The soil pipes have just been put in for the loft. The soil pipe runs
externally up the back of the house on one side. That side has both
bathrooms so the pipes drain out of the wall and into the 4 inch pipe.
This then runs down into the ground and then drains into the side of
our Victorian sewer. The pipes are external because the walls are solid
brick, although it does run internally through our extension (as it was
the original house back).
Here you see it branching off.
Above
you can see our soil pipe rising a certain legal height of 600mm above
our roof line. This way you don't get sewage smells drifting in your
windows.
On top of that you put a venting piece so that birds can't get in.
The sink is drained with a welded lead pipe into the main soil pipe.
The toilet pipe comes through the wall and is sealed with a rubber ring.
The house across our yard you can see their sewage pipe, but it doesn't rise high enough to be legal. In the right wind with their loft windows open, they can
probably smell
their block's sewage in caressing wafts.
The soil pipes have just been put in for the loft. The soil pipe runs
externally up the back of the house on one side. That side has both
bathrooms so the pipes drain out of the wall and into the 4 inch pipe.
This then runs down into the ground and then drains into the side of
our Victorian sewer. The pipes are external because the walls are solid
brick, although it does run internally through our extension (as it was
the original house back).
Here you see it branching off.
Above
you can see our soil pipe rising a certain legal height of 600mm above
our roof line. This way you don't get sewage smells drifting in your
windows.
On top of that you put a venting piece so that birds can't get in.
The sink is drained with a welded lead pipe into the main soil pipe.
The toilet pipe comes through the wall and is sealed with a rubber ring.
The house across our yard you can see their sewage pipe, but it doesn't rise high enough to be legal. In the right wind with their loft windows open, they can probably smell their block's sewage in caressing wafts.
Tee hee, I laughed out loud at your caressing wafts comment. Thanks for the info, just bought a house and was wondering what the big cast iron pipe was for!
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