Best way to remove and replace this soil pipe bend?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DanezTHEManez
πŸ“…︎ Dec 13 2021
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My tools for planting 100 bulbs into hard clay. An 8”x1” galvanized pipe, a two lb hammer and a steel cats claw to bang the soil plug out of the pipe. Worked like a charm.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/barflydc
πŸ“…︎ Nov 04 2021
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Can I use angle grinder to make room for soil pipe?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/jfosjd
πŸ“…︎ Nov 08 2021
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Water leaking from pvc internal soil pipe near WC
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 03 2021
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Saw this Indian Pipe flower today. The plant does not have any chlorophyll so it cannot produce its own food from sunlight. It gets all it nutrition from decaying matter in the soil.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/d0ugh0ck
πŸ“…︎ Jun 21 2021
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4" soil pipe not connected properly. Old property, apparently privately drainage?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/ohsowonderful
πŸ“…︎ Sep 08 2021
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Toilet soil pipe leaked, our supervisors sent us home, senior management called us back and are threatening to deduct an hours pay.

Not a throw away, just usually lurk without an account.

I work for an it company, over the past month we noticed a foul smell which was getting increasingly worse. We assumed it was the sink blocked up but when it got so bad we decided to investigate further and found the soil pipe feeding through the centre of the building had split and sewage was leaking over the carpet.

When we noticed this everyone left the office and after being stood outside for a while we assumed we would be sent home, an emergency plumber would be called and it would be rectified by tomorrow morning and we would resume work as normal.

However this was not the case, we worked from outside and brought our desk chairs and files outside, it was a warm day and we was in the sun, we done this until the end of the day and as we left we was told we would be texted before 9pm regarding what the plan was for tomorrow, working from home, coming into office, closing for the day so we left and waited, we got a text telling us to come into the office as normal tomorrow.

When we arrived at the office in the morning everybody was waiting outside, a plumber arrived shortly after and investigated and said they would be able to fix it but would have to replace floorboards, carpet etc etc and said that we cant be in the building because of the fact it could be toxic.

Our supervisors advised us all to go home so we all did, I drove 40 minutes home and as soon as I got home I got a call telling me to come back to the office as did everyone else. We got back and higher management was there and put us in a circle outside and gave us a telling off, questioning us as to why we went home.

Ultimately they told us we could of worked from our cars in the car park or waited and worked outside and that they suggested they are deducting an hours pay.

is it okay for them to deduct an hours pay when my superior in the office told us to leave ?

is there any recourse for me after breathing in human excrement particles for the better park of a month?

Sorry if any of this gets confusing i'm a little scattered at the moment.

If anything needs clarifying please ask.

Thankyou

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Radiant_Ad2651
πŸ“…︎ Aug 26 2021
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Plumber capped stench/soil pipe and used remainder for extractor ventilation?

We have recently had a new bathroom fitted, on day 2 we noticed the roof above the shower had started to leak. On investigation in the loft we had discovered rainwater had been leaking in.

On further investigation we have discovere the following:

  • Stench or soil pipe has been capped so no longer leaves the property (bathroom to loft).
  • The remainder of the stench pipe (from loft to roof) has now been used a ventilation tube for the bathroom extractor fan.
  • The rainwater was entering the new "extractor fan pipe" through the ventilator and into the roof.
  • Obnoxious smells and gasses from what I believe to be the stench pipe are now no longer exiting through the ceiling, and although the pipe is capped the loft now smells of sewage.

My question/s are:

is it safe, normal practice or even legal for the stench pipe to be capped in such a manor?

should the remainder of the stench pipe ever have been used for the extractor?

