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Thanks Hugh, I get where you are coming from. It is because the work is being done internally in the kitchen. I didn’t fancy stirring it into my cuppa or buttering it onto my sarnies for the next few days. I appreciate you taking the time to offer your opinion, it was very helpful. Thanks.

A/C not A/S!

Does this sound like a suitable course of action? The elbow does not look like it can be removed in one piece so it will need to be cut. I plan to do the following… Wear all the required PPE (disposable jump suit, gloves, shoe covers and FFP3 mask). Add extra support to soil stack. Wet wrap...

We share the same worry. The elbow and joints are very accessible. I can wet wrap the entire thing before working on it. The piece I’d like to change is only about 2 foot long. I was just hoping there was some sweet words I could whisper to it to make it disconnect. Or a secret wiggle only known...

I think that may be the case Hugh. Would you know in general how easily the elbow can be disconnected from the main stack? Obviously every asbestos precaution would be taken in such an event. Thanks.

No, not on the ground floor. I’ve looked everywhere I can and can’t see anything referring to a soil stack that is asbestos (possibly) on the bottom half and cast iron on the top half. Not something I’ve seen before. Got me stumped. The stack itself seems in reasonably good health, the elbow is...

Hi Madrab, the first three pics are ground floor, you can see the main stack and the bottom of the elbow that comes off it that goes up to connect to the collar in the toilet floor. The second three pics are first floor in the room with the toilet. If I tap the pipes or use a magnet, the stack...

Internal soil stack of 1950’s built house. Comes up through a collar on kitchen floor and is boxed in to ceiling. There is an elbow coming off the soil stack that sweeps up into a collar in the first floor toilet. A flexible toilet pipe then joins this to the toilet. The soil stack itself...

We live and learn. It was a rental property and then unoccupied for a time before i got my hands on it. I appreciate your time.

There was some black mould on the internal side of that wall. I wasn't sure if it was from an external issue related to the state of the render and brick work on the outside. I guess i will fix the outside as you suggest and then make good the inside and see what happens. Thanks for your help.

Thanks, sorry if it was a silly question. Reading through similar posts made me a little paranoid about it. So it will be fine to just repoint any brick work, fill the small cracks and build up the bits of missing render?

Hi, newbie here looking for a kindly soul to offer some help. 1950's house. I believe it is cavity wall. Brick outside, concrete inside, no plaster, 270mm thick with external concrete? cladding. The cladding seems to stop in front of the dpc with the bricks below covered in some old black...