Soil stack

[Jen1988]

My house was ment to have a wc downstairs im looking to install a toilet and sink, as far as im aware the soil stack has been bunged with rags and skimmed over, will I have to replace the soil stack compleatly of is there a connector i can connect to the original soil pip to do this, all the plumbing is still there for the sink ect. Also whats the best way to accsess the soil pipe

 

[sircerebus666]

If there was a toilet there previously should be straightforward to connect a new toilet to it but you won't know how until you unearth the soil stack

Have you got any idea at all where the connection was for the old toilet?

Was it plasterboarded over , boxed in?

 

[ktuludays]

Pics would definitely help, until you've exposed the soil pipe it's impossible to help

 

[Jen1988]

Yeh ive had a camera put down the exsternal drain to see how it was filled which showed rags not cement just worried about how to break the floor to accsess the soil stack

 

[ktuludays]

What's the floor made of currently?

 

[Jen1988]

Concrete

 

[ktuludays]

Concrete

The old connection was beneath this? If so then you need to carefully expose where the pipe is and you can make good afterwards

 

[Jen1988]

Great if worst case scenario are they easily replaced?

 

[ktuludays]

Great if worst case scenario are they easily replaced?

Generally yes but access is always the issue, again without pics its hard to say

 

[CBW]

Yeh ive had a camera put down the exsternal drain to see how it was filled which showed rags not cement just worried about how to break the floor to accsess the soil stack

If you’re able to do this, then I’d expect the stack connection to be accessible? Drain as in main drain, or existing stack?

 

[Jen1988]

Yes they went from the external drain, the camera heading towards the soil pipe showed two misalignment to the drain that the soil pip leads to, so im in the process of fixing the underground drain which i think is clay, then going to move on to exposing the soil pipe and either working with thw one thats there with a fitting or getting a new one installed