Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

Putting a bog in a room that used to have one should be a simple task,
you'd think.
(In a shop premises we took on a couple of years ago, upstairs gutted
and largely derelict)

I decided to run a new mains water pipe, shoved the pan into the soil
pipe, flushed, plainly a blockage.
The soil pipe had been 'capped' with tea towels which I removed (I know,
what a ###ing pro) so my concern was that one had traveled.

Much plunging later and we were flushing, game on. Except the flush was
going into the ceiling below :( What a mess!

Long story short, there were 2 pipes bossed into the soil stack*, left
open when the place had been gutted and upon cutting out this section
there was a dishcloth just slightly downstream of the above restricting
the downward flow.

So my advice would be to replace a soil stack (or sections of) that has
anything of unknown provenance bossed into it.


*Not immediately obvious, they were bossed into the rear.

Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

Was the name of the original company, Bodgit and run by any chance? Brian

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Putting a bog in a room that used to have one should be a simple task,
you'd think.
(In a shop premises we took on a couple of years ago, upstairs gutted and
largely derelict)

I decided to run a new mains water pipe, shoved the pan into the soil
pipe, flushed, plainly a blockage.
The soil pipe had been 'capped' with tea towels which I removed (I know,
what a ###ing pro) so my concern was that one had traveled.

Much plunging later and we were flushing, game on. Except the flush was
going into the ceiling below :( What a mess!

Long story short, there were 2 pipes bossed into the soil stack*, left
open when the place had been gutted and upon cutting out this section
there was a dishcloth just slightly downstream of the above restricting
the downward flow.

So my advice would be to replace a soil stack (or sections of) that has
anything of unknown provenance bossed into it.


*Not immediately obvious, they were bossed into the rear.

Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

On 05/07/2020 18:40, R D S wrote:
Putting a bog in a room that used to have one should be a simple task,
you'd think.
(In a shop premises we took on a couple of years ago, upstairs gutted
and largely derelict)

I decided to run a new mains water pipe, shoved the pan into the soil
pipe, flushed, plainly a blockage.
The soil pipe had been 'capped' with tea towels which I removed (I know,
what a ###ing pro) so my concern was that one had traveled.

Much plunging later and we were flushing, game on. Except the flush was
going into the ceiling below :( What a mess!

Long story short, there were 2 pipes bossed into the soil stack*, left
open when the place had been gutted and upon cutting out this section
there was a dishcloth just slightly downstream of the above restricting
the downward flow.

So my advice would be to replace a soil stack (or sections of) that has
anything of unknown provenance bossed into it.


*Not immediately obvious, they were bossed into the rear.

Hope you feel better now! Nothing like a good rant and a couple of pints
after a day like that :-)

Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

On 05/07/2020 21:30, newshound wrote:

Hope you feel better now! Nothing like a good rant and a couple of pints
after a day like that :-)

Honestly, if ever I have said "should be done in 10 minutes" and been
forced to eat my words...

One day, will all the jobs be done? :)

Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

On 05/07/2020 21:19, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Was the name of the original company, Bodgit and run by any chance? Brian


This place was 'refurbished' at the behest of the previous owner about 6
years ago.

It repeatedly stands out as an example of why I do everything myself.
Absolute cowboys.

Ballache of a job replacing a WC
 

When my daughter and SiL moved tup North, they bought a flat which was part of a first floor warehouse for a large shop below originally. Running across the front of the lounge was an extension of the window sills that effectively made them window seats. This extension morphed into a triangular TV stand before continuing along portion of the adjacent wall. My daughter thought the whole thing was an attractive feature but its true more sinister purpose was revealed when Costa Coffee took over an adjacent shop and wanted to use the other part of the first floor warehouse as staff facilities. The so called feature was no more than the boxing in for next doors WC waste pipe. Fortunately, during the planning consultation they managed to get Costa to route their waste elsewhere, I really did not fancy sitting there watching TV while somebodys turds were floating by round half the room. The thing is the pipe remained and if at some point the upper storey next door was converted into a flat there would not be the same requirement to consult on any alterations and the whole thing could easily be restored to its original use, thank god they did not stay long!

Richard