soil pipe strength

[breezer]

Just wondering,
soil pipe must be strong must they?

suppose you have a toilet on the 4th floor (you know whats coming)

The lumps must travel at their terminal velocity, and if the pipe is vertical the only way is down. so when the lumps hit the bottom that must be some force, so the pipe must be stong to withstand the force of impact, i wonder has a genuine lump ever broken a pipe?

 

[namsag]

WAY too much time on your hands breezer.

 

[crockett]

Just eat vindaloo, you'll never have to worry about breaking anything, apart from your colon

 

[breezer]

TBH i was working in a flat on the 4th floor and ...............well you can guess the rest, but as the car was round the back, you could clearly see the soil pipe was vertical from the ground up, so i was wondering...........

 

[crockett]

Breezer, I'm fairly new to this forum, so I don't know which trade you're in ??

 

[breezer]

its not plumbing

 

[LUNAT]

HI

i do not have to worry about that as i need to go for s*** daily and it is not solid .

 

[breezer]

nice comments guys, but i was seriously wondering about the strength of the pipe

 

[Bahco]

The solids will not hit the bottom of the pipe as there is a slow bend at the base of every soil pipe and anything traveling will slide around gently.

 

[crockett]

Dunno the exact strength, but if it can withstand multi storey situations, above 10 floors, although the waste set up is slightly different, it will withstand a few floors of it