Replacing toilet

Hi, I intend to replace my whole bathroom suite, however at the moment the soil pipe extends quite far in to the room, and I would like to install a close coupled system, is it possible to cut soil pipes back and add new couplings? (it is an old pipe, not made of plastic)

cheers, Matt

(it is an old pipe, not made of plastic)

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what is it made of then

Assuming it's cast Iron a 9" angle grinder is ok. YOu cut a slot veetically or perp to the pipe anyway, then make cuts in the front because it won't go through in one go. A cut longditudinally at each end of the cut frees the section and lets you cut deeper. Itakes about three cycles.
You can also do it with a 4 1/2 , just. I'm told a reciprocating saw works.

The iron dust IS a problem with an angle grinder - it gets everywhere. If you place a very soggy old towel in the path of the dust stream, it absorbs a lot.