For some reason I instantly thought of a scenario. A DIY builder who lived on site in a pop up camper or similar during the build. Easier to plumb a toilet in early than managing a septic or cost of portable AND you dont even need to leave the job site to shit! By the time they built the actual bathroom, there was no good sense to remove the original toilet, plus you don't dirty the bathroom up while doing to the ductwork.
Looks clean enough, and all things considered, Its practical enough
I see what you mean. Probably right, but I would still be concerned since any backflow will come out of that toilet first, and now your crawlspace is flooded with raw sewage.
Most likely an illegal apartment, or weird zoning laws. I worked with a guy who had to sheetrock a false wall over the entrance to his basement bathroom when the town came to inspect that the new furnace he installed was up to code. Reason being that his town's Building Code would have classified it as a dwelling and required him to rezone his property to a two family home and then have to bring his entire basement to code, double taxes etc.
Not only did the town consider a basement toilet and sink to be an apartment, but we also saw a code from the 1950s that required an unattached building with or without a concrete pad (garage, shed) which contained a poker table, deck of cards, and chips have to apply for a bingo permit. Our best guess was that *someone* made enemies with a person who had clout on the Town Board and they made his life hell.
Damn, those zoning laws would make Pittsburgher's very confused. The vast majority of older homes here have a "Pittsburgh toilet" which is a lone toilet in the unfinished basement that may or may not have walls around it. It was a great feature to have back when going to house parties in my college days.
Can u flush and have it go against gravity? Someone explain to me, an idiot about plumbing obviously, how the heck that would even work. All I can figure is someone had some extra time and a spare toilet and decided to... prank... for no reason? (Like one might shove a fake skeleton into the walls before drywalling type prank)
If you watch the scroll over to the junction you can briefly see the main pipe extending behind it. The upward part is coming from the rest of the house. I had to rewatch the video because I had the same question at first.
Probably a T junction there at the support band, with the main soil pipe proceeding away into the shadows behind the one from the toilet. There's never quite a good view behind that pipe.
"waste line" and yeah. ALL the shit from the house is going to come IN that toilet, (depending on any mainfolding), but the waste FROM that toilet is just going to sit in that line.
MAYBE... just MAYBE there's a tee at that lowest junction and line hidden behind it that we cannot see from this angle. In which case I stand corrected.
Correct. This is very common in older homes in New England. There will often be a toilet in the basement not surrounded by walls or anything. Not necessarily for anyone to use, but if there is a backup from the sewer it will flood your basement instead of the first floor of living space in your house where there is a toilet.
yeah but they'll at least have it accessible so you can flush it every so often. otherwise the water will eventually evaporate from the bowl, letting sewer gases back up through it. (same as the trap under floor drains).
statingtheobvious1
Had a house with 4 teenage girls and 1 bathroom. I would kill for that toilet.
Californiajackson
That toilet has a better waistline than me. (Come to think of it, its waste line probably works better than mine, too.)
ssumner13
brownribbon
Epiphany toilet
ufoara
When you Plumber, HVAC Tech and Electrician all had IBS, and fell victim to the roach coach musical bells
ThatSonOfaBitch
When you gotta go you gotta install a toilet to go.
Kazooski
Normal thing in my region. Sone call it a Pittsburgh toilet
FarkasMacTavish
Sometimes you're doing stuff in the crawlspace and you need to poop but going upstairs would disrupt your work too much.
nyarlathotep777
Space to hide people - either planning for things to go (further) downhill…or place was used for human smuggling/safe house
achiebaba
there are frequent backs up of the sewage and it flows into the crawl space now instead of the house?
Awmph
sometimes, you just need to poop w/o cats or toddlers
OddlyPacific
The raccoons will keep you company on
HandoB4Javert
BobaFettApproves
…… that’s fine …… they can bring me comic books they found in the wall, and I can give them cheese snacks
OhIfIMust
elohiim
For some reason I instantly thought of a scenario. A DIY builder who lived on site in a pop up camper or similar during the build. Easier to plumb a toilet in early than managing a septic or cost of portable AND you dont even need to leave the job site to shit!
By the time they built the actual bathroom, there was no good sense to remove the original toilet, plus you don't dirty the bathroom up while doing to the ductwork.
