1950's Drainage pipes.!

suey2

Help.! can anyone on the boards help us identify the drainage pipes that are in our bungalow, the bungalow was built in 1959 and the soil pipe and stack pipe [which are the originals] are made from a strange material, they are 4" wide and are quite light in weight, not plastic, but are black, look like cast iron and have a black slightly raised type texture. We looked on the original plans and they are marked as S.G.S. 4" pipes. They go all the way underground to the main man hole.

Many thanks for any help.

Sue~

Canucklehead

Good evening: My OH, Corgi Guy, says the pipe in question sounds like pitch fibre...google the term for more info :eek: See example
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:k_iC8RQlOwwJ:www5.tmbc.gov.uk/akstonbridge/images/att1670.doc+pitch+fibre&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk

HTH

Canucklehead

suey2

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.!! I think your OH is right, we had just been googling pitch fibre before we saw your reply, well... as the bungalow is 50 years old and the pitched fibre lasts only 40 years.! I think we may have a problem.

Sue~

suey2

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.!! I think your OH is right, we had just been googling pitch fibre before we saw your reply, well... as the bungalow is 50 years old and the pitch fibre lasts only 40 years.! I think we may have a problem.

Sue~

BobProperty

Replacing the bits above ground is easy compared to the below ground pipework if that fails. I think there is/are a commercial pipe lining system(s) to repair the below ground pipework.