Asbestos Soil Pipe in the bathroom

[DeadBeat]

How am I best to deal with an asbestos soil pipe. entire pipe outside from ground to roof is asbestos and no doubt through the wall to the toilet. See results from the survey below

Looks to be an original toilet inside which soon enough ill want to replace, and it may need to be closer to the wall or in a slightly different place. Should I be getting in a specialist to remove it or would an ordinary plumber be happy to disconnect the pip outside and inside and pull it through the wall, or would that be ill advised?

thanks

 

[muggles]

If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it... Just connect the new loo onto the existing pipe

 

[Nige F]

How much £ did the scientific analysis cost ? -You could have posted a pic here , and every plumber would have told you it was asbestos cement just by looking

 

[DeadBeat]

I think the pipe is going to be too long for a new loo, as the current toilet is massive, compared to modern ones and sits much further away from the wall, If i didn't care about the ceramic coat being cracked and the toilet looking old fashioned, the thing will probably keep working for another 1000 years. also the cistern looks to have the capacity of a small reservoir, I actually think ill halve my water usage when I swap it. but i think ill need to shorten or a shorter pipe, which means i assume removing a section as cutting wouldn't be recommended.

I had the whole house surveyed to make sure there wasnt any in the loft etc, so it just came up as part of that survey

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Cutting it is not recommended, most Plumbers would take it down I think, (using reasonable precautions), but then disposal may be a problem. If you were happy to take it along to a local Council tip that accepted asbestos then negotiate with your chosen Plumber, otherwise if he/she has to get rid it'll be classed as trade waste and cost a bloody fortune.....

 

[muggles]

I think cutting it back a bit inside the room would be preferable to removing it completely, given that the latter will involve considerably greater risk of breakage where it passes through the wall. Lots of water needed to damp it down during careful, slow cutting.......

 

[Nige F]

I`m with muggles - I`d be happy to do it . I`d make a tent around the work area with poly sheet - then work away inside it with a water sprayer and a hacksaw . Then the overalls , mask , pipe stub etc . would be wrapped up in the poly . Job done.