Has anyone experience such a circumstnce before, or is this a dodgy job?

https://preview.redd.it/rfghn12hohr71.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=567ece53142240ce908fb24e64d6d19ec5bf9f62

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πŸ“…︎ Oct 04 2021
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I'm amazed this could even happen. Soil vent pipe connection has become disconnected. What a nightmare! Is this because the pipe has not been properly fixed back to wall and therefore has dropped down somehow?
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πŸ“…︎ Oct 06 2021
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I dug the soil up to fix the pipe and there was my assistant. v.redd.it/rbjukir1m3g71
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πŸ‘€︎ u/LaiSaLong
πŸ“…︎ Aug 08 2021
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Connecting to plastic soil pipe of unknown type

I need to connect to a 110mm soil pipe but I don’t know what kind it is (push-fit vs solvent weld?) I’ve seen someone elsewhere suggest a compression fitting would be best but I’m having trouble finding the right thing. It will be a straight through coupler connection.

Anyone have any tips? Screwfix seems to have 8000 options, none of them look right πŸ€”.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/117_Apollo
πŸ“…︎ Oct 18 2021
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Access to soil pipe above extension

Morning,

I'm looking to replace this cast iron downpipe with pvc but struggling to work out how to access safely. If anyone has ideas I'd appreciate it. Cheers.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/nigelpower
πŸ“…︎ Sep 24 2021
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Indian Ghost Pipe growing in my yard - this rare flower lacks chlorophyll, and instead steals its nutrients from tree roots and fungus in the soil, resulting in a pale and ghostly appearance.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/LordColbyJack
πŸ“…︎ Jul 17 2021
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Moving soil pipe, and doors - question in comments
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πŸ‘€︎ u/guineapigglesrbcg
πŸ“…︎ Jul 24 2021
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Under stairs toilet, how to run soil pipe

I'd like to fit an under the stairs toilet, it's the best place for it, my problem is the soil pipe.

Here's a shitty diagram, hope it makes sense... https://i.imgur.com/XRjxzUg.jpg

I live in a terrace house so can't go out the side. My soil stack is just inside the kitchen extension (there was a toilet room there which I've ripped out now). The sewer runs down the street through all the gardens and under my extension. I have a drain cover outside in the garden, the sewer is fed from a small drain by the double doors of the dining room which is the waste water from the kitchen sink, along with the soil stack feed from inside the extension.

My floors are concrete so can't run soil pipe under floorboards.

So far I can think of three options.

  1. Dig a trench through the house and install a 4in soil pipe from under the stairs to the old soil stack. A lot of work and living with a trench through the kitchen sounds shit.

  2. Run the soil pipe boxed off along the back of the kitchen units. But I'm not sure if this is even viable to fit it behind cooker and cabinets etc.

  3. Get a macerator and run the pipe up into the bathroom (above the kitchen) and into the upstairs soil pipe. I don't really like the idea of a macerator, had one in a house I rented once, they are shit.

Has anyone got any suggestions how to get round this poo pipe problem? Thanks!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/CornedBeefKey
πŸ“…︎ Sep 11 2021
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Indian Ghost Pipe growing in my yard - this rare flower lacks chlorophyll, and instead steals its nutrients from tree roots and fungus in the soil, resulting in a pale and ghostly appearance.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/LordColbyJack
πŸ“…︎ Jul 17 2021
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Organ Pipe Cactus repotting.. I got this out in AZ and it seems to be potted in pure desert rocky sand/clay.. if I were to give it a good potting up and switch to my basic heavy perlite cactus soil mix would that confuse this little guy?
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πŸ“…︎ Jul 24 2021
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Need advice with our leeking soil pipe in neighbours house

Our soil pipe goes into our neighbour's back yard and extension (built by the previous owner) and has been there for at least 50 years. The landlord is repairing the property between tenants and the pipe has just started leaking. We are currently away and will be for the next week, and have only communicated with by texting. He suggested the pipe should be removed from his property. I live in England. Does he have any legal right to remove the pipe?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/FloatyBoat77
πŸ“…︎ Aug 16 2021
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HELP! Building my first bog. I have lava rock, pvc pipe, organic carnivorous plant soil ….what do I do?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/NicNoelNic
πŸ“…︎ Jul 31 2021
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This is my self watering system. The downspouts go into pipes that run along the bottom of the planters. There are several lamp wicks stuck in the top of the pipe to pull the water into the soil. The overflow goes into the side tubes for the lower planters.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Intagvalley
πŸ“…︎ Apr 06 2021
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Overhead CI soil pipe with a rotted top + blockage = fun Friday (Homeowner, pardon the PPE)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/OfMiceAndMachines
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Just built this in my backyard, I can’t wait to see how it all turns out :) I busted a sprinkler pipe in the process of removing the grass though. Just gotta get that fixed and then I’m filling it with soil
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πŸ‘€︎ u/tubamaster420
πŸ“…︎ Apr 07 2021
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I’ve got soil clogged in my sink pipe and I’ll at my wit’s end!

