Recent content by m1ke

I admit that it is an unusual set-up (old property, history of undocumented maintenance work), and ironically a change to a closed sewer is being resisted by the ground floor as they seem to not get that it really is an open sewer rather than a storm drain or some such. It must smell, but I...

Hi Hugh - thanks for the response. > Assuming the existing drain is connected to a foul sewer, It definitely is, so they should only have to replace the entry which does disappear under the building from where it's shown. The reason I'm asking for a guesstimate is that there is some...

Hi , I'm completing a loft conversion in a shared building, and have just discovered that the existing Soil stack to which I'm connecting a new toilet is terminating on an Open Sewer drain (see picture). The builder didn't check, and this will be the first foul water connection to the stack...