I’ve got 2/3 of my ceiling & walls up FINALLY [:D] now I need to “hide” the drain trap comming down 3 inches from ceiling. I was thinking of a “tall moutain” on backdrop and glueing cotton balls to dropped area to simulate clouds, as you don’t see tops of mountains cause of ‘low clouds’. I’m comming out 8 inches with a 3 inch drop – then back up to ceiling height over next 2 feet. Hope you understand what I’m doing and will be able to help in advising me how to cover this area so it won’t say “LOOK AT ME” I’m not level here.
I think that a bunch of trees or even a clump of polyfiber sprayed with glue and sprinkled with ground foam in at least two colours would look better than the cotton “clouds”. Forest up that area. Or, you could make a drop-in diorama that could be easily lifted out, trees and terrain, so that future access to the trap is afforded to a maintainer.
Selector – THANKS for the idea – STUPID STUPID [#wstupid][banghead] me – I’m making a ‘diorama’ layout to begin with – all I need to do is move the wall a few feet. DARN – guess they are right - can’t see forest for the trees LOL
Thanks again & getting progress pics together to post on here soon.
Is the ceiling that low that the trap would be noticable even if painted white to match? If the trap bothers you that much, see if it can be changed to a drum trap (if not already) instead of the traditional “P” trap. The invert on the drum trap will save the 2 1/2 - 3". Only down side is the remaining outflow pipe will need to be reset(raised) for the new elevated pitch. Drum traps were used exclusively to carry waste on long horizontal runs within a bay so the trap could remain within the framing and not protrude as your’s does. If it’s PVC all the better, if copper or cast mix it could become a little difficult w/o the help of a plumber.
If the trap in question is for a non-garbage disposal sink, you can shorten the vertical pipe above the trap, install the trap ablve the ceiling line, then make up the drop distance between there and the next pipe angle or fitting. In regular sinks, you don’t have to limit yourself to a quarter inch of fall per foot of run. That specification is usually for toilets and disposals, whcih can’t be too steep or else the water will run off and leave solids behind. With a regular sink, the pipe can be as steep as you want it to be.
Bob & Jeffers – thank you for the ideas – my plumber is comming over today to see if a drum trap is possible. The trap is PVC and for a shower, so maybe we will be able to use the drum trap. Plumber also sugested moveing the trap to my isle and then have a ‘drop ceiling’ in isle, as I am going around the walls with my layout. Sorry this seemed like a silly question to ask on here, but I just couldn’t think of any answer – as always – the wealth of knowledge on here helped soooo much. THANKS