Moving soil pipe.

[Steveuk]

Hi. I have a three bedroom house and would like to ideally move the soil pipe. The house is only eight years old but I have pipes running from the ceiling of my bathroom down through the kitchen downstairs and appears to except through the concrete base of the house. These pipes are boxed in, but in doing so is eating into the corner space in the kitchen and bathroom. I have two questions if anyone can advise me.

A. Are there any rules or regulations prohibiting me from moving the soil pipe outside?

B. Is it possible to have a downpipe fitted on the outside of the house, have the soil pipe exit through the wall in the upstairs bathroom into the downpipe, and then rather than dig up the outside of the house to meet the sewer, have the pipe enter back through the wall into the kitchen in order to marry up with the original exit point through the sub base of the house?

Thanks. Steve.

 

[gmartine]

A. No but you should notify building control.

B. Dog's dinner of a solution and if I understand you correctly you may have an issue with two 90 degree bends in very close vicinity.

 

[Radioman]

A= yes, planning permission required and if granted building control to inspect and detail work.
B= yes as above

 

[Steveuk]

Okie okie. Looks like it's a no go then. Thanks though guys.

 

[joni os]

" 8 year old house",Check out your conveyance documents for restrictive covenants and external soil pipes. Any soil stack would also need to extend 1 metre above adjacent opening windows. If house is timber frame with brick skin consider effect on studs before drilling.