Toilet waste pipe.

[crucial]

Hi,

I hope this is in the right section . We have a downstairs loo in our house which I'm removing (to make a bigger hallway). Problem is the waste goes straight into the ground behind the toilet (concrete floor).

How do I deal with the waste pipe once the toilet is removed? Does it have to be dug out and capped underground? Can it be capped off at surface level? I want to lay laminate on the floor after.

Thanks in advance

Paul.

 

[bluemooner]

Christ I've just paid a builder a huge amount of dosh to put one of them in !!

You'll miss it believe me. Mines only been in a week and I would never go back to just 1 loo upstairs.

I would have thought you could just take it about an inch below floor level, stick a rubber end bung in it and away you go.

There is bound to be some regulation that prevents this.... over to the boys with pencils behind their ears ....

 

[crucial]

It's alright i've put another one in somewhere else downstairs

Rubber bung? Sounds like the kind of thing that might come out

 

[bluemooner]

It has the same rubber fittings as a push fit WC connector. The top of the bung is like a cap so it can't fall in. They fit pretty well.

Once you have capped it you can cover it in sand & cement.

You can't pour concrete down it as it will flow straight into the drains and then you really are in the sh*t.

Suggestions from any builders ?