I’ve tried Drano, I’ve tried taking the u-bend out and running a snake through it, it just won’t do anything!

How do I fix this mistake of accidentally pouring my plant soil down the drain? It’s past the U-bend and where the pipe meets the wall. The u-bend is clear.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/henrybemis57
πŸ“…︎ Mar 16 2021
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I'm replacing a corrugated pipe with something sturdier but I don't know which way to place the holes. This is connected to a downspout that gets a ton of cedar extras in it. The soil has a ton of rocks and a clay table about a foot down. Cedar roots are everywhere. reddit.com/gallery/nfk5nj
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πŸ‘€︎ u/suktupbutterkup
πŸ“…︎ May 18 2021
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Preparing a pepper bed in a region with chilly nights: A greenhouse dome supported by gray PVC pipe (white breaks down in sunlight) to hang plastic and/or shade cloth. The red tags indicate an electric soil heating cable.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DRPD
πŸ“…︎ Apr 02 2021
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Waste pipe leaking at join with soil pipe. Can I fix it? reddit.com/gallery/migmo5
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πŸ‘€︎ u/februarystarshine
πŸ“…︎ Apr 02 2021
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Had to use the jackhammer on this one. This 1 inch water line supplies about 15 apartments in this building. There was a previous repair done on the pipe, but as you can see from the rusty soil below the 90, it was leaking in more than one spot. Why repair it twice when you can cut it out and PEX it reddit.com/gallery/nmjw88
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πŸ“…︎ May 27 2021
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Nice day spent soldering lead tubes for soil stacks to cover cast iron pipes
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πŸ‘€︎ u/oldcrazyeye1
πŸ“…︎ Jan 08 2021
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Advice about making a hole for a new soil pipe

Has anyone done this, or had it done?

I've got to put in a brand new shiny hole in my external wall, roughly 132mm for a soil pipe. (joint has to be in the wall, so this includes the collar), and ideally be at an incline.

This is a 1880's stone terrace, the wall is roughly 360mm thick, with stone on the outside and brick on the inside.

Ideas so far:

  1. Use a relatively cheap SDS drill with some cheap shallow 150mm cores - I don't know how far this will get me, if at all. Definitely the cheapest

  2. Do it the hard way with a bunch of smaller holes, again using an SDS drill.

  3. Rent a dedicated core drill conveniently I'll have to rent a 110v transformer as well. Although I can rent a proper full-depth core bit. Probably Β£120 a day with wear and undoubtedly some other bullshit hidden costs in there somewhere.

  4. Get someone else to do it - no clue how much this will cost or what kind of tradesman

  5. Any other ideas? Dynamite? Chisel out the bricks?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/79dfshsk
πŸ“…︎ Mar 06 2021
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Help with finding correct soil pipe fitting
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Plumber wants to use sulphuric acid on our soil pipe, bit concerned

We have a horrible issue with our plumbing, the water in our toilet won’t drain away at all. I opened the drain cover outside, saw it was about half full of water so called a company out which jetted it and made the drain flow smoothly, he also put a camera down to make sure it was clear to the main sewer lines.

Unfortunately this did not allow our toilet to flow, so he put a camera up and our soil pipe is blocked solid apparently, jetting it from the drain end didn’t achieve anything.

Anyway, I called a plumber to clear the drain pipe and he’s coming tomorrow, but he wants to put sulphuric acid down the vent from the roof (our soil pipe is internal) but I’m a bit worried, specifically that if this doesn’t work I’m going to have a pipe full of sulphuric acid which would made it dangerous for any other plumber who comes out to try and fix it.

