Hi

I have just had a plumber come and quote for replacing the existing
bathroom suite. We want the toilet moving about two feet to the left.
The soil stack is the original 1930s cast iron one and he has advised
that we will have to take it down and replace with pvc since the angle
of the connector is too steep for where the new toilet will be - the
pipe would come in about half way up the wall. Does this sound right
or am I about to be stung for another 300 quid for no reason and it is
just to make his life easier. The old pipe is original to the house
and we would like to keep it if we can

M

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I have just had a plumber come and quote for replacing the existing
bathroom suite. We want the toilet moving about two feet to the left.
The soil stack is the original 1930s cast iron one and he has advised
that we will have to take it down and replace with pvc since the angle
of the connector is too steep for where the new toilet will be - the
pipe would come in about half way up the wall. Does this sound right
or am I about to be stung for another 300 quid for no reason and it is
just to make his life easier. The old pipe is original to the house
and we would like to keep it if we can

You can get all the bits to re-work a cast iron stack. It may not be cost
effective, though, given labour costs.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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, writes
Hi

I have just had a plumber come and quote for replacing the existing
bathroom suite. We want the toilet moving about two feet to the left.
The soil stack is the original 1930s cast iron one and he has advised
that we will have to take it down and replace with pvc since the angle
of the connector is too steep for where the new toilet will be - the
pipe would come in about half way up the wall. Does this sound right
or am I about to be stung for another 300 quid for no reason and it is
just to make his life easier. The old pipe is original to the house
and we would like to keep it if we can

I think your caution is well founded, cast iron is difficult to re-work but not
impossibly so and the opinion may be coloured by its healthy scrap value.

In the worst case there are plenty of rubber couplers available to patch a
new section into old.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

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fred wrote:
In the worst case there are plenty of rubber couplers available to patch
a new section into old.

Why bodge it when the correct bits are available? I'd also not be happy
with a rubber coupler - the stack needs firm support overall due to the
weight.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
fred wrote:
In the worst case there are plenty of rubber couplers available to patch
a new section into old.

Why bodge it when the correct bits are available? I'd also not be happy
with a rubber coupler - the stack needs firm support overall due to the
weight.

So you didn't read the, "In the worst case" start to that para then?
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fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

On 18 Jun, 18:55, wrote:
Hi

I have just had a plumber come and quote for replacing the existing
bathroom suite. We want the toilet moving about two feet to the left.
The soil stack is the original 1930s cast iron one and he has advised
that we will have to take it down and replace with pvc since the angle
of the connector is too steep for where the new toilet will be - the
pipe would come in about half way up the wall. Does this sound right
or am I about to be stung for another 300 quid for no reason and it is
just to make his life easier. The old pipe is original to the house
and we would like to keep it if we can

M

Keep the CI if you can. It's much quieter than plastic.

John

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John wrote:
Keep the CI if you can. It's much quieter than plastic.

It also has a near indefinite life if maintained - unlike plastic.
Especially true with gutters. It may not be economic to use cast iron on a
new build, but many rip it out and replace with plastic only to regret it
later.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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