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  1. J

    Basin and Bath waste pipe

    The basin waste runs horizontally for about 2m in 32mm and the bath waste runs for about 1m before they meet and tee together. From the tee the waste pipe runs horizontally for about 2m in 40mm to the soil stack. If you look at the pic the top pipe with the level on is 40mm bath waste and the...
  2. K

    Advice on leaking waste pipe connector

    Hi, Really hoping someone could advice me on a leak issue I'm having. We have a macerator type set up for our ensuite, that joins to the main soil pipe in the loft. The connector where the pipe from macerator meets the main soil pipe is not water tight, and therefore excess water is flowing...
  3. P

    Asbestos on waste pipe?

    Hello, hope it's ok to post this here. I'm not a plumber or diyer just looking for advice. I live in a 3 bed terraced house built around 1955 and have found something on an old kitchen pipe that I am worried could be asbestos. It looks like cement, part of it is hard another part soft and...
  4. T

    How to connect waste pipe to copper Moroccan basin

    Hello, would be really grateful for some advice, I got a small copper basin in a market in Morocco (way back when travelling was allowed!) I’ve just got round to thinking about installing it and can’t work out what waste pipe fitting to get to connect to it... will post a picture here (if I can...
  5. J

    Best solution to slightly rising waste pipe problem

    Hi guys. I moved into a house where the kitchen was moved from an upper floor to the ground floor, at the back of the house, so there was no existing soil pipe near to the kitchen double sink and dishwasher. In their infinite wisdom, the plumbers who set this up ran a very long length of waste...
  6. S

    Shower trap blocked but waste pipe is hidden

    Hi, Just moved into my first house and the waste water in the shower is only draining slowly. Soda crystal, baking powder and vinegar work for a few days but then it comes back. When I use them it kind of collects at the bottom and dissolves rather than go down to the blockage. I’ve tried some...
  7. H

    Blockage in waste pipe

    Hi folks, Few weeks back i had a blockage causing water to backfill in the upstairs toilets. I unscrewed the cap at the 'service' port outside & removed the blockage ok. Few weeks later the exact same issue (had been fine for years) This time when removing the waste I noticed this white piece of...
  8. N

    How to patch a hole in a toilet waste pipe?

    Hi folks, I’ve (until now, successfully...) done all the first fix plumbing on my newly configured bathroom in my flat only to notice that I’ve somehow put a tiny hole (maybe 3 or 4mm wide) in the flexible toilet waste pipe I installed. The floor is now tiled (underfloor heating, cement board...
  9. K

    How to tighten washing machine waste pipe

    Hello, Need some advice with new washing machine waste pipe. We have replaced our Indesit washing machine with a new Hisense model. The Hisense waste pipe is connected under the sink. It is slightly different from the Indesit, which means no matter how much we tighten it, it keeps loosening...
  10. A

    bathroom soil and waste pipe uncertainty

    I'm creating a wet room out of a bathroom. I lifted the floors to find the soil pipe run as in the attached diagrams. Two questions (assuming I can get the required fall) 1) Is this soil pipe arrangement (in yellow) look okay to you? It looks unnecessarily convoluted to me. I think there was...
  11. greatestdancer

    Dorset pumber needed to resolve DW waste pipe issue

    The full details of the issue can be found here ...but to summarise, the house I'm in has a waste pipe that's being fed into a down-pipe which then leads to a soak-away, this needs re-routing to a foul waste pipe. Please send a DM if you're Dorset-based and can come and take a look and...
  12. S

    Sediment blocked waste pipe

    Hi guys, ive got a couple of issues with this waste pipe: Firstly, the elbow that exits the wall has got a crack on the top near the joint. you can see it to the right of the arrow in the pic. ( it doesn't go all the way round the pipe) Around a year ago the down stairs flat owner told me...
  13. U

    Waste pipe diameter?

    Hello, I'm installing a shower tray on a 4m run from the soil stack. Building control have specified 50mm pipe so that's what I've got. However, the 50mm pipe means that the only way they would allow a hole of this diameter through the joist was to put a doubler on it, which is OK, but just...
  14. greatestdancer

    Guttering / DW Waste Pipe Heavy Rain problem

    In my kitchen, I have a dishwasher waste pipe - it is routed into black pipe that runs from the roof (guttering) to the ground (outside). Normally this is fine, but if I get heavy rain, the pipe that both the guttering and DW waste pipe are routed into fills faster than it can drain away, and...
  15. R

    Old Bath Copper Waste Pipe

    Hi, a friend was complaining about water dripping through her kitchen ceiling. Turns out that the bath waste pipe is leaking. I've not seen copper pipe used as a bath waste before. I have smeared some silicon around the join but I need to fix this. I think best to hacksaw the old tee section...
  16. F

    Blockage at end of waste pipe

    I have a blockage running from my shower to sink and out to the waste pipe. I think I need to unscrew this section of the end of pipe to get rid of the blockage, probably hair. I ran a long bendy pipe unblocker from the shower and that didnt work so im assuming the blockage is happening at this...
  17. S

    Waste pipe issue - 40mm pipe sliced open

    I’m having an issue with some waste pipework that I’ve never come across before! Customer has reported a leak on some 40mm waste pipe i installed under a kitchen sink about 18 months ago. It appears to have cracked but it’s like someone has taken a Stanley knife or a plastic pipe slice to it...
  18. I

    38mm European waste pipe to 40mm UK compression waste fitting

    What's the best way to ensure a watertight fit connecting a 38mm European / continental waste pipe to a 40mm UK compression waste fitting without using a 38mm to 40mm adaptor prior? The reason not to use an adaptor is because there's no space. Note, a 40mm compression fitting on a 38mm pipe will...
  19. F

    waste pipe smaller than toilet trap

    Im fitting a new toilet but my waste pipe in the wall is smaller than extendable trap behind toilet! so it doesn't fit inside the external waste pipe. What can I do?
  20. V

    What type of joint on this Ikea waste pipe

    I am hoping to put a new tap on my sister in laws sink and tidy up some of the hot and cold pipe work while I am at it. The Ikea waste pipework is in the way and I could do with disconnecting it as otherwise I am going to have difficulty making the joints on the new pipework. I enclose a photo...

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