extending soil pipe

plumb1_2

Fred_Bear wrote:

plumb1 - but using the Multikwik avoids the need to extend the existing soil pipe - that's what it's designed for.

But the toilet pan will hit the soil pipe coming through the floor when it is moved closer to the wall, so it will have to be cut below the floor.

Canucklehead

Hi never enough ,

You might find one of these useful to get out from under the floor,http://co-uk.wavin.com/master/master.jsp

Nice suite the Savoy.

Good luck

Corgi Guy.

never_enough

Canucklehead wrote:

A couple of things...How far is the toilet from the soil pipe? Can you lift a floorboard and see what the pipe is made of under the floor? Another possible concern is the new 6 litre flush on new toilets these days might not carry the waste over the same distance as the old flush.
Corgi Guy.

Not sure what you mean about about distance between soil pipe & toilet. If you mean from toilet until it hits the vertical soil pipe outside I'd need to check & get back to you. Anything else plse explain! Can't see pipes as currently has carpet, underlay plus some kind of board over floorboards. It is the original bathroom I am replacing, so I assume it's likely to be cast iron the same as the bit outside? That's just made me think, what's the lifespan of cast iron pipes? And plastic? I don't want to go to extra expense for no reason, but at the same time it makes sense to do stuff before new flooring goes in.

Thanks, head swimming with bathroom refit stuff, but think I'm getting somewhere with this. :j

Canucklehead

Not sure what you mean about about distance between soil pipe & toilet. If you mean from toilet until it hits the vertical soil pipe outside I'd need to check & get back to you.

Yes that's it ,the horizontal bit.

Cast iron will last a long time indoors like that.
I may well be wrong, but cast iron fitted like that in between joists for any great distance is not that common . It's very heavy.
Is there anywhere you can see it?

Corgi Guy.

plumb1_2

Canucklehead wrote:

Yes that's it ,the horizontal bit.

Cast iron will last a long time indoors like that.
I may well be wrong, but cast iron fitted like that in between joists for any great distance is not that common . It's very heavy.
Is there anywhere you can see it?

Corgi Guy.

More common than you think, especialy in council properties, it is heavy but as long as it is well supported then will last a life time, and fire proof.

never_enough

Canucklehead wrote:

Yes that's it ,the horizontal bit.

Cast iron will last a long time indoors like that.
I may well be wrong, but cast iron fitted like that in between joists for any great distance is not that common . It's very heavy.
Is there anywhere you can see it?

Corgi Guy.

Would they have used plastic pipes in 1924? I don't know when plastic pipes became common, I just assumed they were a more modern invention.

ormus

changed from cast iron to plastic about the early/mid 60,s i think?

never_enough

Canucklehead wrote:

Yes that's it ,the horizontal bit.

Hi Canucklehead,
The length from the middle of the soil pipe that goes from the toilet to the outside wall where it joins with the soil stack is 440cm. This is very approx as I had to measure through another wall. Hadn't realised until I measured that the pipe must be on a slight diagonal. Would they have cut through the joists to fit it? The bathroom was fitted at the time of building the house. I've never thought how soil pipes are fitted before, only remember being told that they should be on an incline down towards the soil stack.

ormus

makes sense doesnt it?
you dont want any solids hanging around in the pipe :eek: :eek: :eek:

ozskin

should be no problem, regarding the flush as long as the pan has been properly designed in conjunction with the 6 ltr cistern should have few probs, we see many pans not correctly designed for reduced volume which end up flushing twice and using more water. dont think this one from bathstore is though. slight tangent just seen a new flexi solvent weld soil pipe connector, should get many a plumber out of many a hole but not your cast