Good Evening all,
I have started to have a go at replacing a cracked Gully pot, and having exposed the pipework want to take a pause and just double check my next steps are going to be OK.
So, for reference:
This picture shows:
Left hand small pipe - Something dodgily put a drain run that needs replacing at a future date (but hoping behind that wall to put a downstairs WC so not fixing just yet)
In the corner - Soil stack currently appears to be working fine
68mm pipe next to soil pipe - This is currently fed by rainwater and water from bath and sink in upstairs bathroom. Old 1930's house so sewers are combined so not an issue.
The issue is:
The Gully pot is cracked and it was not creating a trap nor and the water was going into the gully and luckily most was draining into the inspection chamber but not via the run, it was kind of just finding it's own way in. Glad it was doing that rather than going under the house.
Anyway, you can see that I have now exposed the pipework, my plan is to smash out the pipe, dig a little further, put down some pea shingle and replace with plastic. Am thinking a screwfix jobbie:
Gully pot and trap
15 degree angle - just in case
Pipe
Now the only bit I am uncertain (unless I am missing something else) - Is getting the pipe into the inspection chamber, do you just put it in and bed it in with some cement?
The alternative is to try and not crack the pipe and use a adaptor collar, although, if im honest I will probably crack it if I go down this route.
As a side note (Will try and take a picture tomorrow) I am a little concerned about all the gaps within the inspection chamber, where things aren't quite flush, although am probably overthinking it. There is also some other bodges going on, but will come to those over time, the Gully issue is the main problem at the moment as was concerned it was going to do damage to the foundations.
Any and all help, greatly appeciated.
Thank you
Tom
I have started to have a go at replacing a cracked Gully pot, and having exposed the pipework want to take a pause and just double check my next steps are going to be OK.
So, for reference:
This picture shows:
Left hand small pipe - Something dodgily put a drain run that needs replacing at a future date (but hoping behind that wall to put a downstairs WC so not fixing just yet)
In the corner - Soil stack currently appears to be working fine
68mm pipe next to soil pipe - This is currently fed by rainwater and water from bath and sink in upstairs bathroom. Old 1930's house so sewers are combined so not an issue.
The issue is:
The Gully pot is cracked and it was not creating a trap nor and the water was going into the gully and luckily most was draining into the inspection chamber but not via the run, it was kind of just finding it's own way in. Glad it was doing that rather than going under the house.
Anyway, you can see that I have now exposed the pipework, my plan is to smash out the pipe, dig a little further, put down some pea shingle and replace with plastic. Am thinking a screwfix jobbie:
Gully pot and trap
15 degree angle - just in case
Pipe
Now the only bit I am uncertain (unless I am missing something else) - Is getting the pipe into the inspection chamber, do you just put it in and bed it in with some cement?
The alternative is to try and not crack the pipe and use a adaptor collar, although, if im honest I will probably crack it if I go down this route.
As a side note (Will try and take a picture tomorrow) I am a little concerned about all the gaps within the inspection chamber, where things aren't quite flush, although am probably overthinking it. There is also some other bodges going on, but will come to those over time, the Gully issue is the main problem at the moment as was concerned it was going to do damage to the foundations.
Any and all help, greatly appeciated.
Thank you
Tom
