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Default Supporting 3" vent stack

On Nov 10, 3:39*pm, "Ivan Vegvary" wrote:
It's 3" ABS so it does not weigh that much. *However, does no one make a
support system that installs within the wall (as opposed to supporting it
from below)?

I know that I can wrap it with 'plumbers tape' and nail the tape ends to my
studs. *Easy to do where you can get a bite because of a fitting. *How about
mid-length? *It would be easy if they made a 'glue-on' (ABS) quarter circle
with floppy straps that could be nailed to the studs.

Checked with both box stores and ACE. *Nobody knows of a better way to
support stack than to simply wrap it tightly with the metal plumbers tape..

Any other ideas? *Thanks god it isn't cast iron.

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary


Put a standard coupler or fitting where the stack exits the wall
cavity through the top plate. Assuming your holes are pretty tight
and true, there's no way it can fall down. Caution though...make sure
you support the pipe the full cure time...other wise it will back out
of the fitting.