[jyl]

Originally Posted by look 171

https://www.whitecap.com/product/12v-max-wallfloor-scanner-w-radar-bosch-162DTECT200C

I think it can be had for a few bucks cheaper if you look hard enough. There are others out there are cheaper but wey I see it, if we hit a pipe, the cost to repair outweights the tool by miles.

What are you looking at? Why the concern which way it runs?

I want to open up walls and ceilings so my plumber has access to run lines. It’d be nice to not have to patch more than I need to. Not sure it’d be $1,000 nice though :-)

Details: the kitchen will need a bunch of floor sinks for everything to drain to. It’s right above the basement bathroom which has toilet, shower/tub, sink, so there is a main stack to tie into somewhere there, just wish we knew where . . . the foyer (where the coffee bar will be) will need one or two floor sinks. It’s above the basement kitchen so we can tie into whatever the kitchen sink drains to, wish we knew where that goes . . .

Well, no big deal. I’m already taking the kitchen to studs for electrical access and it will need a new floor anyway, so might as well take the floor and subfloor off, then we’ll see what’s where. And the basement is all drywall (not lath) so it’s easy to open up and close up. The kitchen is all lath and plaster, but the basement was finished much later.

Thermal camera, that’s an idea, I guess if I run hot water down the drain long enough the warm pipe should be apparent in the image. I have one of those cheap borescopes too.