Can a sink and shower share a vent?

You can put the sink drain into the shower drain. 2. If the vent is less than 5 feet from the other fixture, they can share it.
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Can a sink and shower share the same drain?

1:Can multiple bathroom sinks, baths, showers ect share a common drain pipe ? Yes they can and do all the time.
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Can a toilet and shower share a vent?

So yes the shower can also be vented by the wet vent along with the toilet. There is one major stipulation when wet venting multiple fixtures when a toilet is one of them: the toilet must be the last fixture connected to the wet vent.
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Does shower need its own vent?

It's easy to forget, but it's a vital and required part of any plumbing fixture drain. The vent pipes remove sewer gases while allowing air into the system to help the water drain. Without a vent, your shower won't drain correctly.
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Can you use one vent for the whole bathroom?

In new construction, the simplest way to vent a bathroom group is usually to install a single vertical vent pipe behind the bathroom sink. This works as long as all the plumbing fixtures connect to the main drain line in the floor within 6 to 10 lineal feet of the sink drain.
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How many fixtures can share a vent?

A horizontal wet vent could have as few as two fixtures or as many as ten fixtures but not more than two fixtures of any type can be connected to the system. Each wet vented fixture drain shall connect independently to the horizontal wet vent.
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Can plumbing vents be combined?

Vent pipes shall be extended separately or combined, of full required size, not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the roof or fire wall.
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How far can a vent be from a shower drain?

The connection between the fixture drain and the horizontal drain and vent pipe is the only vertical pipe of a combination drain and vent system. 8 feet is the maximum vertical distance.
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How far can a vent be from a sink?

Install the vent between the sink P-trap and the point where the waste line leading from the trap drops to the main sewer. If the waste line has a diameter of 1 1/4 inches, the vent can be no farther than 2 1/2 feet from the trap. If the waste line is 1 1/2 inches, this critical distance is 3 1/2 feet.
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Does every plumbing fixture need a vent?

Every plumbing fixture must also have an attached vent. Without a vent, negative pressure from water leaving the system can cause a siphon which empties the trap. The top of stacks must be vented too, via a stack vent, which is sometimes called a stink pipe.
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Can two bathrooms share the same vent?

Well, you can't! You'd often blow air from one bathroom into the other, and local building inspectors wouldn't approve it. But while you can't have two fans with one vent, you can make one fan and one vent serve two bathrooms.
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How do you vent a toilet sink and shower?

The most common configuration is to feed 2" PVC down from the ceiling within the wall behind the toilet. The vent pipe connects into the toilet drain pipe. The sink drain pipe and the tub/shower drain pipe are vented with 1.5" pipe that branches off from the 2" PVC mainline.
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Does every sink in a house need a vent?

Every sink needs a sink vent. A plumbing fixture like a sink can not function properly without a sink vent.
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Can you drain a sink into a toilet vent?

Instead, plumbers connect drain lines in the floor beneath the bathroom and install a common vent that allows water and waste to drain without forming an airlock. The toilet has the largest drainpipe, so the sink drain, which is smaller in diameter, will empty into the toilet drain line.
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Can a shower and sink share ap trap?

The maximum distance between the shower drain and the P-trap is 5 feet. However, the P-trap should be as close to the shower drain inlet as possible. You should even have the P-trap directly under the shower drain for the best results.
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Can showers have a one and half inch drain?

Current plumbing codes (IPC as well as MA Plumbing Code 248 CMR 10 for instance) need 1.5 inches to drain for a tub with a shower. The tub can drain at leisure and the shower function when in utilize, with flow-limiting showerheads, fall within the flow rate that a 1.5” drain can handle.
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How far can a bathroom sink be from a vent stack?

There is a vent between the sink P-trap and the point where the waste line goes to the main sewer. The vent can't be more than 2 1/2 feet from the trap if the waste line has a diameter of 1 1/2 inches. The critical distance is 3 1/2 feet if the waste line is 1 1/2 inches.
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Does a vent pipe have to go through the roof?

It does not have to go through the roof. From the plumbing code (I have the 2003 edition), P3103: It must not be less than 4 feet directly beneath a door, openable window or other air intake of the building or adjacent building.
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Does plumbing vent go before or after trap?

The simple answer is if your trap from the fixture cannot see the vent then it is installed wrong. We must always keep the vent connection above the trap weir to prevent siphoning and keep proper pressures on both side of the trap.
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Can you tie a drain into a vent pipe?

Tying Into a Vent Stack

Individual vents must rise above the overflow line of the topmost plumbing fixture in the house before you can tie it to the main vent stack. This is a precaution that prevents the vent from becoming a drain if that fixture's drain gets blocked.
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Does a plumbing vent pipe have to be vertical?

Do Plumbing Vent Pipes Need to be Straight? Plumbing vents need to be straight on the vertical. This is necessary to avoid any vapor locks from occurring. When there is a bend in the vent pipe, moisture accumulates and is trapped.
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Can a vent be upstream from a toilet?

A toilet vent can be upstream. The purpose of the vent pipe is to allow the sewer's gases to escape from the house's roof rather than inside the house. A vent also allows oxygen to enter into the sewer pipes, which allows the waste to break down and prevents clogging.
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How many plumbing vents should a house have?

At least one main vent stack is required for every building that has plumbing when connecting separately to the sewer for the building or its septic tank. The stack has to run the most direct route through open air or be ventilated to extend to open air.
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Can a main stack be used as a vent?

A true vent is a vertical pipe attached to a drain line that travels through the roof with no water running through it. If a fixture is close to the stack and on the top floor, the upper part of the stack serves nicely as a vent.
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Can you put an elbow in a vent pipe?

Note: You may have vent piping, but you still cannot use the tight 90-degree elbow -- sometimes called a "vent elbow" -- if the joint is below the water level, which is usually at the level of the sink.
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