Replacing Soil Pipe

moonpenny

I will be refurbishing my bathroom shortly but, as everyone knows, one job leads to ten hence my question!

I need to replace the outside Soil Pipe that goes from the first floor bathroom and into the concrete path below.

The house is late 50's and I know the pipe is asbestos and will need special removal.

I have all new guttering etc but who do I get for Soil Pipes? all the adverts for roofing, guttering etc never mention Soil Pipes so was wondering who to contact to do the job.

ed110220

moonpenny wrote: »

I will be refurbishing my bathroom shortly but, as everyone knows, one job leads to ten hence my question!

I need to replace the outside Soil Pipe that goes from the first floor bathroom and into the concrete path below.

The house is late 50's and I know the pipe is asbestos and will need special removal.

I have all new guttering etc but who do I get for Soil Pipes? all the adverts for roofing, guttering etc never mention Soil Pipes so was wondering who to contact to do the job.

First of all, does it need removing due to being in the wrong place or damaged? If not the best thing for asbestos is to leave it undisturbed. It doesn't need replacing just because it's old or asbestos.

moonpenny

Thanks! ed110220
Where the pipe goes into 2 "joints" (are they called collors?) they have both got a crack on these sections, (one is quite a large crack) plus they have a ring of thick moss around them but I suppose that isn't a problem to remove.

Other than this they seem intact.

sk240

Are you sure its asbestos? a lot of soil pipes in ther era were cast iron

keystone

If the collars are cracked then it really should be replaced. You need a plumber or general builder to do it.

@sk240 - lots of asbestos cement soil pipes around the bazaars.

Cheers