Warm Springs · Laundry box · 2 days
Warm Springs laundry
A laundry room conversion for a stacked washer and dryer. The drain stack was surface-mounted; we moved it into the wall with a proper 2 in standpipe and trap, added a recessed washer box with quarter-turn stops and a hammer arrestor, and ran a new vent tie-in to the roof.
- Duration
- 2 days on site · drywall by the owner’s contractor
- Size
- 2 in standpipe · one washer box · 1 vent tie-in
- Permit
- City of Fremont, plumbing permit, rough and final
See how the work progresses
Before, during, finished.
The first frame is the room as we found it; the last is the photo we texted on the final day.
What went in
Parts and tests.
- Drain2 in ABS standpipe, 34 in high, P-trap in the wall
- Vent1½ in tie-in to the existing roof vent
- BoxRecessed washer box, quarter-turn stops
- ArrestorHammer arrestor on hot and cold
- SupplyPEX from the garage manifold
- TestStandpipe run full; supply at 100 PSI
Before / after
Drag the handle.
Compare the starting point with the finished work.
“The washer used to walk across the floor on spin. Now it sits still and the drain does not gurgle.”
Service: Bath & kitchen fixtures