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  1. B

    Replacing a toilet, but don't recognise this soil flange in the floor to join a pan connector?!

    Hope someone can identify what I need to connect my new toilet pan to the vertical soil pipe in the bathroom floor. The old toilet's pan drained vertically into the soil pipe. I now need to fit a new toilet + pan connector, but the flange in the floor doesn't appear to be catered-for when it...
  2. E

    40mm waste to 110 horizontal soil

    Hi. Just about to put joists in new part of the house but got the basin and shower waste exactly where I need to go. (Ignore the top waste in the photo) By far the easiest way for me to change them round is to drop them straight down and use two strap bosses to go into the top of the horizontal...
  3. P

    What’s the max length on a horizontal soil pipe with new connection going into a drain

    As above really what’s the max length a soil stack can be run horizontally, it will be feeding a toilet and a basin . Getting confused by the tables below as table 2 says 15m and table 1 says 6m ? Can anyone help?
  4. R

    Soil stack termination inside bathroom floor

    Hi guys, I'm currently getting a new bathroom fitted in a property I just moved into. The house has a side extension, but the waste pipe had not been moved hence it's coming out the floor inside the side extension area of the property. The builder has extended this up straight into the...
  5. P

    Soil pipe drop/sleeper wall.

    Hi, was after some advice on getting a better drop on a downstairs 6m 110mm soil pipe running under floorboards. Has been in since moving in and has never drained properly. Some of this I thought was due to a 5L water saving flush but as a family stuck to a number 1s only rule till I could have...
  6. Putlog Pete

    40mm waste into top of 110m soil

    Hi all, I've got a 110mm soil pipe that rises out of my kitchen floor, under where the sink will be. How do I plumb in a 40mm waste (from kitchen sink) and also waste from a dishwasher into the top of this pipe. (Currently I have a wad of rockwool plugging the 110mm, to stop gas/smells coming...
  7. giznorm

    Soil pipe and rainwater - is this set up legal?

    Hello everyone, I could do with some opinions on the drainage set up at a house I am buying and would really appreciate your advice. I've been searching online for weeks but got conflicting information. I'm trying to see if the changes made to drainage are legal. The previous owner moved the...
  8. M

    Drilling into a soil pipe joint

    Hello, is it unheard of to install a mechanical boss onto a soil pipe joint? The only part of the soil pipe that is above the line of the plasterboard is the joint and I was wondering if anyone has attempted to drill into it? I can’t find any answers online so I’ll assume it’s a stupid...
  9. M

    Concertina toilet pan connector/soil stack leaking at joint.

    Did some repairs to upstairs cistern (using a lot of advice here - thanks). Decided to fit a new concertina toilet pan connector while everything was accessible. What we bought & how it was fitted is identical to existing. Lubricated with fairy liquid the concertina slid extremely easily into...
  10. S

    Settling a current soil and vent termination dispute

    Morning all, I’m on a new build site and the sparks has installed a extractor fan outlet within 3m of my S&V termination( i Came through a gable end first with NO opening into the fabric of the building within my 3m .... windows or vents) My 110mm termination is to vent a branch that has 6...
  11. B

    Help with Soil pipe fall

    hi im fitting a toilet, the toilet has a elbow and the run is 920mm and the drop is 150mm to the drainage pipe in the corner, im was just wanting some help with the fall as i looks to steep but the run is not far, and help please. thanks
  12. A

    How to connect WC to soil pipe at an unusual angle

    Hi! First time posting here! Great forum, a novice DIYer attempting to fit my first bathroom out. I'm installing a bathroom into a bedroom, the bedroom was previously used as a bathroom (40+ years ago) but all the waste and soil pipes have been removed leaving the soil/waste pipe holes in the...
  13. M

    Soil pipe reroute so not across window

    hi here is a pic of soil pipe recently put in to new attic bathroom. The pipe can’t go to the right of the window pictured but I am hoping there is a small change possible to creat a better route than this to change only that small piece and tuck it more neatly to the left and not overhanging...
  14. B

    Fittings to branch into cast soil pipe?

    I would like to add another WC about 2m to the right of existing WC. The existing soil pipe has only one WC (coming out the wall straight into the soil pipe) and is a straight vertical cast iron 4 inch pipe with a vent at the roof. My plan is to go out the wall with the new WC and then go down...
  15. J

    Soil stack and waste

    Check out this lovely work!! Waste from basin into guttering which runs into the ground.... Just have a look at the pics. Is it acceptable to run waste into? guttering Would you work with what there is to some degree making some(a lot)alterations or strip it back and start again?
  16. D

    Saniflow plus - Possibly serviced improperly - Not sealed properly to soil pipe

    Hi from a householder amateur! I have a saniflow plus for over 5 years. For the last 2 years it "gets blocked" about every 6 months. I then call a guy to fix it. I am aware of what should not be put in saniflow etc. For the first time - I decided to open it up and investigate. I removed...
  17. Ted808

    rat ate through a soil vent pipe

    Any advice to repair not replace... please! It's obviously in the tightest space and in the smelliest tiny room. As in RIP ratty. It's also on the joint of a 100"-90" reducer! Was thinking fibreglass wrap?
  18. L

    Cast soil section replacement

    Good evening, Just to see how you guys have done something I keep thinking about in my head. A job I have looked at to fit a downstairs toilet. The soil stack is all internal (boxed in) and is cast all the way up, I need to cut into the bottom of the stack for the new toilet. The customer...
  19. Rob Foster

    4 inch grey soil pipe any ideas

    I saw a demo years ago using 4 inch domestic soil pipe BUT it was clear we could see right into it. I might need some soon ...anybody any ideas ? hope you all had a good Easter or loads of good paying call outs Rob Foster aka centralheatking
  20. C

    Soil pipe for toilet frame help

    Hi all I am trying to fit a toilet frame in my bathroom, I have an issue whereby the soil pipe out of the frame does not line up with the pipe in my house, the pipe is about 70mm higher. See picture for details, how is it best to do this ? Do they do an offset adapter for around 70mm? Cheers

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