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    Is there a reason drain would be loose fit to soil stack?

    Hello full disclosure, I am a DIYer. When reinstalling a sink after having it out to refloor, the waste pipe came disconnected from the soil stack. On inspection it seems to be a solvent weld fitting, but doesn't seem to have been solvent welded. It has been like that since the house was...
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    Is my neighbours soil/waste pipe allowed to be over my driveway

    Hi, Im hoping someone could give me some advice please. I'm new to this site so please forgive me if I'm posting incorrectly or in the wrong place. I am looking for advice on my neighbours bathroom waste pipe. I'll try to explain this as best as I can. Our neighbours house is set forward from...
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    Plumbing advice- soil stack

    Hi, I'm a Gas Engineer currently renovating my new house. I'm not too clued up on running waste, soil stacks etc so looking for a bit of advice We had an existing 3 1/2 inch waste pipe running out the back. We are extending out to the back now and have cut the pipe down. Stepped it upto 4 inch...
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    Soil pipe to sink fitting?

    Morning, sorry for such a basic question but I I don't know what fitting to use! I have a fitted toilet which is being removed and a small kitchen sink being put in place. The soil pipe is coming out of the wall horizontally. I'm used to a boss fitting but I need to blank this? I saw a fitting...
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    Does pan need to fully-insert into soil pipe?

    It’s time to buy a new toilet and I need to ensure that the one i buy will meet up correctly with the soil pipe outlet (sunk in floor), such that the cistern sits against the wall. My question is, is it necessary for a pan spigot to fully insert into the soil pipe connector (McAlpine WC-CON8)...
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    Soil pipe replacement cost and advice

    Hi, Need some advice about a soil pipe in 1966ish built ex-mod property. We have suspected but not be able to prove that since some heavy vibration from Pilling for a school across the road was done that our soil pipe has cracked, we are 99% sure it's cast iron from what neighbours have said...
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    tricky soil pipe connection

    Hi I need to connect a kitchen sink to a soil stack but the soil stack has an inspection hatch and what looks like a reducer into a clay pipe into the floor making it very difficult to fit a boss. This should be pretty straightforward with a boss, but the level where the boss needs to fit is...
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    Find old soil cap

    Hello I am asking for help to find where i can buy a standard size soil pipe access cap that was held in place by two small bolts ? made by Pipelife but not certain lost into roof cavity.I cannot find in any plumbing shop in Ireland any advice would be welcome as upstairs toilet is out of...
  9. Stants

    What is the fall for connecting a 40 and 50 mm Drain into a soil pipe

    Hi could anybody tell me or post a link for the correct fall / gradient for a 40 mm and 50 mm drain pipe ( Shower ) connecting into a new soil stack im guessing it would be one in something or degrees Thanks
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    Bathroom Waste Layout - Horizontal Soil Pipe

    Hello, I would very much appreciate some help/feedback on what I am proposing for my very small ensuite bathroom. While refurbishing it I’m proposing to add a shower. It’s just 1.2m x 1.6m. I have seen similar posts to this on the forum but not quite my situation. I am proposing to run one...
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    No flexi, soil pipe into the stack possible?

    Hi chaps, I’m installing wall hung toilet with a frame. I’m looking to run waste pipe without a flexi, but can’t figure out what’s on the market that will do that. The waste on the frame is 90mm and has grooves for attaching into the frame and my soil stack is 110mm. I’m out by about 50mm...
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    Slightly moving waste pipe connection into soil pipe

    Parents have had a steel beam put into their hallway ceiling to adequately support landing and stairs. This means that the waste from a sink and shower will need to be reinstated slightly lower into the soil pipe, as the pipes will now run under rather than through the beams (the joists will be...
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    Need advice on joining toilet to a low soil pipe

    Hi everyone, I'm renovation my own house, and I'm just moving on to the bathroom. I've realised that the soil pipe is too low, the bottom of it being only a couple of cm off the floor, whereas the bottom of the toilet pan waste is around 14cm from the floor. I've tried using a 60mm offset pan...
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    Soil pipe problem

    Just digging out side pathway and discovered big gap to waste drain !!! The soil and vent above ground are new . Can anyone advise please what extension soil / stack pipe I need
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    Soil stack/waste connection different manufacturers pipe differences

    Hello. I'm connecting a long run of 50mm solvent weld waste pipe from a shower to the stack (compliant with regs hence 50mm). The soil stack branch is Hunter and I bought a Hunter solvent weld boss adapter to fit on it. However, the waste pipe (Floplast I think)is a loose fit in the adapter...
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    Changing soil vent AAV

    I have an AAV connected to the soil pipe. The model is ventapipe vp50p which is leaking and causing foul smells. It needs to be replaced but I can't manage to pull out the old AAV from the soil pipe. It is a push fit connection (so not welded) but no amount of pulling or twisting budges it. Is...
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    Horizontal Soil Pipe connections

    I am refurbishing a bathroom and adjoining en-suite which back onto each other and are on the first floor of the house. Both have a toilet, washbasin and shower. The showers are electric and the flow rates are not excessive. There is a straight horizontal soil pipe (with appropriate slope 1:40)...
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    Can I add an overflow (i.e. secondary) rainwater drain in an internal lightwell that feeds into a bathroom's soil pipe?

    I would appreciate some advice. I have a flat on the 3rd floor of a converted house, which has a lightwell in the middle of the flat. The bottom of the lightwell reaches the 3rd floor (my flat’s floor level) and has a roof lantern for the flat on the 2nd floor. I plan to build a small bathroom...
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    Soil pipe from upstairs bathroom into downstairs

    hi, new to the forum today, i had a bathroom installed a couple of years ago upstairs which was a bedroom above what was a downstairs bathroom in a dorma bungalow, the plumber plumbed in the soil pipes from the toilet and shower etc into the existing low level system doenstairs and used a swan...
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    Soil pipe thru steel beam for loft?

    Good morning. Working on a loft conversion and need to figure out how to route water from the shower and toilet. Someone has recommended that we can drill holes in the steel beams in the loft floor and route the shower and toilet waste through these holes. Has anyone done that before? Will...

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