Stench pipe removal

ed110220

keystone wrote: »

OK then Dave has his above the flood level which is what you have to do. Cutting it off lower is non-compliant (!!!) whether the neighbours have done it or not.

It is a REQUIREMENT whether the neighbours have done it or not to have one vent stack on a drainage system open to atmosphere.

Yours might be the only one left if its a common system!!!!!

Oh and based on the plan and the pic swap the loo and the basin for each other. Plenty of room twixt vent and bath for the loo and more space on LHS for the basin. Alternatively fit a smaller more modern basin in current location.

Cheers

I don't think swapping them would be a good idea as the door would get in the way of the toilet. While it wouldn't actually hit it, it would be very close and the toilet would take up the area you'd want to stand in when opening the door.

Just had another idea, perhaps a bit unconventional: what about removing the boxing-in and replacing the vent pipe with an exposed stainless steel or chrome-plated one to make a feature of it, rather like you sometimes see on stoves?

The new pipe could be fixed below cabinet level and above ceiling level and not be attached to the wall (ceiling needs replacing as fibreboard).

keystone

ed110220 wrote: »

I don't think swapping them would be a good idea as the door would get in the way of the toilet. While it wouldn't actually hit it, it would be very close and the toilet would take up the area you'd want to stand in when opening the door.

TBH it doesn't look that way from the plan or the pic as I wouldn't have suggested it if it did. But you can see it in the flesh - I can't.

Just had another idea, perhaps a bit unconventional: what about removing the boxing-in and replacing the vent pipe with an exposed stainless steel or chrome-plated one to make a feature of it, rather like you sometimes see on stoves? The new pipe could be fixed below cabinet level and above ceiling level and not be attached to the wall (ceiling needs replacing as fibreboard).

Are you Sir Norman Foster?

Cheers