Plumbing a drain pipe question?
Question:I'm going to simplify my setup for easy explination ;-)
Basically, its a 36x40 Pole Barn sitting on a concrete slab - completely finished (a business ran out of it). It sits longways on the lot (level ground) and the city sewer comes in the rear right of the building.
I need drains (such as for sinks) to be ran around the entire building - except the front.
I also need to have a two in the middle front of the building and two in the middle rear, but floor mounted.
How can I accomplish this without tearing up the whole place? How would I get the correct drop over that distance? What about the floor ones - its a concrete slab? (I know this ones difficult, but how should I do it? Any suggestions?
A Day Spa is going to be put in the building is the reason for it all.
Answers:
try to keep all the plumbing in one place , toward the rear sounds good, you could install a false wall to contain all the pipes,if you run al lthe pipes o n the same side. but . one of the other answers sounds good also , raise the floor up ,
but that would mean raiseing all the door frames as well.
false walls sounds much cheaper to me
this project will entail cutting into and drilling under the slab. now may be the time to call in a pro.
as with any commerical building that I have worked on or in anytime someone moves in like in a lease space out comes the concrete saws
If ceiling height will allow, it sounds to me like the present flooring will need to be removed in the areas you need plumbing and an elevated floor installed if you'd like [a] different levels [level], or you could raise the whole floor. Fresh water would enter through a wall and waste water would be plumbed to gradually slope to an exit in the wall nearest the sewer.
There are also ways for waste water to escape through plumbing in the walls via a pump/reservoir system. A fairly major project whatever the means may be.
My best and good luck.
A drain pipe for the sinks is going to run on the inside wall the entire length of the building 1/8" per foot Use a string drawn tight and follow the slope. For the floor, start breaking concrete. zit can be level but preferably with a slight slope to the sewer connection.
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