Looks clean enough, and all things considered, Its practical enough
Doctorfatherson
Well shit
TheEleventhHand
Paging @AlphaStructural =] cheers!
DrKenAdams
I dont know about you guys, but I'd love a secret toilet.
robnorrisradio
My question: Does it still get cleaned once a week?
Dezri
The waste line drains up?
DrKenAdams
Thats upstream of the toilet
shortbutsquat
obviously goes to a lift station elsewhere in the crawlspace:)
Dezri
lol
straha242
It's probably a T-junction, line to the right flows down from rest of the house, both flow away from the camera blocked from view.
Dezri
I see what you mean. Probably right, but I would still be concerned since any backflow will come out of that toilet first, and now your crawlspace is flooded with raw sewage.
JohnThatcher
It took me three watch-throughs to get what you're talking about. You're probably right.
chewmaca2
Visual for helps
Beefkins
Waistline, huh.
spittleteets
Most likely an illegal apartment, or weird zoning laws. I worked with a guy who had to sheetrock a false wall over the entrance to his basement bathroom when the town came to inspect that the new furnace he installed was up to code. Reason being that his town's Building Code would have classified it as a dwelling and required him to rezone his property to a two family home and then have to bring his entire basement to code, double taxes etc.
spittleteets
Not only did the town consider a basement toilet and sink to be an apartment, but we also saw a code from the 1950s that required an unattached building with or without a concrete pad (garage, shed) which contained a poker table, deck of cards, and chips have to apply for a bingo permit. Our best guess was that *someone* made enemies with a person who had clout on the Town Board and they made his life hell.
barontaint
Damn, those zoning laws would make Pittsburgher's very confused. The vast majority of older homes here have a "Pittsburgh toilet" which is a lone toilet in the unfinished basement that may or may not have walls around it. It was a great feature to have back when going to house parties in my college days.
IHateTransphobes
That's funny. My mom's place in Kansas has one of those.
cyno01
No feeding ice cream to a mule on sundays etc..
Snooj
Excuse me for wanting some fucking privacy.
thean
God forbid the house troll that lives under the home shits in peace!
AtmaDarkwolf
Can u flush and have it go against gravity? Someone explain to me, an idiot about plumbing obviously, how the heck that would even work. All I can figure is someone had some extra time and a spare toilet and decided to... prank... for no reason? (Like one might shove a fake skeleton into the walls before drywalling type prank)
Nimitz007
Crawl space is haunted. "Get out"
Chefpnut
ps238principal
Is it the angle, or does that waistline angle UP?
Snooj
If you watch the scroll over to the junction you can briefly see the main pipe extending behind it. The upward part is coming from the rest of the house. I had to rewatch the video because I had the same question at first.
arajad
Probably a T junction there at the support band, with the main soil pipe proceeding away into the shadows behind the one from the toilet. There's never quite a good view behind that pipe.
chewmaca2
Can kind of see it from here
oldguyexlurker
"waste line" and yeah. ALL the shit from the house is going to come IN that toilet, (depending on any mainfolding), but the waste FROM that toilet is just going to sit in that line.
oldguyexlurker
*manifolding.
oldguyexlurker
MAYBE... just MAYBE there's a tee at that lowest junction and line hidden behind it that we cannot see from this angle. In which case I stand corrected.
2ti6x
*wasteline
BallSoupHumidity
They write "waistline" in the captions.
2ti6x
i know. it's still wrong.
AlwaysDownvoteDots
That's because it's shitty AI-generated slop captions
JustSeinfeldQuotes
The toilet is to catch sewage backups and they have a built in p-trap to stop sewer gases from coming into the house. Usually seen in older homes.
EllerySmellery
“There’s a water line to it” and tank
Jagshusband
Interesting. I always thought they were for pooping.
BostonTony
Correct. This is very common in older homes in New England. There will often be a toilet in the basement not surrounded by walls or anything. Not necessarily for anyone to use, but if there is a backup from the sewer it will flood your basement instead of the first floor of living space in your house where there is a toilet.
wkearney99
yeah but they'll at least have it accessible so you can flush it every so often. otherwise the water will eventually evaporate from the bowl, letting sewer gases back up through it. (same as the trap under floor drains).
epochfail
If there's also a sink down there, then the crawlspace is technically a half-bath, lol.
spittleteets
Technically a quarter bath.