Moving a Soil/Waste stack??

[eddking2003]

Hi, I have a problem that I could do with a bit of advice about before i make an potentially expensive/unnecessary choices!!

I am looking to gut and redo my upstairs bathroom - start afresh sort of sketch. This in itself should be fairly straightforward I think. My problem is as follows.

At some point we want to extend the ground floor of the house. The soil/waste stack from the bathroom runs almost directly down the back wall and out to the main drain. Of course I don't want to do the bathroom up only to re-jig everything about when it comes to needing to move the stack for the extension. I would like to address that issue now while i do the bathroom and move it before dealing with the extension. Is it a fairly straightforward to task to do this? Would I need to get any official inspectors involved or is there a certain amount that I could do myself? If anybody has any experience with this then any help would be great, oh and if you are near Langley Mill in nottingham, feel free to pop round and have a butchers!! Cheers, Edd

 

[mac42]

I had to do something similar to add an ensuite. I got it inspected, but I don't think it added much. BCO just looked at it and said it was fine, but could have more access points. He wasn't going to fail it, just said it would be more work if it got blocked. I asked if he was going to do a smoke test, and he said no, and that the plastic fittings with rubber seals never leaked so there was no point!

If you post a pic showing 'before' and 'after' routes I may be able to advise. There are some rules you need to follow. They are in the building regs, but if you post some diagrams here someone will be sure to give you a good roasting if you're breaking any . If you're changing anything below-ground, see pavingexpert. Above ground, it's mostly common sense. I'd say its all pretty easy, as DIY jobs go, so long as you follow the rules.

One piece of advice: Get some decent pipe clips. Some of the ones on sale from the DIY places are barely fit for purpose and look like they'll break when you lean on them. Don't waste your money.

S.