How to run suitable waste pipe to loo in log cabin

[nick99]

I am installing a log cabin in the garden and want to fit a loo in it. To run a new underground waste from the cabin to the cess pit would be a big job so I'm looking for an alternative.

There is an existing outside drain close to the cabin but its the one the kitchen sink drains to and is open (as in you can see into it through a grill). I'm guessing I can't just extend this pipe and connect it to the new loo, is this right (smells, health risk etc)? If not could I make it acceptable by sealing it in some way?

The other issue is that will I need a vent pipe going up from the back of the cabin?

I have permission for the cabin but not the loo, so I don't need to meet every final reg - I just want to do a decent job.

Would appreciate any advice. Cheers

 

[Softus]

I am installing a log cabin in the garden and want to fit a loo in it.

Oh please - this has to be a wind-up. "Log" cabin?

 

[nick99]

Ok then, a 'wooden' cabin
And why do you think its a wind up? Lots of people have these garden offices, presumably a few of them have loos in them...

 

[doitall]

I am installing a log cabin in the garden and want to fit a loo in it.

Oh please - this has to be a wind-up. "Log" cabin?

You just got a dirty mind Softus

By wind-up I assume you mean P1ss-take

 

[Mrq]

saniflo..........boss into soil pipe
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[JohnD]

If it has a WC, it is subject to planning permission (unlike an ordinary, temporary wooden shed). So you would be better off asking your local BCO.

 

[nick99]

saniflo..........boss into soil pipe
Q

Cheers. Do you mean the same pipe that the sink drains into? If so, what about smells etc. Cheers.

 

[Mrq]

no no no no the vent stack that runs up the side of your house prob be the one which your house toilet flushes into
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[nick99]

There is no vent stack mate...its a '30s bungalow, the soil pipe runs from under the bathroom floor outside into the drive, there is a manhole where presumably the drain from the sink joins it, and then it runs to the cess pit.

This is all on the other side of the house BTW.

 

[JohnD]

A real cess pit?

 

[nick99]

A real cess pit?

Whats the definition of a real one?
Actually I am not sure if its a cess pit or a septic tank. Its buried, has a couple of manhole covers, and they have to pump it out annually or so. I have not been here a year yet so I was going to ask the pumping-guy exactly what it is.

Anyway, does this make any difference to my new loo install? Cheers

 

[Nige F]

I am installing a log cabin in the garden and want to fit a loo in it.

Oh please - this has to be a wind-up. "Log" cabin?

you missed "big job" ........I`ll bet you were a Boy Scout and left those Job Done stickers in the Public Loos .............sounds like a septic tank

 

[stem]

Try one of these for size....

http://www.thetford.com/HOME/Products/PermanentToilets/tabid/76/Default.aspx

 

[dal5band]

The simple direct answer to your question is you can't run a soil pipe into your sink drain - there is a trap (U bend) below the grating and you can probably see the standing water in it which seals off the smelly side of things.

But you can connect a soil pipe to the kitchen drain further down- stream, away from the open gully - this will need a new manhole to be installed.

 

[oilman]

If you don't mind cleaning a 2" pipe several feet long, which has become blocked with minced poo, or the machine breaks and you have to dismantle it, then go ahead and use a saniflo. Otherwise just stick your head in a standard pan, it's a lot more pleasant.