F.A.O. Softus, Nige F & others

[RussellS]

Hi Guys,

I just wanted to say thanks for the help and advice you all gave me regarding replacing my soil pipe. The job is now pretty much done as shown in the picture below...

The old pipe was pitch fibre and the sections pulled apart surprisingly easily.

I was originally going to couple the new pipe onto the pitch fibre coupler cemented into the ground at the bottom. However, after removing the old pipe, the inside surface of that coupler was starting to disintegrate and I could actually push my finger through the inner face of it and moisture oozed out. So in the end I dug the cement out to remove the coupler which revealed the top of the glazed clay drain pipe and I coupled the new pipe directly onto that with the Marley "soil to drain adapter". I just need to cement around it now.

So anyway, many thanks once again for your help, it was very much appreciated


Russell

 

[Nige F]

nice neat job thank goodness the p/fibre didn`t carry on into the underground drain

 

[RussellS]

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Softus]

As Nige already said, it looks like a luvverly job.

One trick you might have missed - to allow for expansion. This is fairly easy with ring-seal fittings, because you can stop just short of pushing some of the connection all the way home, and support all the collars with clips. Check the MIs for vertical clipping distances.

 

[RussellS]

Thanks for the comments,

I was very carefull to allow for expansion.

All fittings were stopped at least 5mm short of being pushed fully home and I've put in 4 metal clamps at the collars to support the weight of the pipe.


Russell

 

[Softus]

I was very carefull to allow for expansion.

All fittings were stopped at least 5mm short of being pushed fully home and I've put in 4 metal clamps at the collars to support the weight of the pipe.

In that case you've done a blindingly good job for a professional, let alone a novice.

Given the way that you've approached this job and then executed it, if you're not already an engineer then you might have missed your vocation.

 

[RussellS]

Thanks for that.

I do like to have the whole job planned in my head & on paper and buy all the bits before I make a start. I'm not one of these people who demolish a supporting wall & then think about what they're going to put in it's place. A lot of the time I know I'm capable of physically doing a job, but it's a case of knowing what materials and technique to use, which is where it's really usefull being able to speak to the experts on these forums and get advice. Also, I'm not afraid to acknowledge that a particular job is outside of my abilities, in which case I would get a professional in.

And yes, you're right, I am an engineer, albeit a service engineer in the printing industry.


Russell

 

[sanj.varah]

that looks a real neat job.

I have a quick question. How did you get the pipe out through the roof (i'm assuming the vent is beyond the roof). Did you have to clamber up onto the roof take the slate out and then remove the pipe in sections or did you just chop in and remove it from below?

thanks

sanj

 

[RussellS]

I separated the top part of the pipe at the upstairs toilet connector, pushed the top pipe further through the roof about half a meter and rested the bottom of it on a peice of wood. Then I removed the toilet connector and the lower part of the pipe and then just lowered the top part all the way down and passed it to my wife on the floor below and completely removed.

I may need to go up onto the roof at some stage to replace the weather slate as this new pipe is a slightly smaller diameter to the p/fibre pipe and the old weather slate is not a tight fit and will let rain in. Luckily, the pipe exits the roof quite near the edge of the roof so shouldn't be too much of a problem.


Regards

Russell