TESTING PLUMBING for Rough-In Inspection: with PROBLEMS and FIXES - DIY Plumbing
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- DIY Plumbing - I finally got all of the rough plumbing finished in the house. Now I have to test the water lines and the drain lines to make sure there are no leaks. In my area, rough plumbing inspections require a pressure test of the water lines at 100 psi for 15 minutes and a water test on the drain lines with a 3 foot head (for residential) for 15 minutes. I live in NC, and the code is based on the IRC.
While testing, I ran into a few problems. Nothing major. I learned that threaded fittings are not my strong point!
This is a DIY project. I did all the above slab rough plumbing for our new house. I am NOT a licensed plumber!!!
Thanks for watching, and keep following along to see the progress of the house.
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Owner builder house project - check.
Multi level with walk out basement - check.
Superior Walls basement - check.
Lots of clever tips - check.
This series of videos has been very relevant and extremely helpful. Liked and subscribed. Thank you!
The hose bib hookup on the one cleanout was a great idea. Thanks for sharing that. Glad y'all passed the inspections!
Thanks! I have a feeling that plumbers do it a different way, but that is what I came up with.
Thank you for posting this. Currently working on my own owner/build and getting ready for my inspection of the rough-in plumbing in a week.
You're welcome! And good luck on your inspection. We got lucky and have an inspector that is really easy to work with.
Nice work. Thanks for including all the little issues you had along the way. It helps to see what can go wrong and how to fix it.
thanks!
Finally a video explains the process to pass inspection!
That blk nipple and cap are tough to use for inspections. They make a plastic plug with an oring that work’s fantastic. Cheap and easy.
I'm doing my second level of schooling right now and all I've been doing is commercial stuff at work. Mostly schools and one hospital. It's cool to see a residential new build. With all the backing and fittings they refer to in class. want to learn as much as I can. I still haven't installed a tub or shower pan or any fixtures for that matter. Getting exams on parts of a tank on a water closet and flushometer. I feel like I'm at a slight disadvantage not having worked with any of that yet so these type of series really help me out. Thanks for sharing! P.s. Love your accent!
Thank you for sharing your experience!!!
Great video! Thank you, I learned a lot from this as I face my rough in inspection on our new house we are building.
I always test with air first. That way if there is a leak its much easier to repair.
Great Job
Nice work
great video.
I trick I learned from my plumber is take a wax ring for the toilet and liberally coat the cleanout with the bowl wax. Worked better than pipe dope.
Thanks for the advice. The cleanouts were the most aggravating part.
Great video
Thanks!
Wow very good thank you very much And one question how many minutes we have to live at water in PVC pipe
Clean always leak it’s not a big deal you can put glue, pipe dope, and it still drips water. A Jim cap works the best to cover it up and stop the leak but trust me you will drive yourself crazy thinking that you have to stop the leaks from the clean outs, there clean outs and not sealed for a reason so expect them to drip water. I would be more concerned with u see the slab because people make mistakes and hit your pipes while laying concrete or they purposely do it.
I don’t know I always Teflon And then plenty of pico anything worth doing is worth over doing a little bit
are you required by code to also water test your vent piping through the roof?
Were hot and cold water connected to the HWH? Im assuming so since you tested both at the same time?
Great video thank you!!! Question... When you fell up with water, how did you prevent water from going out to the main sewer line?
The main sewer line was still capped off at the time of testing. It was not hooked up the the septic tank yet.
Country Girl I'm really impressed with the quality of this video and have just one question? Are you a plumber and if not, how did you learn this? Thanks
No, I am not a plumber. I just did the plumbing for my house when we built it. I did a lot of research online and read the plumbing code several times until I understood it.
Licensed c36 .
Using plastic tubing on your lavatory supply lines is not a good idea, installing or replacing angle stops is gonna be tough, they make copper 90 degree bullet adapters, they go from copper to pex .
Also using hose clamps on any fixture is not good…
where are you from...kinda want to hire you on my crew
She doesn't NEED to be hired on your crew... She's the type where she'll hire YOU and your CREW
Put vasaline in thread then on male thread put pipe dope then your tape
Not a good move, petroleum based products will destroy the pvc eventually.
use silicone on the threads of your cleanout plugs problem solved
I'm not so sure I understand this video. If you cap off all of the drain lines, (at the clean-outs and at the drains for tubs, sinks toilet etc) and then fill the drain line at it's highest point wouldn't the water just drain out of the drain line at it'slowest point (where it drains from the house ) ?
It was capped off going outside of the house too. The whole system was completely closed. That way it could fill up with water and I could check for any leaks. This test is required to pass the rough plumbing inspection.
Great Job
Thanks!