Can soil pipe be chased into a wall?

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Hi,

We have just purchased a 1960s semi where the soil pipe runs down from the bathroom and down the kitchen wall into the ground. It was hidden behind a false back in a cupboard. The strange thing is that the pipe goes into the wall near the ceiling. I think it then carries on up through the bathroom in the wall. In the loft it emerges from the wall and is vented through the roof.

So it looks like on the first floor it is inside the wall as there is no sign of it in the bathroom. I am wondering if it can be chased into the wall in the kitchen to emerge just before the ground. It would come out of the ground then straight into the wall.

The reason for all of this is that we are having a new kitchen fitted and the pipe runs down the wall where we hope to have a tall cupboard. Its not a huge kitchen so I'm not keen on boxing in the soil pipe as it would reduce the width.

I can post pics if that helps.

All advice most welcome!

Thanks
Alan
 
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Hi Alan ideally change it all to plastic. You have a few issues if you chase it into the wall you undermine the integrity of the structure. I am not too sure if you need a change of direction in the soil pipe to get it where you want. If so a nightmare in terms of fittings in a tight confined space.

A pic or drawing would assist.

Pete
 
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Is relocating the pipe outside an option?

I don think so. The wall it runs down in not an external wall.

Seems like boxing it in is the only option. We are going to have a builder and plumber look at it when they come to discuss the other work we are having done.

I'll post a pic tomorrow night after I visit the house again.

Thanks for the replies.
Alan
 
Hi Alan ideally change it all to plastic. You have a few issues if you chase it into the wall you undermine the integrity of the structure. I am not too sure if you need a change of direction in the soil pipe to get it where you want. If so a nightmare in terms of fittings in a tight confined space.

A pic or drawing would assist.

Pete

Here are a couple pics of the pipe. You will notice that it disappears into the wall near the ceiling and does not emerge on the other side of the wall. It goes all the way up into the roof space where comes out of the wall then vents through the roof.
The wall behind the pipe used to be an external wall before a small single story utility room was added.
So I am wondering why they didnt chase it into the wall all the way down and have it come out of the wall and into the ground much lower down?

Is my only option to replace the pipe and box it in?


Thanks again
Alan
 
I suspect the upstairs wall is not solid brick.
 
If your planning to install a tall cupboard there then I would suggest you just modify the cupboard to fit around it. Would only require 1 side to be reduced and a couple of mods to the back. Ok it will reduce the cupboard a little but better than nothing. A decent kitchen fitter shouldn't have any problem with that.
 
If your planning to install a tall cupboard there then I would suggest you just modify the cupboard to fit around it. Would only require 1 side to be reduced and a couple of mods to the back. Ok it will reduce the cupboard a little but better than nothing. A decent kitchen fitter shouldn't have any problem with that.

Yes that is exactly how the original cupboard was. We were hoping that a tall cupboard with a double oven would fit there as that is the best spot for one, but that obviously requires a full depth cupboard.
 

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