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ianlovatt
I've had a good search and couldn't see anything that already covered this. It's probably common sense but I'm only home at week-ends so need the job to go smoothly as can't leave my wife with a stinky bathroom for the week.
I've fitted a new toilet about 2 ft closer to the stack, compared with the old one. This reduced the run externally and is all complete (cored the wall, new external pipework etc.). The old toilet is still in the bathroom next to the new one and next week-end i'm going to remove it and the pipe plus 90deg bend that are now redundant. Once I've removed the toilet it seems like the proper thing to do is to somehow remove the old soil pipe and brick up the inner and outer walls (I've saved bits from coring the hole for the new toilet).
The old pipe is plastered/mortered in place and i'm wondering if it's going to be awkward to shift and secondly I had it suggested to me to just cut the pipe back as close as I can to the wall (inside and out) and fill it with mortar/rubble. Is this common practice? Our house is pebble dashed so outside will get covered and inside will get plastered over.
If I am to remove the old pipe any tips on getting it free so it slides out? Should a mallet and square of wood from the inside be enough to get it out or should i expect to be stitch drilling around the pipe until it starts to move?
Also I'm guessing if I brick it up things will fall into the cavity or at least slump a bit so any tips for bracing from the inside to minimise this (ie i'm guessing bits of wood but any more details would be great)? We've got cavity wall (shredded foam type) insulation. The house is 1930s semi with red brick inner and outer walls.
Thanks for any advice,
Ian
I've fitted a new toilet about 2 ft closer to the stack, compared with the old one. This reduced the run externally and is all complete (cored the wall, new external pipework etc.). The old toilet is still in the bathroom next to the new one and next week-end i'm going to remove it and the pipe plus 90deg bend that are now redundant. Once I've removed the toilet it seems like the proper thing to do is to somehow remove the old soil pipe and brick up the inner and outer walls (I've saved bits from coring the hole for the new toilet).
The old pipe is plastered/mortered in place and i'm wondering if it's going to be awkward to shift and secondly I had it suggested to me to just cut the pipe back as close as I can to the wall (inside and out) and fill it with mortar/rubble. Is this common practice? Our house is pebble dashed so outside will get covered and inside will get plastered over.
If I am to remove the old pipe any tips on getting it free so it slides out? Should a mallet and square of wood from the inside be enough to get it out or should i expect to be stitch drilling around the pipe until it starts to move?
Also I'm guessing if I brick it up things will fall into the cavity or at least slump a bit so any tips for bracing from the inside to minimise this (ie i'm guessing bits of wood but any more details would be great)? We've got cavity wall (shredded foam type) insulation. The house is 1930s semi with red brick inner and outer walls.
Thanks for any advice,
Ian
