Leaky soild pipe
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No, not intended as a health based question!
When I empty my bath of water I get a puddle in the downstairs toilet. Water emerges from behind some boarding hiding the soil stack downstairs. I think it must be a leak where the waste for the bath enters the soil stack upstairs because there is no puddle when the toilet upstairs is flushed or the waste from the basin is discharged, suggesting the bath waste enters the stack just above the toilet and basin waste.
But how do I fix it without taking the oilet out and all of the tiling off the soil stack in the bathroom? I think I can get access to see the waste but I cannot get in to seal it easily. I had thought about a tube on the end of a sealant gun and just nuking the joint with sealant as best I can.
When I empty my bath of water I get a puddle in the downstairs toilet. Water emerges from behind some boarding hiding the soil stack downstairs. I think it must be a leak where the waste for the bath enters the soil stack upstairs because there is no puddle when the toilet upstairs is flushed or the waste from the basin is discharged, suggesting the bath waste enters the stack just above the toilet and basin waste.
But how do I fix it without taking the oilet out and all of the tiling off the soil stack in the bathroom? I think I can get access to see the waste but I cannot get in to seal it easily. I had thought about a tube on the end of a sealant gun and just nuking the joint with sealant as best I can.
I can see most of the joint of the bath waste with the soil stack and it looks dry. The soil pipe from the toilet actually joind the stack above the waste pipe not below so I think it has something to do with the extended period the water runs when the bath is emptying (as I said it doesn't leak when the toilet is flushed).
I fear I may have to cut the boarding in the downstairs toilet for a look at the point the stack meets the floor.
I fear I may have to cut the boarding in the downstairs toilet for a look at the point the stack meets the floor.
You may have a slight blockage. I had this on a job once where water was seeping through the boxing which contained the soil pipe, the pipe was partially blocked, filling with water and seeping out through a joint on the pipe.
It could be that with a large volume of water from the bath that it is filling the pipe up more than a toilet flush would and leaking through a joint near the floor.
Just a thought! (if you can make sense of my ramblings!)
It could be that with a large volume of water from the bath that it is filling the pipe up more than a toilet flush would and leaking through a joint near the floor.
Just a thought! (if you can make sense of my ramblings!)
I may drill a hile in the boxing and see if the pipe is wet above a foot, 3 foot etc. Might give me an idea if need to look upstairs or down.
This all started when I used one of those plug hole and drain unblockers. Maybe all the crap from the wife hair products were keeping the seal?
This all started when I used one of those plug hole and drain unblockers. Maybe all the crap from the wife hair products were keeping the seal?
bimsb6 said:
Your house insurance should cover this ,have a word before you do too much yourself.mine paid for a new shower ,tiling and redecorating the ceiling below after a leak in a shower tray.
^^^ If your considering using insurance do not tinker or you will not be covered, especially with those home emergency repair policies...I had similar you see... but because I had investigated the issue AA home emergency said they would not get involved as a result... Great eh 
They now have a lost customer...
In the end it was down the stack pipe seeping underground that was also blocked, nice smell... Used a local plumber to do the repair and a local drainage firm to jet the blockage.
Total cost £400 which is not to bad as it also included a repair to the foundations at the same time, v old property you see. The leak was also causing damp as the ground was saturated which is now fixed too
They now have a lost customer...In the end it was down the stack pipe seeping underground that was also blocked, nice smell... Used a local plumber to do the repair and a local drainage firm to jet the blockage.
Total cost £400 which is not to bad as it also included a repair to the foundations at the same time, v old property you see. The leak was also causing damp as the ground was saturated which is now fixed too
bimsb6 said:
but to repair it may involve causing damage to decorations walls etc to get to it .
It will, but I am 4 years and 5 months since my last claim (a big one) and they have loaded my insurance ever since, and I have been unable to move insurers so claiming might have to be a last resort. In June 2012 I can honestly say I haven't had a claim in the past 5 years and take £300 a year of my bill.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff