Soil Pipe Distance from Wall

[snappyfish]

Hi,

What would you do in this situation where I can see black bitumen possibly Asbestos glue under old Altro wet room flooring. I wanted to move the pipe back close to wall so I can build a stud wall for wall hung toilet.

But only way would be to dig up floor. Or should I just put a toilet and sink vanity unit there against existing wall? so no digging?

 

[Wayners]

Get digging

It's not so bad as you think to move when you get at it

 

[snappyfish]

Get digging

It's not so bad as you think to move when you get at it

I was wondering about the black Asbestos looking glue and digging a big, presume its low level asbestos content?

 

[Wayners]

It's only a small area to dig.
You can cover with shaving foam or I would just wet area before busting up.
The black bitumen used to stick those asbestos tiles down with will have asbestos in but its solid. Don't go sanding or grinding.
It's low risk but get good PPE and dig up.
Spray water as you go.
The alternative is get a firm in and they wear PPE and spray with water and dig up.

My local tip has a asbestos bin but you have to register to dump stuff in. Maybe you have similar.

 

[snappyfish]

It's only a small area to dig.
You can cover with shaving foam or I would just wet area before busting up.
The black bitumen used to stick those asbestos tiles down with will have asbestos in but its solid. Don't go sanding or grinding.
It's low risk but get good PPE and dig up.
Spray water as you go.
The alternative is get a firm in and they wear PPE and spray with water and dig up.

My local tip has a asbestos bin but you have to register to dump stuff in. Maybe you have similar.

Great thanks, I did read similar methods also. Helpful.

 

[snappyfish]

Just got around to tackling this. Any thoughts on if this is it worth trying to move back with fitting I mentioned?

In the first pick it looks like the top clay pipe has been cemented onto the lower clay pipe. Is this just very risky?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Those old Salt Glazed pipes were joined, simply by butting the spigot up tight into the socket, a tarred rope pushed in around the pipe and then the joint finished with mortar. If you're lucky, the joints might fall apart as they are uncovered, if not, then then you'd need to cut through the pipe at a suitable point.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Keep digging, it looks like the joints are misaligned.

Andy

 

[snappyfish]

Thanks for the reply.

I think it's just the image angle. Just past the first join it goes of right as well as straight down!