The blockage is fundamentally caused by baby wipes. They are now banned in the house but the damage is done at this point.

Is it a good idea to let the plumber try the sulphuric acid?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/violentPenguin
πŸ“…︎ Mar 28 2021
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Soil Pipe Connection

I'm in the process of converting my garage into a utility room/downstairs loo. The house is a 1970's build and for some unknown reason they decided that adding a toilet in the corner of the garage would be a great place to put it.

Fast forward 50 years and I've knocked down the toilets pokey dividing wall, added a stud wall to create a utility but decided to reinstate the loo but in a different place. I've gone for a wall mounted toilet frame and cistern to try and give me the smallest footprint possible and will install a short projection wall hung loo.

Here comes the question, I now need to connect up the (90mm) soil pipe from the loo frame to the existing (130mm) soil pipe connector embedded in the floor. The plan is to run it under/behind units on the back wall.

Initially I have been looking at a Boss Connector as I also need to add a drain for a washing machine and tumble dryer but concerned this will stick up too high and mean the resulting angle of the pipe running back to the loo would be too great. I then started looking at flexible pipe options (assume longer lengths of these aren't a thing?) and also 130/90 inline reducers and adjustable bends.

Seems to be a number of different ways of achieving it wondering what anyone thinks could be the correct/best way?

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πŸ“…︎ Apr 12 2021
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6 sub-irrigated planter (sip) containers with Coot soil recipe and build a soil’s top crop seed. PVC fill tubes leading to 4” corrugated pipe in 40 gal buckets. reddit.com/gallery/n3m29t
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πŸ‘€︎ u/moglysyogy13
πŸ“…︎ May 03 2021
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1/2 cup of fffg. No projectile, just a big wad of newspaper. Great for waking up the neighborhood, or making the gas well tenders soil their drawers. 3"XXH X65 pipe. Section of a CAT excavator wrist pin for the breech plug. 100% Magnetic Particle tested following proof. Weighs about 40lbs... v.redd.it/owt29hngco561
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What material to backfill? There is a clear layer between concrete stab and soil. What is the clear plastic call? How width do i have to dig for me to solder copper pipe? Thanks! Any help? reddit.com/gallery/ke02s4
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πŸ‘€︎ u/darkmagic133t
πŸ“…︎ Dec 16 2020
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Stop a stinky disconnected soil pipe

I'm in the process of refitting my downstairs toilet. Currently it is just a bare room with nothing in it. For various reasons I am not going to complete this job for weeks.

The problem is, whenever anyone uses the shower or bath upstairs, the smell of drains fills the lower level of the house. Anytime there is hot water draining there is the smell.

I have tried double bagging the soil pipe were it comes through the wall, and the overflow pipe connected to it, but its just not doing the trick.

The main soil pipe is about 5 metres away so I am confident nothing is washing back up, plus the problem only occurred when I removed the toilet, and the water block in the ubend.

Any ideas on a temp solution so that I don't need to wear a hazmat suit round my house? πŸ˜€

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πŸ‘€︎ u/shifty4682
πŸ“…︎ Mar 24 2021
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Boiler installer damaged soil pipe, refusing to fix

[England] We had a new boiler installed, and the installer mentioned that they only cover the boiler, and not to bother contacting the company if there was a problem with the soil pipe (he connected a pipe from the boiler to the soil pipe).

I thought it was an odd thing to say, and a couple of months later it's clear he damaged the soil pipe.

The soil pipe is at least a decade or two old (hard plastic), but worked fine before the installer touched it, and now has gunk around where he connected the boiler pipe to it (the sink / bath / toilet connections to the pipe are fine, the gunk is just where he connected the boiler pipe).

Do they have to fix it?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/--landlord--
πŸ“…︎ Feb 03 2021
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Preparing a pepper bed in a region with chilly nights: A greenhouse dome supported by gray PVC pipe (white breaks down in sunlight) to hang plastic and/or shade cloth. The red tags indicate an electric soil heating cable.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DRPD
πŸ“…︎ Apr 02 2021
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Trying to figure out why soil pipe bends into foundation wall (no evidence of pipe outside).
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 30 2020
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