Old waste pipe in my kitchen now out of use

[Lizzie2]

I have discovered behind my cupboards in the kitchen a defunct old waste pipe that has crumbling cement around it and it smells very bad how do I remove it and then cap off the hole it will leave. I am a reasonably competent female and would like to do the job myself with the aid of my dad of course. Any help would be so appreciated. Liz

 

[JohnD]

is it plastic, lead or iron? You can cap it off, this is particularly easy if plastic.

Have a look on the other side of the wall to see where it goes. If an old house, it probably goes either into a gully (ground floor) or hopper (upper floors) or else into the side of a soil pipe. If it goes through the floor is it a wooden, chipboard or concrete floor, and do you live in a house or a flat?

If a modern house it probably goes into the side of a soil pipe, which might be boxed over inside your house.

btw you should be learning plumbing so you can maintain your old dad's house for him now he's getting on a bit.

 

[John M]

Shove some cotton wool in the hole, cover it with a cut down carrier bag, put a shed load of cellotape around it & leave it @ that

Not a pretty fix ........ Buttttttt it'll work