Hi all
I've read a bunch of the posts on soil stack problems which all seem to point in one direction, however I would appreciate your collective thoughts. The problem is this, the WC was connected via the original lead pan connector which turned 45 deg and was soldered to a brass ferrule which was hemp cauked and lead run into the socket of the branch. When this was exposed I decided to remove the lead and brass ferrule, primarily because they pass through a notionally solid wall and would be impossible to access in the future, but also because they were pretty ropey, original (1922) I suspect. The branch is rotated in the vertical plane by 45 deg into the wall so that half of the socket circumference is covered by the roughcast. I have tried a standard drain connector in the CI socket but it is a little too loose for comfort given that it will eventually be covered over, and a hidden leak doesn't bear thinking about. I can get the spigot of a 135 deg bend into the socket, its a tightish fit but there is obviously no seal, again a problem given the connection is partially hidden.
There seem to be two solutions, one is to use the spigot connection just described with an external seal, the other is to take down the CI and replace with plastic. Is there another far better way I haven't thought about?
TIA
Martin
I've read a bunch of the posts on soil stack problems which all seem to point in one direction, however I would appreciate your collective thoughts. The problem is this, the WC was connected via the original lead pan connector which turned 45 deg and was soldered to a brass ferrule which was hemp cauked and lead run into the socket of the branch. When this was exposed I decided to remove the lead and brass ferrule, primarily because they pass through a notionally solid wall and would be impossible to access in the future, but also because they were pretty ropey, original (1922) I suspect. The branch is rotated in the vertical plane by 45 deg into the wall so that half of the socket circumference is covered by the roughcast. I have tried a standard drain connector in the CI socket but it is a little too loose for comfort given that it will eventually be covered over, and a hidden leak doesn't bear thinking about. I can get the spigot of a 135 deg bend into the socket, its a tightish fit but there is obviously no seal, again a problem given the connection is partially hidden.
There seem to be two solutions, one is to use the spigot connection just described with an external seal, the other is to take down the CI and replace with plastic. Is there another far better way I haven't thought about?
TIA
Martin
