Why do new builds make the soil vent pipe internal?

[thefuz]

So, why do new builds make the soil vent pipe internal and trunk/box it in??

Surely the whole point is to keep the water out the house especially that kind of water! Also it makes issues with access etc so what the hell are they playing at? Is there any benefit to this? Surely its more work for them in the first place anyway?

cheers

 

[crockett]

It's asthetics more than anything, also with the waste being plastic nowadays there is an issue with UV rays perishing the pipe quicker than if it were inside, boxed in. Your point is a valid one, but personally a house looks 'sleeker' with minimal pipework outside. Just my opinion

 

[thefuz]

It's asthetics more than anything, also with the waste being plastic nowadays there is an issue with UV rays perishing the pipe quicker than if it were inside, boxed in. Your point is a valid one, but personally a house looks 'sleeker' with minimal pipework outside. Just my opinion

Cheers for that, I take the UV prob on board, but surely if they just fit black PVC pipes they should be ok, for a good few years anyway.

Im just curious as the regs stated they had to be internal back in the 70's but obviously they are not concerned with the aesthetics and with it clearly not forming part of a planning requirement and with the potential problems they are creating have left me scratching my head for justificiation - other than how it looks I just dont see why the developers have taken it upon themselves to do this?

 

[ianniann]

I agree it is a nightmare as soon as you need to do any work on it.

 

[Nige F]

So, why do new builds make the soil vent pipe internal and trunk/box it in??


cheers

they can be outside now Good old pen pushing regs

 

[Axel]

I much prefer the aesthetics of the rear view of a Victorian or Edwardian house, with its marvelous display of black curved and straight cast iron soil and waste pipes. Form follows function. People were proud of their plumbing (or that they even had it) in the old days. My Grandfather used to 'sell' electricity to those who had not yet got it installed in their homes. I'll bet they all loved the surface mount wiring...