Recent content by lee37

i managed to look back at some from 1991 i think it was and that seemed to say in a chart that the max run was 15m , possibly with multi wc's. Yet further down it stated 6m , so not really sure what it said at all . Bit worried that if i ring building control someone will be round to order...

trawled many posts and i gather the max allowable run for a wc soil pipe to stack is 6m , has it ever been permissable to run more than this ? Or if running (2) multiple wcs into the horizontal run can it be longer ? I have an ensuite loo + shower with long horizontal run (aav...

thanks dan , i think i will take the hard option and get it going straight into the vertical stack .. i'm sure the extra work will be time well spent if the other option failed ..

what if i add an air admittance valve to the downstairs wc ? the soil going into it from the new loo will also carry a basin and shower waste , would that affect anything over just the wc ? i think i may be able to tap into the vertical stack now , just means a lot of plaster board and...

also if it would work would it contravene building regs ??

just been looking at fittings online and it looks like i'd be best using a y peice instead of a swept T , just adding a 45 degree coupler to that to get a better aim at the drain ??!!

i am looking at fitting an en suite wc in an upstairs bedroom and my vertical soil pipe is a real pig to get at , even using a slip fitting i dont think i can tap into it . I can however easily tap into a horizontal run that comes from another wc downstairs, it would go something like ...