I am having a house built. The slab was poured 3 days ago, and we now find out the kitchen drain is 3 to 4 feet off from where it should be (an will be sticking out in the middle of a doorway from the kitchen to the living room.) Can anyone tell me if I have anything to be worried about (assuming competent repair, anyway) in the slab if it's cut and the drain is moved to where it should be? Thanks!

If the kitchen sink drain location is only off by three or four feet and that puts in the middle of a doorway to the living room, then there's something very wrong with your kitchen layout. As long as you have to move the pipe, I'd suggest getting a decent kitchen layout and move it to the right place.

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Originally posted by Richard Hetzel:
If the kitchen sink drain location is only off by three or four feet and that puts in the middle of a doorway to the living room, then there's something very wrong with your kitchen layout. As long as you have to move the pipe, I'd suggest getting a decent kitchen layout and move it to the right place.

I agree, but there isn't anything wrong with the layout. We really like the layout, they just put the drain pipe in the wrong place.

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Originally posted by Richard Hetzel:
If the kitchen sink drain location is only off by three or four feet and that puts in the middle of a doorway to the living room, then there's something very wrong with your kitchen layout. As long as you have to move the pipe, I'd suggest getting a decent kitchen layout and move it to the right place.

Wait, I see what you're saying now. Okay, perhaps it's more like 6 feet off from where it should be (I've often been told I have no future as a golf caddie.) Anyway, point is that if the thing can be put back to where it needs to be w/o harming the integrity of the slab, I'm okay with it. Otherwise, I have big problems.

Floor slabs are cut and patched all the time. I think a good concrete contractor would know exactly how to do it.

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Originally posted by Richard Hetzel:
Floor slabs are cut and patched all the time. I think a good concrete contractor would know exactly how to do it.

Thank you! That is just the assurance I was looking for from a disinterested 3rd party! Have a Merry Christmas, sir!

All the above is correct, unless you have radiant floor heat, that's a whole new ballgame then.