Stink pipe loft connection - is this right?
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For some reason architects think it's a good idea to have stink pipes inside the house nowadays taking up space and inaccessible, one of mine comes into the roof space and fortunately connects through the roof with the connector below.
Where the black pipe connects into the grey pipe it is a loose fit but reasonably secure, i.e. there is movement there, can be rattled around a bit, but it doesn't just fall out.
My question is, is that sort of "fit" normal? Or should the fit be rock solid? It feels like there is one single "O" ring type seal rather than multiple??
Where the black pipe connects into the grey pipe it is a loose fit but reasonably secure, i.e. there is movement there, can be rattled around a bit, but it doesn't just fall out.
My question is, is that sort of "fit" normal? Or should the fit be rock solid? It feels like there is one single "O" ring type seal rather than multiple??
_Hoppers said:
Yeah, why do architects locate SVPs internally?……
Oh!…..
Precisely proves my point. Those are all readily accessible for maintenance or adding /removing pipes not boxed in internally. Oh!…..
Edited by _Hoppers on Friday 23 February 21:53
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
Scarletpimpofnel said:
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
I have an AAV concealed in my bathroom. Fitted in 2005, still works fine. No ugly boxing in the corner, no hole in the roof which had started to leak.Scarletpimpofnel said:
_Hoppers said:
Yeah, why do architects locate SVPs internally?……
Oh!…..
Precisely proves my point. Those are all readily accessible for maintenance or adding /removing pipes not boxed in internally. Oh!…..
Edited by _Hoppers on Friday 23 February 21:53
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
Scarletpimpofnel said:
_Hoppers said:
Yeah, why do architects locate SVPs internally?……
Oh!…..
Precisely proves my point. Those are all readily accessible for maintenance or adding /removing pipes not boxed in internally. Oh!…..
Edited by _Hoppers on Friday 23 February 21:53
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
Scarletpimpofnel said:
For some reason architects think it's a good idea to have stink pipes inside the house nowadays taking up space and inaccessible, one of mine comes into the roof space and fortunately connects through the roof with the connector below.
Where the black pipe connects into the grey pipe it is a loose fit but reasonably secure, i.e. there is movement there, can be rattled around a bit, but it doesn't just fall out.
My question is, is that sort of "fit" normal? Or should the fit be rock solid? It feels like there is one single "O" ring type seal rather than multiple??
Looking at your ancient membrane, that’s a retrofit which is reasonably ok.Where the black pipe connects into the grey pipe it is a loose fit but reasonably secure, i.e. there is movement there, can be rattled around a bit, but it doesn't just fall out.
My question is, is that sort of "fit" normal? Or should the fit be rock solid? It feels like there is one single "O" ring type seal rather than multiple??
Scarletpimpofnel said:
_Hoppers said:
Yeah, why do architects locate SVPs internally?……
Oh!…..
Precisely proves my point. Those are all readily accessible for maintenance or adding /removing pipes not boxed in internally. Oh!…..
Edited by _Hoppers on Friday 23 February 21:53
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
If it is possible to fit them internally then having them stuck on the external wall is bonkers !
_Hoppers said:
Scarletpimpofnel said:
_Hoppers said:
Yeah, why do architects locate SVPs internally?……
Oh!…..
Precisely proves my point. Those are all readily accessible for maintenance or adding /removing pipes not boxed in internally. Oh!…..
Edited by _Hoppers on Friday 23 February 21:53
Plus any gases are outside the house… some architects terminate stink pipes in the loft space with unreliable one way valves. Bonkers.
_Hoppers said:
That elevation wouldn’t exactly be a clean look if you took the soil pipe away. To my mind it looks worse as it’s white.Ours is at the side of the house and I can’t say I’ve ever given it any thought. I only noticed recently that the identical houses across the road have theirs internal.
I'm another one for having the soil pipe mounted externally. I very much favour access for maintenance and repairs over aesthetics! Same with shower trays. If I can't get easy access underneath it to the trap, then I'm not interested.
I suppose it comes from always having lived in old houses, which always need maintenance, which I tend to do myself.
I suppose it comes from always having lived in old houses, which always need maintenance, which I tend to do myself.
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