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Connect new toilet to apartment block soil stack that doesn't have toilet already connected?
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.18 PM
Hi, My apartment has two soil stacks on opposite ends of the apartment. One soil stack currently has the toilet upstairs connected to it (currently the only toilet in the apartment), and the other soil stack has shower and washhand basin upstairs and kitchen sink downstairs connected to it. Both soil stacks run vertically down to the apartment below me, where I believe the same layout is replicated. There is no apartment above me. What I'd like to do is add a toilet to the second soil stack (the one that currently just has the bathroom washhand basin and shower and kitchen sink running into it). However, one builder that I've spoken to has told me that this is against waste water regulations as there is no toilet connected to the stack, and thus it's not considered a "sewage" stack. However, my assumption was that a soil stack is a soil stack and thus anything sewage-related can always be connected to one. Is it against some sort of regulations to fit a toilet to a soil stack that does not already have one connected to it (i.e. one that is currently carrying only greywater rather than blackwater)? And if not, are there any other considerations that I need to take into account about this? Thanks!
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