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Leitchy

Leitchy

Leitchy

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Hello,

I plan to do up my bathroom over the next 2 weeks but I've came up against a problem and seeking a bit of advice.

http://www.leitch-designs.co.uk/miscimg/toiletwaste.JPG

As you can see from the picture above, this is the current pan installed by the previous house owners with the pan and cistern sitting apart from each other. I want to purchase a new pan in which the cistern sits on top of the pan but this results in the pan needing to be closer to the wall and the current waste pipe will not allow me to do this.

The question is, will I get away with hacksawing the waste pipe back to the wall and is there a suitable attachment to connect the waste to the pan?

The waste pipe from what I can tell is cast Iron, and 5 inch/125mm diameter.

Any help would be appreciated as I've suffered this bathroom for a year now and it's time to clean it out!!
 
Indeed, there are loads of attachments and grommits for all purposes and all shapes/sizes available - even from normal DIY stores such as a B&Q Warehouse. You can even buy flexible sections which allow virtually any kind of bend. :)
 
I'd get rid of the cast iron, inside and out and then use modern plastic stuff, rather than bodge a connection.
 
singist said:
I'd get rid of the cast iron, inside and out and then use modern plastic stuff, rather than bodge a connection.
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That is creating a massive job for no reason, there is nothing wrong with cast iron piping. He should cut that pipe back to the wall allowing an amount exposed which he can connect to a plastic or flexible connection to the new pan.
 
Yeah chop it back closer to the wall and use a flexi connector to compensate for the drop in height
 
singist said:
I'd get rid of the cast iron, inside and out and then use modern plastic stuff, rather than bodge a connection.
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Cast iron is a lot better than plastic, and on aesthetics too. The soil stack outside the house will look a lot more natural than a brand new plastic one which is not required.

It also gives you something to climb down in the event of a fire lol :D
 
OP; Just make sure you flush the toilet eleventy billion times before you touch it, to eliminate as much p00 as possible.
 
Jez said:
Indeed, there are loads of attachments and grommits for all purposes and all shapes/sizes available - even from normal DIY stores such as a B&Q Warehouse. You can even buy flexible sections which allow virtually any kind of bend. :)
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This is true, in fact it looks like the wide part of the pipe is an old adaptor, with about 18 layers of pink paint and a ton of plumbers wipe to seal it!. Don't cut off too much at first . Plumbers nowadays just smash up the pan and then cut the pipe to fit.
 
My problem is sourcing a pan connector for the 125mm waste pipe? All the ones I've seen are 110mm.

I won't know it's internal diameter until I take the existing toilet off, but the Iron doesn't seem to thick so it will probably be pushing at 120mm.
 
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Leitchy said:
22 Years of poo according to previous owner. I'll be looking forward to that!
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Is there anything like the sink unblocker you can buy, but that sticks to the pipe as it goes down, rather than dissolving any blockage? Something to make sure it's disinfected or whatnot as much as possible.

You'll be looking at a good few hours/days of open soil pipe, and mine reeked when I did my bathroom. I do have a particularly foul arse, though :)

Covering up with a few carrier bags helped, but it still wasn't nice.
 
Thankfully the wife has just been shopping, so the Tesco bags will be getting rapped round it with gaffa tape safe to say!!

So, the largest pan connector I can see is 110mm which will be 10mm short, how do I get around this without making it a patch job like the previous one?
 
I'd be on the phone to your local proper plumbers merchants mate, you cant be the only person with this size mismatch :)
 
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