I recently purchased a 3bed detached house requiring modernisation. I am doing as much of the work as I can myself but will get Traders in where necessary.
The soil stack runs internally straight down from the corner of the bathroom, Straight through the kitchen to the sewage connection point beneath the floorboards which can be seen in the images below.
I want to move the stack outside
I am currently thinking the best way to go would be to connect a 92.5* bend to the ground connection point and use a core drill to go through the external wall allowing a pipe to be bedded in the wall and the soil stack to be repositioned outside.
One of the problems is the floor joist is in the way so a possible option could be to cement bricks down to the foundations to support the joist allowing the end to be cut away and the pipe to get through the wall.
I have the following questions:
1) Are there building regs regarding how close to the end of an external wall you can create an opening and if openings are permitted within the final few feet how big can they be?
2) Would it be best to chip out the old plastic joiner that’s cemented and re-cement a 92.5* bend? How tough is this stuff?
This may allow me to get the plastic pipe outside leaving the joist in place with a portion shaved off the bottom where the pipe will be.
3) Will I need to get buildings control involved?
Thanks in advance for any replies
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The soil stack runs internally straight down from the corner of the bathroom, Straight through the kitchen to the sewage connection point beneath the floorboards which can be seen in the images below.
I want to move the stack outside
I am currently thinking the best way to go would be to connect a 92.5* bend to the ground connection point and use a core drill to go through the external wall allowing a pipe to be bedded in the wall and the soil stack to be repositioned outside.
One of the problems is the floor joist is in the way so a possible option could be to cement bricks down to the foundations to support the joist allowing the end to be cut away and the pipe to get through the wall.
I have the following questions:
1) Are there building regs regarding how close to the end of an external wall you can create an opening and if openings are permitted within the final few feet how big can they be?
2) Would it be best to chip out the old plastic joiner that’s cemented and re-cement a 92.5* bend? How tough is this stuff?
This may allow me to get the plastic pipe outside leaving the joist in place with a portion shaved off the bottom where the pipe will be.
3) Will I need to get buildings control involved?
Thanks in advance for any replies