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DOWNSTAIRS TOILET EMPTYING INTO RAINWATER DRAIN

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 4.04 PM

Hello, just bought a house and discovered (following a blockage) that the downstairs toilet and basin are emptying into a rainwater drain that flies into a local brook. The water company have forbidden us to use the toilet. To reach the foul drain we would need to either dig up the front of our house and 5 neighbouring houses or dig up the downstairs floor throughout the house to the foul drain in the garden. Are there any other options?

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3 Answers

Anonymous user

Hello, Without seeing how your house is laid out it’s hard to say for sure but a macerator may be an option to reach the existing upstairs loo or soil stack and T’ing into this. Again it would involve chasing out some walls/floors to hide the pipe or you could surface mount them but as I say it’s hard to say without seeing exactly where everything is. The discharge pipes on them are anywhere from 22mm - 32mm so much easier to deal with. It’s worth asking the question on a macerator I think.
Answered18 March 2022
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jt property services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sounds like you bought a lemon. Not sure what your options are without having a look. I do know 1 thing, I'd be furious and looking to sue someone if that information wasn't in the legal pack or surveyor report. If the old owner knew you could probably sue them aswel
Answered18 March 2022
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ABS Plumbing

Rating: 5 out of 5
Mansfield
Assuming you have a soil pipe running to a sewer somewhere on your property your options are to dig up the ground or otherwise route a 110mm waste pipe from the problem toilet to that usable waste pipe. Costly and awkward I imagine. The alternative is to install a macerator pump to move the toilet and basin waste from to the closest drain connected to the sewer. The macerator outlet is 22 or 32mm pipe so less intrusive and potentially cheaper.
Answered18 March 2022
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