Soil pipe going outside.

[Leon81]

Hi, I've not posted for a while, not a plumber, but a keen DIYer who likes to try and do things without bodging if I can. Basically I'm wanting to create a cloakroom toilet in our utility room, theres already hot and cold feed so thats one job made slightly easier, thankfully. The problem I'm having is where to run the soil pipe for the toilet. I can run the pipe through the outside wall, I'm just wondering (hoping) if I can run it into this (see pics) which originally had the washing machine going into it. I foolishly had it filled in but have dug it all back out today. The guys who filled it in appear to have fit a kind of bung, obviously to stop the pipe getting blocked. Is this a standard thing to do? Can I simply unscrew it and fit a new pipe in? I've tried getting my tape measure in to get the size, think internally its about 140mm?? Will I need a reducer or is that soil pipe size? I also may have to come out of the wall, then go slightly left, (with a slight fall of course) then down vertically, then down on an angle to the existing fitting, will that be okay? Hope this makes sense, and hope the pics do to, thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

You will need a drain connector eg mcalpine dc1 which should push into the glazed soil nice and tight yes undo the bing with the big wing nut etc and clean any loose gravel etc out

 

[Leon81]

You will need a drain connector eg mcalpine dc1 which should push into the glazed soil nice and tight yes undo the bing with the big wing nut etc and clean any loose gravel etc out

Thanks for the reply, I'll look for one of those connectors cheers. I'm hoping this will be relatively straight forward. As long as it's okay for the toilet to flush down that pipe then I'm well happy.

 

[Chuck]

As long as it's okay for the toilet to flush down that pipe then I'm well happy.

You need to check that the pipe connects to a proper 'foul water' sewer of septic tank system, not a surface water sewer of soakaway.

Examples where corners have been cut by a previous owner connecting a washing machine outlet to a surface water drain seem common so don't just assume what you've found is okay.

 

[Leon81]

You need to check that the pipe connects to a proper 'foul water' sewer of septic tank system, not a surface water sewer of soakaway.

Examples where corners have been cut by a previous owner connecting a washing machine outlet to a surface water drain seem common so don't just assume what you've found is okay.

That's my next job - lift the nearby lid up and check it flows that way as I know my other toilet goes that way - I just didn't want to remove that bung without a bit more info. So if this pipe goes that way too, is it definitely okay for a toilet to be connected? If not then I'll lift the pavers and do it the harder way, rather than the dodgy way lol.