Replacing soil stack

[FlammableFlower]

I've just replaced our vintage concrete/asbestos guttering and whilst up there noticed the soil stack was leaking when the toilet was flushed. I have no idea whether its cast iron or concrete asbestos or how to go about replacing it, but it needs doing. Can I cut off the old pipe just above ground level and slot new plastic into that?

 

[bogstandard]

If it is asbestos I would be cautious However it would be very unusual for it to be so. Give the pipe a tap and you should be able to hear if its metal. If asbestos I would not cut the pipe but follow down to its join with the earthenware drain and remove there. A good plastics plumbers merchant will have a variety of connectors available - Polypipe, Hunter etc etc. If the pipe is metal I would use a disc cutter. Black I find the best wearing colour for outside pipes and indeed guttering.

 

[loafer]

good advice bogstandard... dont forget to take a section of the cut out old pipe down to the builders merchats to make sure that the connector fits to new polypie soil pipe. At a pinch you could evn use a str8 pan connector... but best to encase in a concrete formwork.

 

[doitall]

If the gutters was asbestos, theres a good chance the soil pipe will be too.

Ware chuck away protective clothing and a special breathing mask, remember if you cut this stuff the spores will float on the wind and could kill the neighbours as well, so best to do the job on a wet day.

 

[SparkyMarky]

Also remember that if it's cast iron it'll be heavy when you release it from the wall. Not the sort of thing you want to realise when you're balanced 6 foot up a ladder with a hammer in one hand and the pipe in the other...

 

[Nige F]

If the gutters was asbestos, theres a good chance the soil pipe will be too.

Ware chuck away protective clothing and a special breathing mask, remember if you cut this stuff the spores will float on the wind and could kill the neighbours as well, so best to do the job on a wet day.

or get your dog to **** on it as your kuttin it They aint spores there mycelium

 

[doitall]

They aint spores there mycelium

As in toad Stools

 

[Gees]

Its DUST not spores or mycelium. Asbestos is a mineral not a plant or a fungus or anthing else living for that matter...

And asbestos Dust Kills....

 

[doitall]

Thanks Gees we know it's a variety of horn-blende and commercial asbestos is generally made from chrysolite

 

[Nige F]

Merry Christmas on your island ........I`m afraid I adopt a Gallows Humour sometimes , I have been exposed to asbestos lagging years ago ..and have a list of other illness that I won`t bore you with....that`s why I hang around here like a bad smell You have a Valid Point about asbestos.