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Charlotte County Sports Park - Port Charlotte
December, 2007 - January, 2009

The new Charlotte County Sports Park will soon be home to the Charlotte County Redfish (South Coast League) baseball team, as well as the Spring Training home of the Tampa Bay Rays (American League East).

Underground rough-in commenced in December of 2007, as our crew of expert plumbers happily sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame!" while installing the PVC DWV-Sch40 sanitary and storm drainage systems.

The final plumbing trim items were installed in January of 2009, and the new Charlotte Sports Park earned its Certificate of Occupancy on January 6th, 2009. Congratulations to B & I Plumbing Department, Hunt-Mathews Construction, and everyone else involved in this in-depth construction project. This one earns a Grand Slam!
Before and After...

From the Club House in Right Field...
From the Club House, 19-Feb-08
February 19th, 2008
 From the Club House, 5-Jan-09
January 5th, 2009

From behind Home Plate...
From behind Home Plate, 30-Apr-08
April 30th, 2008
 From behind Home Plate, 18-Dec-08
December 18th, 2008

And coming out of the Bull Pen...
"And coming out of the Bull Pen..."
19-Feb-08
From the Club House, 19-Feb-08
From the Club House
19-Feb-08
From the Pitcher's Mound, 19-Feb-08
From the Pitcher's Mound
19-Feb-08

Batter Up!
"Batter Up!"
19-Feb-08
The Pitcher checks his fielders...
"The Pitcher checks his fielders..."
19-Feb-08
Wes and John doin' and gluin'.
Wes and John "doin' and gluin'."
19-Feb-08

Lance Thomas at the controls
Lance Thomas at the controls
19-Feb-08
James Evens snags a foul tip.
James Evens snags a foul tip.
19-Feb-08
I'm going to shower where?
"I'm going to shower where?"
19-Feb-08



B & I Plumbers are installing a water closet carrier system which will support a row of wall-hung toilets in a large gang bathroom. The system is comprised of a variety of different piping materials.

Wall-Hung Water Closet Carrier System Wall-Hung Water Closet Carrier System

CPVC Sch80 (dark gray pipe) and CPVC Flowguard-CTS (light yellow with yellow stripe) plastic piping deliver water to the copper stubouts, which will connect to the toilet flush valves.

The white piping is PVC-DWV Sch40, for drain waste and vent. The larger pipes at the bottom of the carriers send the waste to the building sewer; the smaller pipes rising above the carriers are for venting, to allow air flow through the drain pipes to prevent stoppage.

Wall-Hung Water Closet Carrier System Plumbing Piping System for Urinals
The blue cast iron Zurn water closet carriers serve as structural supports for the wall-hung toilets, as well as piping into the PVC drainage system. The piping system without the carriers (on the left of the last photo) will serve a row of urinals in a men's bathroom.

Have you ever seen a baseball field before
the turf is put down?
Here’s your chance...



The building going up in the outfield is the new clubhouse and spring training facility for the Tampa Bay Rays Baseball team.









Charlotte County Sports Park
Plumbing Facts:

No-Hub Cast Iron Soil Pipe:
3,040 feet

PVC DWV-Sch40 Drainage Pipe:
12,140 feet

CPVC Domestic Water Pipe:
11,615 feet

Copper Domestic Water Pipe:
1,000 feet
"B & I Plumbing Foreman Keith Batten recognized for outstanding quality of work at Charlotte Sports Park." Click here for article and photos from the award presentation.


This page was updated on 1/7/09.