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    Toilet Problem. Help Please.

    Hello I have 2 toilets in my property which are attached to the same wall. When I flush toilet #1 the waste trickles into toilet #2. I say trickle as waste doesn't appear immediately but about 10 minutes after I flush, the water in toilet #2 has discoloured. This doesn't happen if toilet #2 is...
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    Cast Iron Soil Stack - Toilet Move!

    Hello All, I am about to start installing a bathroom. Only sensible place to put the toilet is in the worst place for joining to the soil stack. Easiest way to see this is with a photo. Red circle shows where the new soil pipe would ideally come out of the wall. Would be good to have people's...
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    Soil stack troubles - old cast iron

    Hi there, I'm currently redoing my bathroom, new suite and moving pipework under the floor as it was previously on the wall. Everything was going fine until I started on installing the toilet, it's a new close coupled compact pan and cistern. The problem I have is the old soil stack / waste is...
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    Help - Toilet Water Turning Brown!

    We have two loos up stairs one in bathroom and one in en-suite - they are about 3m from each other, both empty into the same near horizontal soil pipe that empties into stack literally 500mmfrom the downstream toilet Both toilets are on same floor level and same height - leave them for 12 hours...
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    proper soil stack

    i took this picture on my travels last week to show the boys how a proper soil stack was fitted probably early sixties judging by the building style two pipe system and its just two floors when i got home and looked at the picture i hadnt even noticed the flue under the window
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    Asbestos Soil Stack.

    Just been to look at a job to install a bathroom for a builder, old one was ripped out and left WC connection going through the wall to a cast iron stack. I was flirting about and went to look at the pipe and he said to be careful cos he thought it was asbestos pipe. I've never come across...
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    Soil Stack Connection

    Hi all, I'm currently replacing my soil stack as part of refurbing my bathroom. Pulled the pipe out of the ground level push fit connector without any problems. Was expecting to hit a few challenges as the house was built in 1970 and to my knowledge, the stack hasn't been disturbed since...
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    Stub stack - feeding into downstairs from upstairs

    Hi I wonder if you can help me. I have a downstairs loo and an upstairs loo which are almost vertically aligned. The downstairs loo has an underfloor stub stack and the upstairs toilet goes horizontally through the garage to a different stack. I'd like to reroute the upstairs toilet down and...
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    Any one taken the condensation into a 75mm rain water stack

    allright guys never came across this yet i need to take 1" 1/4 into a 75mm rain water stack i normally us a boss kit but i dont seem to find one what do you guys use thanks steven
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    odd soil pipe tee and boss

    Hi, I am looking to change the toilet in bathroom at first floor to back to wall one. I removed the soil Stack box and found the tee and boss very odd as shown in the picture.(sorry, the pictures need turn 90 degree or 180. ). Above the tee there is boss to sink waste. Below are four bosses...
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    Cast Iron stack

    Alright Dan, see if you have an answer for this one. Recently purchased a maisonette in South london, ex-local. Trying to put a toilet in the main bathroom. There is an existing 31/2 to 4 inch cast iron stack. Can I cut into it to put a four time-saver T to pick up the toilet. In my flat it...
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    leaking around soil stack junction

    Hi, There are leakings from two ends of a junction which connnects the main pipe above and the clay below as you can see from the photo. I'd be grateful if anyone could give me any idea how to fix the problem. Another leaking is from a stap boss around the soil stack. Should I take the old...
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    Toilet to main stack question

    I'm adding in a new toilet about 4 m horizontally from the main stack. The toilet soil pipe can't run at 2.5' slope to the soil stack as there's a window in the way, but can run at about 30' (to the horizontal) to meet the main stack about 1.5m from ground. The new sink and shower can T into...
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    Calculations behind 2 storey limit on reducing size of stack ventilation pipes?

    Does anyone know the calculations behind the limit on reducing a stack ventilation pipe to 75 mm and to one and two storey buildings? We have an en suite to our 2nd floor loft conversion and I want to reduce the soil vent pipe down to 75 mm and run it to and out through the centre of the flat...
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    Pipe fall from WC outlet to soil stack

    I am fitting a new toilet into an existing cast iron stack, but in a new position so the stack has been partially dismantled and I have the luxury of being able to design the falls any way I want. Can anybody advise on what appropriate falls are? There are lots of recommendations, but not all...
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    Stub Stack Question

    My builder has put a 110mm stack for the drain of the sink in my kitchen right where I want to have a magic corner kitchen unit. He has suggested that I cut out for the stack however this would mean I could not fit in the magic corner. Approx 500mm below ground the stack bends 90 degrees into a...
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    Easy boss stack connector

    Hi, I've recently bought and fitted an 'easy boss tee connector' to plumb in a 32mm pipe into the vertical soil stack. I've fitted it and it doesn't leak ,but I've found that despite having a massive plastic nut to tighten the device up to the stack , it keeps loosening by itself if you...
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    Soil Stack problem

    Hi All Looking for a bit of advice....The soil stack at the rear of my house has a large concrete covering where it meets the ground level. The problem is that it is cracked and leaks a bit. The house was built in the 1930's and still has the original cast pipe. Do you think this is a previous...
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