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    Vaillant Ecotec vertical flue minimum distance from soil pipe

    Hi All Has anyone ever questioned the reasons why Vaillant MIs for their vertical flue termination refer to damp exhaust air escapes from “channel vents” may condense in the air pipe and cause damage to the product, this would suggest that the flue terminal has to be at least 1 meter away on...
    • Paul Mc
    • Thread
    • distance ecotec flue minimum pipe soil soil pipe vaillant vertical
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Gas Engineers Forum
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    Some advise on soil stack connection on a 100+yr house

    Hello all, First off I am a plumber by trade but I work almost exclusively on new builds so after buying my first house which is a little over 100yrs old this is a bit new to me. I'm wanting to get a bathroom in upstairs in order to do so I need a stack up the side of the property, there is...
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    Soil pipe repair plastic to clay

    Hi there, Hopefully someone can help. There is a gap from the plastic pipe to the clay pipe as shown on the image. I was not sure how to seal it / what product to use. There isn’t a leak dripping as such but you can see the dirt between the crack and there is a slight smell of drainage. I did...
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    Hair line crack in soil pipe under floor.

    Hey. So I’m after the best way too repair this. So here’s the set up. soil pipe internal drops down a boxing into a black connector at ground level right at floor boards which then drops into this orange pipe.The void under the floor is maybe enough I could lay down in there then this drop is...
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    Soil stack inside to outside?

    The soil stack is currently inside the property.Is it within regs to angle it take it through the wall and outside?
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    4" soil workable falls

    Hi All. I am currrently installing a toilet on ground floor. I have cango'ed a channel in concrete floor to back yard and pick up existing waste. I have got a number of different opinions including google regarding fall. It is about a 12 Metre run with no bends. The following falls I was given...
    • Richard Condon
    • Thread
    • advise america broken channel falls floor horizontal pipe plumbing soil soil pipe toilet usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: USA Plumbers Advice
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    Need help with ordering soil pipe connections to lower a soil pipe for a loft conversion

    Hi my bulders have just fit a soil pipe connector to a new loft extension but the soil pipe needs to be lower as it's currently at balcony hight and can be seen wanted to lower in line with the gutter if I can find the right connections hopefully I can lower without too much work ant help would...
    • Raffaele
    • Thread
    • america connections conversion help loft lower pipe soil soil pipe usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA Plumbers Advice
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    Internal soil stack leaking

    Hi, I have an internal soil stack which seems to be missing the rubber seal where it joins clay drain. Due to having limited access to the pipe and also the fact it’s boxed in by the kitchen I’m looking for an idea of what I can use. I did place denso tape around which has done the job for...
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    RM cylinder coil 1 and soil 1 hot water storage

    I’ve got advantage invented hot water storage RM cylinder. I have got coil1 soil 1 Both are connected with copper pipe. Looks like one for heating and one for hot water but the soil 1 for hot water pipe has a stopcock What is the difference between coil1 and soil 1
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    Heat proof "waterless" valve for Unvented cylinder T&P connection to soil stack

    I have just had an unvented cylinder fitted, and the T&P valve is connected as per regs via a tundish, and then into the soil stack using a copper pipe. But I've had to ask the plumber to come back, because it looks like he hasn't done anything to prevent sewer gases from coming into the...
    • GeoffG
    • Thread
    • connection cylinder heat proof soil soil stack stack unvented unvented cylinder valve
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia Plumbers Talk
  11. SimonG

    Whats The Minimum Vent Off A Soil Stack?

    Looked a job today, possibly looking at reducing vent size as it's a difficult run. 75mm sticks in my head for some reason. Cheers.
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    Is this soil pipe installation ancient?

    Hi This is my first post on here so apologies if I'm not spot on straight off! I'm about to embark on a bathroom refurb (mostly DIY). All the existing pipework is behind fitted furniture and this afternoon I took some photos from the cistern access panel to get an of what lurks behind...
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    Soil Vent query. Bad smells

    Hi. I own a three storey house. 4 toilets. 3 showers. Since I moved in a couple of years ago there’s been a recurring (and very mild) sewer odour. Most can’t smell it but I can and it’s coming from the shower traps mostly. And sometimes the kitchen sink. At first I assumed a pipe blockage and...
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    Do I need a new Soil Pipe Vent in the roof?

    Hi, I am installing a new toilet into my en-suite bathroom (there isn't one there currently). There is an existing soil pipe under the floor that I can connect to but it is not vented and is currently just used for the shower waste. There is a toilet on the other side of my house that does...
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    Broken soil pipe sealing ring - any ideas?

    I have a 110mm soil stack which is completely boxed in, it has a branch coming into the bathroom for the toilet this branch ends in a push fit seal which a solid pipe fits into. The ring seal on the end of the branch is broken and therefore the rubber doesn't hold the pipe securely. Is there a...
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    Replacing a toilet, but don't recognise this soil flange in the floor to join a pan connector?!

    Hope someone can identify what I need to connect my new toilet pan to the vertical soil pipe in the bathroom floor. The old toilet's pan drained vertically into the soil pipe. I now need to fit a new toilet + pan connector, but the flange in the floor doesn't appear to be catered-for when it...
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    40mm waste to 110 horizontal soil

    Hi. Just about to put joists in new part of the house but got the basin and shower waste exactly where I need to go. (Ignore the top waste in the photo) By far the easiest way for me to change them round is to drop them straight down and use two strap bosses to go into the top of the horizontal...
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    What’s the max length on a horizontal soil pipe with new connection going into a drain

    As above really what’s the max length a soil stack can be run horizontally, it will be feeding a toilet and a basin . Getting confused by the tables below as table 2 says 15m and table 1 says 6m ? Can anyone help?
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    Soil stack termination inside bathroom floor

    Hi guys, I'm currently getting a new bathroom fitted in a property I just moved into. The house has a side extension, but the waste pipe had not been moved hence it's coming out the floor inside the side extension area of the property. The builder has extended this up straight into the...
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    Soil pipe drop/sleeper wall.

    Hi, was after some advice on getting a better drop on a downstairs 6m 110mm soil pipe running under floorboards. Has been in since moving in and has never drained properly. Some of this I thought was due to a 5L water saving flush but as a family stuck to a number 1s only rule till I could have...

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