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On 1 Jul 2005 12:28:51 -0700, "Sasha" wrote:

As part of remodeling my kitchen I had to redo plumbing on the second
floor bathroom that is just above the kitchen. I was pretty confident
in my plumbing skills and knowledge as I did a bug plumbing project in
my house before. I plumbed full basement bath including underslab
plumbing, installed sewage ejector pump, stand pipe, utility sink. All
work was inspected multiple times and except few issues that I had to
correct everything was fine. Now a new inspector in my township came to
check my new kitchen and upstairs plumbing. He rejected my work due to
several problems to his view:

1. He said my house must have 1 3" vent and two 2" vents. I thought
that vent size is determined by number of fixture units it vents. I
have two 2" vents and that is more then adequate for my house with 2
1/2 bath. Can someone point me to the place in NPC where it states that
house must have these number of vents.

2. He insisted toilet must have a wet vent instead of dry went that I
put. Why does toilet must have wet vent and why dry vent is no good?

3. He insisted that rubber Fernco couplings that I used to connect new
PVC DWV with old copper plumbing are prohibited despite I used them in
my basement and previous inspector approved them .I also cannot
understand if Fernco couplings are prohibited why any HD sells them?


I have done a lot of plumbing. I have NEVER heard the terms WET VENT
and DRY VENT. What is he talking about?

Yes there are such terms. As I recall from my fading memory, a dry vent
goes straight to the outside, while a wet vent may be plumbed through
another drain.that has a dry vent.


I can not tell you about the number of vents, that depends on local
code. However, you might be able to "grandfather" in what you have.
Prove the former inspector passed it.

As for Fernco couplings, that again must be local code. I have used
them on all types of pipe and never heard a complaint.