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  1. C

    Push fit or solvent weld soil pipe?

    Hi all Quick question. We went to move our soil pipe through 90* so we can move the toilet. We are just a little unsure how we can move the existing pipework. I’ve attached a couple photos of our existing one. Can anyone confirm whether this is a simple push fit connection or whether it’s...
    • chrisc90
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    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boilers
  2. plumb_know

    open vented soil pipe

    doing a new build, built between 2 existing properties. From my study days i seem to recall that only 1 in every 3 properties need to be open vented soil stack and the property at the end of the drain line. Is this correct or have i made this up. i have tried sourcing the answer online but cant...
  3. I

    Can i connect waste pipes into soil pipe tee on a horizontal run? I

    Obviously I know the boss parts on a soil pipe tee are there to be cut out to connect waste pipes and I have done this when it is not a horizontal run but i was wondering if i can connect the soil tee horizontally and still connect waste from it? I have attached the part and rotated the inage on...
    • Illuminate
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    • pipe pipes soil soil pipe waste
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boilers
  4. A

    New soil stack to toilet connection

    Hi. I'm installing a new soil stack for a new upstairs bathroom. For the toilet, where the 110mm pipe comes through the wall to outside, which pipe fitting do I use? It has to come out and then across to the soil stack, but all the branches and bends are 92.5 or 87.5 degrees but surely it needs...
    • Adrian_P
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    • connection soil toilet
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Boilers
  5. Putlog Pete

    Need ideas for how to remove a very stuck soil spigot tail/cap

    I'm trying to pull a Polypipe SA62B access plug and cap out of the soil vent branch (which I think is a Floplast SP190). It's a bit of a cramped space and it feels VERY stuck. Any suggestions? I'm removing it so I can fit a pan connector. Three years ago my contractors installed my new SVP...
  6. R

    Internal Soil Stack Connector

    Attached photo shows a bath waste to internal soil stack that's probably been leaking since the house was built. Problem I have is that the connection is not easily accessed. Can anyone please advise if the bath waste pipe connector is push fit? Anyone have any good ideas to fix the problem...
  7. gerry2190

    Rats chewing rubber seal entering soil stack and then rest of the pipe

    Hi everyone, thank you for time reading this, I own a ground floor flat in a block in Bedford, the issue is that rats from the sewers chew the rubber seal entering the vertical block soil stack and then they keep on chewing the rest of the flexi pipe. Would you know how to stop this? Is there...
  8. B

    who would be able to put back the cowl on top of a soil stack please

    Who do I contact to replace the protector on the top of a soil stack - it blew off in the last winds
    • Bridget Davies
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    • soil
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
  9. J

    internal soil stack spain

    any advice needed pls, putting new bathroom upstairs in spanish house, no soil stack outside ,believe it to be directly under downstairs toilet, if i put new soil pipe in, do i have to locate it ,to fit under downstairs toilet, ime guessing to cut hole into the hole beneath.
  10. J

    Static caravan soil pipe venting

    The soil pipe from the static caravan goes straight down through the floor. What I plan is to run a Tee from this to connect to a vent/air intake on the other side of the caravan. Just wondering does the fact that the vent pipe joins the soil pipe after the tiolet affect how it would work...
    • jh1974
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    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
  11. A

    Soil pipe leaking, and diy inspection?

    I’ve had a rodent problem in the loft (I know they are in the drain because I saw rats in inspection chamber). The soil stack appears intact in the vertical loft section and vented at roof. I’m pushing the insurance to get a drain survey (water company did cctv the drain and said no defects)...
  12. Z

    Combined rainwater and soil stack?

    Hi, we have moved our upstairs bathroom so need to put a new soil stack on the outside wall. In the place where we want to put it is a rainwater pipe with a "bucket style" opening at the top, (sorry I don't know the correct term), because it is a flat-roof property so it catches the water from...
  13. F

    Is it possible/within regs to move a Toilet soil pipe?

    Hi all We are currently renovating our house and would like to know if we can move the toilet soil pipe a few feet from its current position? Basically, we had an airing cupboard on the landing. That airing cupboard back wall backed on to the toilet. so, for example...If you were in the...
  14. J

    slope question about relocating WC soil pipe

    Hi, I'm doing a bathroom refurb and wanting to move both the WC and wash basin over to the right. In the picture attached, green is how I think I should position the new WC and orange is how I think I should position the new wash basin. I know that the waste pips should have a slope between...
    • James345
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    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Boilers
  15. J

    will the soil pipe connection rotate?

    I am moving the position of a WC which connects to the roof vent pipe and discharge pipe. To do so I would like to rotate the soil pipe about 40 degree anti clockwise. My question is: will the multi purpose boss connector the soil connects to rotate if I re position it? Thank you once again.
    • JohnHuson
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    • connection pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boilers
  16. P

    Soil Pipe Angle Options - Advice & Help required

    Hi All, Having the layout on the ground floor reworked, the plans to do so included moving the internal vertical soil pipe on the ground floor too. This pipe picks up the bathroom and en-suite on the 1st floor, and bathroom on the top attic floor too. So quite a bit goes through it, though on...
    • Pgeddon
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    • pipe soil soil pipe
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Boilers
  17. 3

    Soil pipe in chimney breast

    We live in a Victorian apartment on 1st floor. Our new upstairs neighbours want to relocate their toilet from the outside wall to an inside wall and run the soil pipe through an unused chimney. Is that wise?
  18. S

    Advice on what to do with soil pipe for sink waste and toilet

    After some advice. I have had my floor done downstairs but the current waste inlet is too low for the basin waste and will need boxing in and also the pan waste in the floor isn’t in the center of the room. I have a back to wall toilet and will be installing a floating sink. I plan on chasing...
    • Swainy90
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    • pipe sink soil soil pipe toilet waste
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Boilers
  19. T

    Soil pipe boss removal.. Help

    OK so I've started and my original plan is looking good. Is the bottom of that boss push fit? Will brute force get it off? If not how am I going to cut it out .. is there a fabulous tool that will get in there between two joists and a wall. 🤯 Really don't want to be damaging kitchen underneath...
  20. T

    Slip Coupler soil stack

    Hi all, Quick question. Is there a difference between the black soil stack coupler and the brown outdoor pipe coupler other than the colour? My piping will be concealed so just checking I can use the brown/outdoor ones on inside stack...
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