[km]

I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

[TMC[_2_]]

"km" wrote in message ...
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

What is the pipe made of? plastic ceramic ast iron?

[MuddyMike]

km wrote in message ...
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?


I used one of these when tiling a floor raised the pan above the line of the
soil pipe. They also come with a 90 degree bend built in. Might one solve
your problem?
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plum.../sd2887/p52263

Mike

[Dom Ostrowski]

On May 9, 9:27*am, km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

If pvc - a ripsaw. Practice on a bit of scrap first.

[km]

On Mon, 9 May 2011 09:39:49 +0100, "TMC" wrote:


"km" wrote in message ...
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

What is the pipe made of? plastic ceramic ast iron?


The pipe coming from WC is plastic, I assume the pipe under the floor
is also plastic. Will not know until floorboards are taken up. House
is over 100years old but the bathroom is reasonably modern (25 years
ago?) The stack is cast iron.

km

[km]

On Mon, 9 May 2011 09:52:53 +0100, "MuddyMike"
wrote:


km wrote in message ...
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?


I used one of these when tiling a floor raised the pan above the line of the
soil pipe. They also come with a 90 degree bend built in. Might one solve
your problem?
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plum.../sd2887/p52263

Mike

Thanks Mike

I understood that flexible connectors were prone to clogging. If
cutting is too awkward then I will use flexible.

km

[km]

On Mon, 9 May 2011 02:01:07 -0700 (PDT), Dom Ostrowski
wrote:

On May 9, 9:27*am, km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

If pvc - a ripsaw. Practice on a bit of scrap first.

Thanks Dom.

Any thought about cutting a pipe in a confined space?

km

[Tim Watts]

wrote:

On Mon, 9 May 2011 02:01:07 -0700 (PDT), Dom Ostrowski
wrote:

On May 9, 9:27 am, km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

If pvc - a ripsaw. Practice on a bit of scrap first.

Thanks Dom.

Any thought about cutting a pipe in a confined space?

km

Fein type tool - how I did mine.
--
Tim Watts

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?


cutting a pipe on a bench is trivial. Hacksaw and file it smooth.

Cutting a pipe flush with or below/behind a floor/wall is a total bitch.

I achieved it with a makeshift arrangement of a cutting disc on an
electric drill - bolt and nuts through disc in chuck. Needless to say
its unguarded, and whips like a bitch if it jams. And you need a strong
steady hand, and probably safety glasses.

You might be able to use an (arbor?) tool in a router to do similar.


km

[dennis@home[_3_]]

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?


cutting a pipe on a bench is trivial. Hacksaw and file it smooth.

Cutting a pipe flush with or below/behind a floor/wall is a total bitch.

I achieved it with a makeshift arrangement of a cutting disc on an
electric drill - bolt and nuts through disc in chuck. Needless to say its
unguarded, and whips like a bitch if it jams. And you need a strong steady
hand, and probably safety glasses.

The man is suicidal.

I would cut it off roughly above the floor, pin a template to the floor and
use a router to knock the pipe down in steps if there really wasn't enough
space for a saw.

There are very thin saws like
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fa...11tpi-12/45619
available.
Or wrap a hacksaw blade with tape to make a handle and use that.

[km]

On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:06:43 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

wrote:

On Mon, 9 May 2011 02:01:07 -0700 (PDT), Dom Ostrowski
wrote:

On May 9, 9:27 am, km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

If pvc - a ripsaw. Practice on a bit of scrap first.

Thanks Dom.

Any thought about cutting a pipe in a confined space?

km

Fein type tool - how I did mine.

Just done some research on this. Looks impressively adaptable. Bit
pricey mind you.

Is the saw cutter deep enough to go through the waste from one
position ie above or did you have to work your way around the pipe. I
ask this because am unsure what joists etc will be in the way.

km

[The Natural Philosopher[_2_]]

dennis@home wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?


cutting a pipe on a bench is trivial. Hacksaw and file it smooth.

Cutting a pipe flush with or below/behind a floor/wall is a total bitch.

I achieved it with a makeshift arrangement of a cutting disc on an
electric drill - bolt and nuts through disc in chuck. Needless to say
its unguarded, and whips like a bitch if it jams. And you need a
strong steady hand, and probably safety glasses.

The man is suicidal.

I would cut it off roughly above the floor, pin a template to the floor
and use a router to knock the pipe down in steps if there really wasn't
enough space for a saw.

I didn't want to blunt the router on the CONCRETE floor. I needed to cut
it a little below to take the internally fitting pipe connector, and I
had 4 hours to do it before the lads turned up to install the bog.

I used what I had to hand. It worked. If you have average intelligence
or above, its not dangerous. Certainly less so than the M25 in rush hour.
..
Knowing that some poster here are below average intelligence though,
dennis, I though a caveat was in order.



There are very thin saws like
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fa...11tpi-12/45619
available.
Or wrap a hacksaw blade with tape to make a handle and use that.

Almost impossible to get it flush. I started that way with a cross cut.
And no way to take it below floor level.

[MuddyMike]

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
wrote:

On Mon, 9 May 2011 02:01:07 -0700 (PDT), Dom Ostrowski
wrote:

On May 9, 9:27 am, km wrote:
I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km

If pvc - a ripsaw. Practice on a bit of scrap first.

Thanks Dom.

Any thought about cutting a pipe in a confined space?

I have cut one using a wire saw. Practice first with an offcut on the bench
as controlling the line of the cut can be difficult. I used something like
this. Adding cable ties as wrist straps makes them easier to use.
http://www.springfields.co.uk/bush-c...rescue/?id=283

Mike

[km]

On Mon, 09 May 2011 09:27:24 +0100, km wrote:

I am planning the replacement of bathroom suite. Looking at the waste
pipe coming from the back of the WC it appears it was installed with
some "make-do" cutting of the pipe to accommodate an unusual angle
into the waste pipe running to the stack which is on the other side of
the house.

What way is recommended for cutting such a big pipe? Hacksaw, angle
grinder?

Cutting before fitting should make it a do-able job for me but until I
take up the floorboards I don't know whether any cutting will be
necessary of the pipe while in place. What suggestions does anyone
have to help if that is needed?

km


Thanks for everyone's input. As this is a one-off situation for me I
think Dennis' thin saw is most likely solution. Of course I may be
assuming the worst and will find everything slots into place when I do
the job.

Like the look of the Fein tool which I may get anyway at some point as
I found the Dremmel very handy in the past and the Fein looks more
robust.

km

[km]

On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:12:06 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

wrote:

On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:06:43 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:


Fein type tool - how I did mine.

Just done some research on this. Looks impressively adaptable. Bit
pricey mind you.

Is the saw cutter deep enough to go through the waste from one
position ie above or did you have to work your way around the pipe. I
ask this because am unsure what joists etc will be in the way.

km

That's why I said "Fein type". Bosch do a similar tool for rather less money
(Multitool IIRC).


Thanks Tim

Have ordered one with 13 accessories for £79.94 from Amazon

km