Blanked off rodding access in soil pipes

[tcarnell]

Hi all,

I'm what you'd call a competent DIYer and I'm looking to replace our existing cast iron soil pipe when refurbishing our bathroom (moving sanitaryware around so I thought I'd do it all at the same time).

I was checking out soil pipe connections in Wickes today and picked up a couple that had rodding access points in them. I unscrewed the caps on these access points and was surprised to see they were blanked off.

I can understand why the sockets for waste pipes are blanked off - you use a hole saw to cut them out as and when necessary - but why are the rodding points blanked off too?

Just curious really.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Tony.

 

[stevetheplumber]

Hi all,

I'm what you'd call a competent DIYer and I'm looking to replace our existing cast iron soil pipe when refurbishing our bathroom (moving sanitaryware around so I thought I'd do it all at the same time).

I was checking out soil pipe connections in Wickes today and picked up a couple that had rodding access points in them. I unscrewed the caps on these access points and was surprised to see they were blanked off.

I can understand why the sockets for waste pipes are blanked off - you use a hole saw to cut them out as and when necessary - but why are the rodding points blanked off too?

Just curious really.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Tony.

at a guess there not blanked of just have a second piece of moulded plastic you have to take out

 

[TGor]

Yep thats right... you'll probably find the piece is shaped so as to maintain the smooth bore of the main pipe to avoid accumulation of stuff you don't want in there!

 

[tcarnell]

Ah, I see. Thanks for your replies stevetheplumber and TGor, that answers that question.

Tony.