soil pipe

  1. O

    Moving toilet

    Hello, looking for some advice before pursuing any further... we have an toilet on the 1st floor kind of in the middle of the house. Would like to move the toilet which would require extending the soil pipe by 1.7m and to turn the toilet would require 3x90 bends, 1xvertical and 2x horizontal. I...
  2. T

    Waste pipe causing blockage in soil pipe

    Hi. We had a blocked toilet on a recently installed new bathroom and I've been out to look at the soil pipe. It had overflowed into the gutter. I could see that the blockage was sitting on a waste pipe that spans almost the entire width of the soil pipe. It was effectively forming a shelf for...
  3. C

    Relocating toilet soil pipe under upstairs bathroom floor

    Hi All, I'm currently in the middle of an upstairs bathroom remodel and am considering whether I can move the existing soil waste pipe to the toilet to under the floor boards. The current situation is this: - Vertical stack that pops up, just under the floor - Bathroom shower 40mm feeds into...
  4. M

    New Soil Pipe into Inspection Chamber

    Good people of DIYnot, I had been intending to check with building control but as they don't work weekends I've kept carrying on, worst case scenario the lot may have to come out and a plastic chamber put in, but Do you think running a plastic soil pipe into the existing chamber to meet the...
  5. L

    Help Identifying Durgo Valve

    Hi all, Recently moved into a new-ish 2016 property, and the loft smells leading me to think the durgo valve is faulty (this also happened in our old house). Looking at the valve, I can see straight down into the pipe and the smell is, to politely say, strong. It looks different to those I’ve...
  6. lyla88

    planning a garage conversion, really awkwardly placed soil pipe, any ideas?

    so im currently at the planning stage of a diy garage conversion, ive decided to install a suspended floor in order to raise the floor in line with the rest of the house, however there is a very awkwardly placed soil pipe that comes through the the roof of the garage and through the concrete...
  7. M

    New (to us) house. New plumbing challenges. Bath waste issue.

    Hi DIYnot. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. We moved into a new (to us) place a couple of months ago. The bath was draining slowly. Thought it might have been clogged. Inserted some Buster unblocked (image below). That did improve the flow. However, a couple of days later water...
  8. K

    Soil pipe from loft bathroom horizontally out of pitched roof

    Hi, I am looking to install a bathroom in my loft, and the easiest rout to connecting the toilet to existing soil pipe is by horizontally through the pitched roof (roof has no soffits). Have searched the internet and not seen it done, is this possible? say by using below but rotating for pipe...
  9. janieJones123

    How to block gap in toilet soil pipe, inside and out

    Having a bit of an issue with mice at the minute in a new house, so trying to block all gaps and paths in. I have noticed that there is a sizeable gap around an en suite toilet soil pipe on the first floor, and was wondering what would be some suggestions on how best to block it, with keeping...
  10. M

    Ceramic soil pipe near the surface

    Hi, I have a ceramic soil pipe in my garden which can’t be moved deeper or to a different location. The problem is that it’s close to the surface of the soil ( about 4 inches )for about 2m of its length in area of the garden which will get a bit of traffic in the future. I’m trying to find a...
  11. P

    How to repair a damaged waste pipe (Ed.)

    Hi, I hope someone can help me. I had a water blockage in my kitchen sink on Easter and I got 2 different plumbers over for the rescue. While the 2nd one fixed the issue by tracing the issue to the communal pipe, he cut open the pipe in the process. He explained it's better to leave it open...
  12. J

    Rotating toilet soil pipe exit to other direction

    We’re thinking of having the door to our extension in the blue shaded area - which passes through the existing SVP. How easy is it to rotate the exit pipes for the two toilets to go the other direction to join to a relocated SVP (proposed pipes shown in red). Could this work all be done...
  13. E

    Possible leak from soil pipe outside causing damp

    Hello, I’m looking for some advice.. we’ve recently moved into a new property and have noticed that the soil pipe external to the house is leaking every time the toilet is flushed. It’s partially covered by decking but we can see clearly above the part above decking and have tested it so we...
  14. H

    Routing Soil Pipe

    Hi all, Looking for some advice on routing soil stack. Doing the classic terrace renovation of moving the bathroom from downstairs to upstairs in the third bedroom. Current toilet is downstairs in the corner. A plumber has suggested routing the stack up the back wall. Unfortunately in the...
  15. J

    Gutter into soil pipe

    Hi, advice needed please. We live in a 1700’s property which has a combined drainage system where all waste and surface water (guttering etc.) feeds into the same drain. The outside pipe work is carnage and I’m trying to tidy up. We have a soil and a guttering down pipe that run (almost)...
  16. S

    Leaking 110mm Soil pipe socket seal

    Hi all, Got an old 60s/70s PVC soil stack, the pipe socket (which is partly painted pink in the photo) is Hunter branded and has an old O-ring design quite different to modern stuff. I tried to revive the o-ring with some grease and ran a short length of new grey PVC pipe into it, then have a...
  17. P

    Flexible soil pipe coupling

    Hi I had a leak caused by a crushed double socket push fit coupling just below floor level. In order to replace the coupling, I cut the pipe above (where the photo is marked 1) and pulled out the access pipe from the broken coupling, replaced the coupling (marked 2), then put the access pipe...
  18. D

    Outside Bottle Gully Question

    Hi all, Wanted some advice on an outside bottle gully that I currently have. At the moment it has 3 appliance waste pipes going into the top of it and a redundant waste pipe on the side (which I want to use for a ACO driveway drain). The outlet feeds direct to the main drain (confirmed by...
  19. R

    Broken clay soil pipe collar?

    Hello, we are having some groundworks done and have noticed that where the concrete has been partially removed around the bottom of the soil pipe (from toilet etc), it has exposed a gap at the end of the plastic pipe which is leaking - it looks maybe like the collar on the lower clay pipe has...
  20. J

    Soil pipe across wall

    Hi, we currently have a vertical soil vent pipe. It is in the way of where we would like to build a rear extension. I’m hoping someone could offer some guidance here as without moving this pipe we’d be unable to open up the rear of the house. Is it likely to be acceptable to remove the bottom...
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