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Shower Waste To Soil Pipe
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I'm in the process of upgrading the downstairs shower. Some thirty years ago, the builder that installed it didn't ensure an angled fall to the soil pipe - this exits the wall and enters the soil pipe on the level.
The existing shower tray stands on 2-deep courses of brickwork, on a concrete floor.
I could raise the floor of the new shower tray - but would this look weird and would I need stepladder to get into it....
Curious to know if anyone's encountered similar bodgework and how you got round it.
The existing shower tray stands on 2-deep courses of brickwork, on a concrete floor.
I could raise the floor of the new shower tray - but would this look weird and would I need stepladder to get into it....
Curious to know if anyone's encountered similar bodgework and how you got round it.
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Cut soil pipe well above the 110 toilet entry, dismantle all from this point. substitute the bottom section of 110 for a fitting with bosses on, ( you can get long spigots) reconnect soil stack at cut made earlier and reconnect with a 110 slip coupling. Make new 42 shower waste pipe into 1 of the new bosses. A bit of pull and shove but can be done
11:06 Thu 30th Jul 2015
And the ultimate winner is.... Malagabob with Buildersmate close behind. The solution was a bit of both.
Sadly inserting a boss into the existing didn't work, due to the sneaky presence of the lower curvature of the toilet branch on the right. Meh. Five quid I'll never see again.
So.....out it came, root and branch (hur hur), replaced with new access, new pipework and a lorra lorra bad words. The weather alternately pickled down or was too warm, y'know the scenario, sweating like a pig inside the waterproofs. But it is done. The iso valves have been turned back on, nothing leaks. I feel bliss.
Sadly inserting a boss into the existing didn't work, due to the sneaky presence of the lower curvature of the toilet branch on the right. Meh. Five quid I'll never see again.
So.....out it came, root and branch (hur hur), replaced with new access, new pipework and a lorra lorra bad words. The weather alternately pickled down or was too warm, y'know the scenario, sweating like a pig inside the waterproofs. But it is done. The iso valves have been turned back on, nothing leaks. I feel bliss.
