FranZ28
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Bought the house 3 years ago - the 3 bottles of drain cleaner I found in the garage was an indicator lol..
Either way - whoever plumbed in the new bath before us pushed the last 4 feet of pipe down enough for it to run up hill, and month after month our food particles would slowly collect till the washer threw all the water up in the laundry room.. The cast iron was obviously sitting in water for years leading up to the final moment - the whole bottom section was rotted out basically and a few light taps to try break out the already rotted out section popped the rest of it off..
Anyway - we have a TINY house, 660 square ft and just me and the wife and 1 bathroom, so I managed to putty in a 1-1/2 inch pipe which I just manage to hammer in 1/4" into the cast iron so we could be up and running and coupled it to the 2 inch main line with a rubber slip union and checked every joints angle till it all flowed downhill-
The loo sits directly above the vertical stack and I didnt want to deal with pulling loose -
Can just that piece be replaced without removing the loo or does the loo need to come out as well to pull the stack off?
Or can I grind down the iron and put some kind of saddle in?
Either way - whoever plumbed in the new bath before us pushed the last 4 feet of pipe down enough for it to run up hill, and month after month our food particles would slowly collect till the washer threw all the water up in the laundry room.. The cast iron was obviously sitting in water for years leading up to the final moment - the whole bottom section was rotted out basically and a few light taps to try break out the already rotted out section popped the rest of it off..
Anyway - we have a TINY house, 660 square ft and just me and the wife and 1 bathroom, so I managed to putty in a 1-1/2 inch pipe which I just manage to hammer in 1/4" into the cast iron so we could be up and running and coupled it to the 2 inch main line with a rubber slip union and checked every joints angle till it all flowed downhill-
The loo sits directly above the vertical stack and I didnt want to deal with pulling loose -
Can just that piece be replaced without removing the loo or does the loo need to come out as well to pull the stack off?
Or can I grind down the iron and put some kind of saddle in?