore, you need a permit where i am from and need to be a plumbing contractor to do the service work. also, where i am from you need to be eligible for new home building insurance, if there is flooding and stuff later on i would have to pay that out of my own pocket, **** could be like $20,000 in damages....why the hell would i risk that for $1000 or so? i'd have to be borderline retarded.

what is the big deal with gaining more knowledge about building? i find that strange.

JamesNLA · 05-31-2008, 04:51 PM

go to the DIY site. What you are asking, IS NOT covered on this site. What is the big deal about going to the DIY site?

masterk · 05-31-2008, 05:03 PM

Spraky83,
There is nothing wrong with gain some knowledge on the plumbing of your new home.
Thats why I did not bust your balls like some others would have.
If you stay around this forum for awhile you will soon understand my first post.
Hang out, get some posts & replys under your belt, and when you get closer to the time or actualy start the house ask your questions then.
I will be glad to answer questions in the future.

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterk

Spraky83,
There is nothing wrong with gain some knowledge on the plumbing of your new home.
Thats why I did not bust your balls like some others would have.
If you stay around this forum for awhile you will soon understand my first post.
Hang out, get some posts & replys under your belt, and when you get closer to the time or actualy start the house ask your questions then.
I will be glad to answer questions in the future.

understandable, i dont really know the forum code here. although i have been lurking the electrical sub-forum for some time. no worries, i will just ask my dad's friend when he gets back, it will be like a 2 weeks. i wasn't expecting this kind of reaction though. knowing the mechanics and procedure of something is still much different than actually doing it yourself; especially with respect to insurance and potential damage, because you are responsible for it. trust me, the last thing i want to do is get sued. i live in Canada, so the rules are a bit different here; if i get a plumbing contractor to do work for a new house and i sell the home, that part of the house i am not eligible to be sued for if there are problems within the insurance period. every contractor doing electrical, plumbing, hvac, structure, etc...is worth the money.

anyways, later.

MALCO.New.York · 05-31-2008, 06:02 PM

I just can not sit back on this one....................

"hey guys, i'm planning on building a home with an in ground basement in a few months."

So what difference does it make if you must wait "two-weeks" for your Dads "buddy" to return??????

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" i have to connect the main drain and weeping tile to the sewer"

YOU have to connect? Or does the pipe need connecting? (you claim direct ownership to the work at hand)

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" But yesterday me and my dad drove by some residential home construction sites where the concrete has been poured with no back fill yet, but the main drain didn't look sloped to the sewer..... "

That is a bunch-a work just for "gaining knowledge".

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any OTHER questions????

The answer to your original question is ................S*it flows downhill!

22rifle · 05-31-2008, 06:10 PM

Ask your plumber.

PARA1 · 05-31-2008, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MALCO.New.York

I just can not sit back on this one....................

"hey guys, i'm planning on building a home with an in ground basement in a few months."

So what difference does it make if you must wait "two-weeks" for your Dads "buddy" to return??????

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

" i have to connect the main drain and weeping tile to the sewer"

YOU have to connect? Or does the pipe need connecting? (you claim direct ownership to the work at hand)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

But yesterday me and my dad drove by some residential home construction sites where the concrete has been poured with no back fill yet, but the main drain didn't look sloped to the sewer.....

That is a bunch-a work just for "gaining knowledge".

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any OTHER questions????

The answer to your original question is ................S*it flows downhill!

PARA1 · 05-31-2008, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spraky83

hey guys, im planning on building a home with an in ground basement in a few months. im going to hire a plumber of course, one of my dad's buddies is a good plumber but he is out of town right now; so i thought i would ask you guys a quick question hoping you could help me out.

i have to connect the main drain and weeping tile to the sewer. i understand that the weeping tile doesn't need to be sloped, but what about the main drain? once it goes outside of the concrete do the same rules apply as inside? i assumed it would be yes, but yesterday me and my dad drove by some residential home construction sites where the concrete has been poured with no back fill yet, but the main drain didn't look sloped to the sewer...i measured with a level and if anything it was sloped upwards to the sewer once outside the basement. did they mess up here or am i missing something? would there maybe be a pump somewhere on the inside? or is it generally sloped the same. what is the norm is what i am asking?

take care and any info would be appreciated.

This should keep you busy untill your dads friend arrives.

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 06:42 PM

man you contractortalk plumbers are cynical and vicious as ****. god forbid i didn't word something precisely...way to dissect it there. diy? lol, i aint fixing my toilet here, this is a major job and i just wanted to get more info on it. i want to know everything about the building procedure of a home, but that doesn't mean i will be capable of doing it myself. but i guess that concept is a little difficult for you guys to grasp. I have to know everything about what is going to happen before i make such a big investment. what's worse is that i even mentioned why i wouldn't be able to do this legally for several reasons... but i no longer need your guys' help anyways, so you might as well lock the topic and keep that secret plumbing code all to yourself...

you guys are horrible, honestly, most likely miserable in real life...good luck with that.

