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plumber89
Hi ,
having an issue with a bathroom I installed 5-6 month ago , it's seems as though the toilet is struggling for air and not venting properly.
originaly the soil stack was external and vented to the atmosphere , the customer has had a conservatory installed so the soil stack has been cut lower and a Durgo has been put in , this Durgo is a lot lower than the basin overflow ,( although i have heard a lot of durgos can be installed lower than this now )
as as the toilet is flushed the water rises and takes a while to go away and sometimes splutters through the shower waste as if ts trying to grab air as this is the nearest trap .
i have taken the Durgo off and replaced it with a new one and the same thing happens , the only way I can solve this is to take the Durgo off completely and then the problem goes away , but obviously the customer would be left with a smell in the conservatory
the Durgo is about half a foot above the tee that goes to the wc , the wc is 1.4 meters before vertical drop ,
What is regs on durgos regarding length of run for one to work, or how high they need to be situated , as it is as though when the toilet is being flushed the vacume in the soil pipe is to high to allow the Durgo to open and allow air into the system ,
I have small access to the soil pipe and could put a strap boss into soil with 50mm pipe and a small air admittance valve closer to toilet to see if this AIDS the toilet in getting air ,
if if not I can cut into soil and put another Durgo in but this would involve a lot of removing of boxing etc
i would leave old Durgo in , can two durgos be installed in same soil stack ? Or will they counteract each other ?
do durgos have a working temperature ? As his is in a conservatory and has only started happening as we have had this extremely hot weather ? Just a thought as the problem goes away when Durgo is removed from system
many thanks
having an issue with a bathroom I installed 5-6 month ago , it's seems as though the toilet is struggling for air and not venting properly.
originaly the soil stack was external and vented to the atmosphere , the customer has had a conservatory installed so the soil stack has been cut lower and a Durgo has been put in , this Durgo is a lot lower than the basin overflow ,( although i have heard a lot of durgos can be installed lower than this now )
as as the toilet is flushed the water rises and takes a while to go away and sometimes splutters through the shower waste as if ts trying to grab air as this is the nearest trap .
i have taken the Durgo off and replaced it with a new one and the same thing happens , the only way I can solve this is to take the Durgo off completely and then the problem goes away , but obviously the customer would be left with a smell in the conservatory
the Durgo is about half a foot above the tee that goes to the wc , the wc is 1.4 meters before vertical drop ,
What is regs on durgos regarding length of run for one to work, or how high they need to be situated , as it is as though when the toilet is being flushed the vacume in the soil pipe is to high to allow the Durgo to open and allow air into the system ,
I have small access to the soil pipe and could put a strap boss into soil with 50mm pipe and a small air admittance valve closer to toilet to see if this AIDS the toilet in getting air ,
if if not I can cut into soil and put another Durgo in but this would involve a lot of removing of boxing etc
i would leave old Durgo in , can two durgos be installed in same soil stack ? Or will they counteract each other ?
do durgos have a working temperature ? As his is in a conservatory and has only started happening as we have had this extremely hot weather ? Just a thought as the problem goes away when Durgo is removed from system
many thanks