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  1. A

    New soil stack to toilet connection

    Hi. I'm installing a new soil stack for a new upstairs bathroom. For the toilet, where the 110mm pipe comes through the wall to outside, which pipe fitting do I use? It has to come out and then across to the soil stack, but all the branches and bends are 92.5 or 87.5 degrees but surely it needs...
  2. 0

    Smell from stack pipe in flat

    Hi, I live on the first floor of a 6 storey block of flats. For months now, there has been a bad smell coming from the stack pipe - the smell fills the whole flat, but it does appear to be coming from the stack pipe as the smell seems stronger around there and seems (we think) to get stronger...
    • 03carrd
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    • america flat pipe smell soil stack stack usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: USA
  3. R

    Internal Soil Stack Connector

    Attached photo shows a bath waste to internal soil stack that's probably been leaking since the house was built. Problem I have is that the connection is not easily accessed. Can anyone please advise if the bath waste pipe connector is push fit? Anyone have any good ideas to fix the problem...
    • russtobin
    • Thread
    • america connector internal soil soil stack stack usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: USA
  4. gerry2190

    Rats chewing rubber seal entering soil stack and then rest of the pipe

    Hi everyone, thank you for time reading this, I own a ground floor flat in a block in Bedford, the issue is that rats from the sewers chew the rubber seal entering the vertical block soil stack and then they keep on chewing the rest of the flexi pipe. Would you know how to stop this? Is there...
    • gerry2190
    • Thread
    • america pipe rubber seal soil soil stack stack usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: USA
  5. B

    who would be able to put back the cowl on top of a soil stack please

    Who do I contact to replace the protector on the top of a soil stack - it blew off in the last winds
    • Bridget Davies
    • Thread
    • america please put soil soil stack stack top usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: USA
  6. J

    internal soil stack spain

    any advice needed pls, putting new bathroom upstairs in spanish house, no soil stack outside ,believe it to be directly under downstairs toilet, if i put new soil pipe in, do i have to locate it ,to fit under downstairs toilet, ime guessing to cut hole into the hole beneath.
  7. Z

    Combined rainwater and soil stack?

    Hi, we have moved our upstairs bathroom so need to put a new soil stack on the outside wall. In the place where we want to put it is a rainwater pipe with a "bucket style" opening at the top, (sorry I don't know the correct term), because it is a flat-roof property so it catches the water from...
    • ZoeZoe
    • Thread
    • america combined rainwater soil soil stack stack usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
  8. S

    waste pipe - minimum distance from stack?

    Im installing a wall hung toilet frame and just working out where everything needs to be positioned etc. I want to move the frame/toilet over to the right as far as possible but can anyone tell me if there is a minimum distance that should be used for a straight run before going into the...
    • Serval
    • Thread
    • america distance minimum pipe stack usa waste waste pipe
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: USA
  9. T

    Slip Coupler soil stack

    Hi all, Quick question. Is there a difference between the black soil stack coupler and the brown outdoor pipe coupler other than the colour? My piping will be concealed so just checking I can use the brown/outdoor ones on inside stack...
    • Timanfiya
    • Thread
    • america coupler soil soil stack stack usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
  10. R

    Roast my external waste stack

    Hello one and all. Neighbours had a builder over this afternoon for a quote on their new conservatory. They thought we were out and the subject turned to our external waste stack in the back garden. It was recently fixed there to remove the internal waste stack from our small bathroom. Anyway...
    • Rob123
    • Thread
    • america external stack usa waste
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: USA
  11. C

    Is there a reason drain would be loose fit to soil stack?

    Hello full disclosure, I am a DIYer. When reinstalling a sink after having it out to refloor, the waste pipe came disconnected from the soil stack. On inspection it seems to be a solvent weld fitting, but doesn't seem to have been solvent welded. It has been like that since the house was...
  12. S

    Plumbing advice- soil stack

    Hi, I'm a Gas Engineer currently renovating my new house. I'm not too clued up on running waste, soil stacks etc so looking for a bit of advice We had an existing 3 1/2 inch waste pipe running out the back. We are extending out to the back now and have cut the pipe down. Stepped it upto 4 inch...
    • SA7426
    • Thread
    • advice america drainage guttering plumbing soil soil pipe soil stack stack usa waste pipe
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: USA
  13. Lumen

    No flexi, soil pipe into the stack possible?

    Hi chaps, I’m installing wall hung toilet with a frame. I’m looking to run waste pipe without a flexi, but can’t figure out what’s on the market that will do that. The waste on the frame is 90mm and has grooves for attaching into the frame and my soil stack is 110mm. I’m out by about 50mm...
  14. L

    Leaking pastic soil pipe stack cover

    Installed when the house was built in the 70's. Does anyone know where can I get a replacement cover ? (or gasket) ? It's not the same shape as ones I've seen online with 4 fixing screws, it has a centre bolt to remove the cover. Cheers
  15. fknMarko

    How long can soil pipe from the toilet to the soil stack be? And can it have a bend?

    I’ve included a sketch of roughly how I want my soil pipe to be routed. I’ll need to use an s-trap for the toilet so the pipe goes straight down through the floor and into the kitchen below before bending it back into a near-horizontal sloping pipe (1/80 gradient) that runs along the edge of the...
    • fknMarko
    • Thread
    • america bend pipe soil soil pipe soil stack stack toilet usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
  16. P

    Primary Ventilated Stack Replacement - DIY or Professional?

    Hello. We woke up in a VERY smelly house this morning. We'd been getting the odd pungent whiff here and there ever since we'd taken the dining room ceiling down to assess the condition of/replace some joists. ( - the internal waste stack runs through the dining room). After checking that the...
    • PensivePenguin
    • Thread
    • america diy primary professional replacement stack usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
  17. S

    Adding toilet to soil stack

    Hi, I have an old cast iron pipe that needs replacing and I want to remove it completely and divert an upstairs toilet to the second soil stack I already have a few meters across the wall. the second soil stack already has a downstairs toilet on it. I would like to know more as I’ve been...
    • Steve2178
    • Thread
    • adding america soil soil stack stack toilet usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: USA
  18. M

    Do I need a vent for a basement toilet 24" away from the bottom of the stack?

    In the below picture the purple pipe is a 3" drain (soil stack) the grey one is the bottom of the vent stack which I intend to relocate and reconnect to the white pipe via either the green pipe or the orange pipe The grey pipe was connected to the toilet drain as in the picture for two possible...
  19. R

    Shower waste connection into soil stack

    Hi Hopefully someone could help advise me. I'm in the middle of replacing our shower with a modern low level tray and was wondering what is the best way to connect to waste pipe/soil stack. As you can see on picture the waste from the sink comes from the left and then the shower pipe joins...
    • Ritzman
    • Thread
    • america connection shower shower waste soil soil stack stack usa waste
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: USA
  20. A

    Relocating soil stack vent

    Hi I have an upstairs shower room which is being moved about 3m. Currently the 50mm vent pipe goes from the 110mm stack, up through a stud wall into the loft and out the roof. Now the toilet is being moved and wall has come down the pipe into the loft has been removed. In the new location, do I...
    • Ar484
    • Thread
    • america soil soil stack stack usa vent
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
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