Best way to repair this soil pipe joint? (Pictures )

[perky416]

Evening all,

Please take a look at the 2 pictures attached. This is where the plastic soil pipe meets the clay drainage at ground level. As you can see it is damage and is leaking a fair bit of water into the kitchen when the toilet is flushed.

What would be the best way to repair this? It has been suggest to mortar it but im worried that isnt a long term solution.

Thanks

 

[Notch7]

I dont have a solution but I can see its a bl@@dy awkward place to do anything with

is that a solid floor or suspended?

my guess is that if you try and kango that out you will break the clay part completely

but that crack must extend downwards so you are going to have to dig out around the pipe to expose it

there are some great pros on here in regards to drainage so Im sure one will be along soon to give you some proper advice

 

[noseall]

Evening all,

Please take a look at the 2 pictures attached. This is where the plastic soil pipe meets the clay drainage at ground level. As you can see it is damage and is leaking a fair bit of water into the kitchen when the toilet is flushed.

What would be the best way to repair this? It has been suggest to mortar it but im worried that isnt a long term solution.

Thanks

Temp fix may be to use a pan-conn extender that will fit inside the clay and connect with SVP...

It'll probably need digging out ultimately, unless you can free up enough pipe to get a jubilee rubber connector onto it.

 

[ree]

OP,
The salt glazed socket rim is split and a large chunk of it is missing.
Think long term health so do a long term fix.
Isolate all elec cables before any work - perhaps re-arrange the cable runs?

1. A good way to deal with this is to first remove the boxing to give you a clear shot at any repair - its already partly rotting front and back. Maybe remove the square edge skirting - & examine the back of it?
2. Cut the soil pipe free from where it meets the adaptor.
3. Pack some stuffing down into the salt glaze - to prevent debris clogging the soil pipe.
4. Then use a reciprocating saw or an angle grinder to slice the salt glaze socket level with the floor. Remove & lift out piece by piece.
5. Then clean the inside of the remaining salt glaze & carefully examine it for any cracks - take pics of what you see ie. cracks or possible cracks, & post them on here.
6. Typically, if cracks are seen then its time to open up the floor, & install a simple new soil pipe connection.
7. If #6 is necessary then you can be advised how to do it.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It's knackered. Break it all out, keep going until you find a pipe that's not a complete mess. It's entirely possible/likely that the pipe has exceeded its lifespan and is generally crumbling and cracked all over the place. You may need to replace a whole run as far as the inspection chamber. Then replace all with plastic.

I replaced all the underground 70 year old clay pipes in our place. They were all fragile, and were cracked all over the place. Every joint was leaking as the ground had moved and cracked them open. Plastic has at least some ability to flex if the ground does move.

Any attempt at patching, fixing or sealing will be a complete waste of time. It's obviously been leaking for years, evidenced by the wood rot.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

No easy answer given the location. Ideally you'd need to dig down and expose the clay, find a suitable point where it's undamaged to cut it and then make a suitable joint and bridge the gap with plastic pipe. How difficult is it going to be to remove the surrounding floor?