JamesNLA · 05-31-2008, 06:47 PM

you're an idiot. Your lame thoughts prove this. Now, run along and go clean out the truck....or do you need some help with that too?

neolitic · 05-31-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spraky83

man you contractortalk plumbers are cynical and vicious as ****. god forbid i didn't word something precisely...way to dissect it there. diy? lol, i aint fixing my toilet here, this is a major job and i just wanted to get more info on it. i want to know everything about the building procedure of a home, but that doesn't mean i will be capable of doing it myself. but i guess that concept is a little difficult for you guys to grasp. I have to know everything about what is going to happen before i make such a big investment. what's worse is that i even mentioned why i wouldn't be able to do this legally for several reasons... but i no longer need your guys' help anyways, so you might as well lock the topic and keep that secret plumbing code all to yourself...

you guys are horrible, honestly, most likely miserable in real life...good luck with that.

You must not have done too much
"lurking" at the electrical forum, if
you think these guys have been harsh!

Try asking a question even remotely
as basic as this with the sparkys
you're in for a shock!

KillerToiletSpider · 05-31-2008, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neolitic

You must not have done too much
"lurking" at the electrical forum, if
you think these guys have been harsh!

Try asking a question even remotely
as basic as this with the sparkys
you're in for a shock!

I'm gonna go over to there and ask them how to rewire a house.

Oughtta be a hoot.

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerToiletSpi

I'm gonna go over to there and ask them how to rewire a house.

Oughtta be a hoot.

ask me anything you want to know about wiring a house.

MALCO.New.York · 05-31-2008, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PARA1

Thank You. Just applying my Cross-Examination skills. NO! I am not a lawyer nor have I been to Law School. I was in Bond Enforcement for quite a number of years and you quickly learn to spot a prevaricator.

masterk · 05-31-2008, 08:08 PM

Spraky83,
I walk into your dads electric shop with a half a$$ drawing and ask him to check and correct the drawing if nessacery because I want to check over my electricians work.
What would he say or do?
You put yourself in the same sitituation, not in person, but in a forum with proffessional plumbers.
The only thing I need to know about wiring a house in the electricians phone number.

Spraky83 · 05-31-2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterk

Spraky83,
I walk into your dads electric shop with a half a$$ drawing and ask him to check and correct the drawing if nessacery because I want to check over my electricians work.
What would he say or do?
You put yourself in the same sitituation, not in person, but in a forum with proffessional plumbers.
The only thing I need to know about wiring a house in the electricians phone number.

fair enough, you guys take this stuff pretty seriously and it is the wrong forum to ask....but i was not asking several technical questions to begin with, i wasn't posting a diagram or asking for a step by step procedure how to connect drains, what size of pipe to use, what type of pipe, etc...it was a simple slope question regarding the main drain to the sewer line.

the question i was asking was in my mind similar in asking what gauge of wire would you need for certain devices or a service question regarding a meter box. i don't think it is a crime to give this out or something. but again wrong place to ask. The funny thing is I would literally tell you what you wanted to know about wiring a house. I don't think the example you give is very similar to what I am doing here, my dad would obviously have to see the work in person that someone else screwed up. But if you called him and asked him a gauge of wire for a necessary device or meter box related question he would just tell you.

anyways, sorry for bugging you guys. later.

MALCO.New.York · 05-31-2008, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spraky83

fair enough, you guys take this stuff pretty seriously and it is the wrong forum to ask....but i was not asking several technical questions to begin with, i wasn't posting a diagram or asking for a step by step procedure how to connect drains, what size of pipe to use, what type of pipe, etc...it was a simple slope question regarding the main drain to the sewer line.

the question i was asking was in my mind similar in asking what gauge of wire would you need for certain devices or a service question regarding a meter box. i don't think it is a crime to give this out or something. but again wrong place to ask. The funny thing is I would literally tell you what you wanted to know about wiring a house. I don't think the example you give is very similar to what I am doing here, my dad would obviously have to see the work in person that someone else screwed up. But if you called him and asked him a gauge of wire for a necessary device or meter box related question he would just tell you.

anyways, sorry for bugging you guys. later.

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A bit of hazing is always good for the soul.

You passed Pledge Week and are now a Junior Member.

Stick around. We are cantankerous, grumpy and really opinionated. But we are "The Trade", and the answers can be found here.

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