Relatives of mine got the attic converted a few years back, and installed a toilet up there. Some local guy done the plumbing - not sure of his qualifications. The toilet comes from the far side of the attic and the pipes travel across the room - and it was added to the existing stack in the flat bit of piping that goes around the fuschia. See images attached. The toilet on 1st floor and sink / bath all also drain into this stack.
In the last few years, it has blocked multiple times and backed up recently into the room, not a nice situation. When it blocks the house seems to stink as well, so some other issues exist.
I wasn't involved at this point, but the last guy who unblocked it said its set up wrong, should be redone and we should definitely find the original plumber (which isn't an option)
I'll be getting it sorted for them as they are thinking of selling / renting it out for a while. Would love to get opinions from someone in the know as I don't have a clue about plumbing and want to know what i'm facing / best solution before the professionals arrive.
Bad plumbing? Should the waste pipe from the attic be dropping into the horizontal part of the pipe? Any other issues here that would be good to know about?
What you see in image 1:
- The large black pipe coming from the eaves joining the horizontal part of the stack is a waste pipe from the attic toilet (this section of pipe is where the most recent blockage happened). This was added in a few years ago.
- The white pipe beside that is shower / sink water from attic toilet.
- As we go down we have a white pipe (1st floor sink), large black pipe (1st floor toilet) and another white pipe, from the first floor shower.
In the last few years, it has blocked multiple times and backed up recently into the room, not a nice situation. When it blocks the house seems to stink as well, so some other issues exist.
I wasn't involved at this point, but the last guy who unblocked it said its set up wrong, should be redone and we should definitely find the original plumber (which isn't an option)
I'll be getting it sorted for them as they are thinking of selling / renting it out for a while. Would love to get opinions from someone in the know as I don't have a clue about plumbing and want to know what i'm facing / best solution before the professionals arrive.
Bad plumbing? Should the waste pipe from the attic be dropping into the horizontal part of the pipe? Any other issues here that would be good to know about?
What you see in image 1:
- The large black pipe coming from the eaves joining the horizontal part of the stack is a waste pipe from the attic toilet (this section of pipe is where the most recent blockage happened). This was added in a few years ago.
- The white pipe beside that is shower / sink water from attic toilet.
- As we go down we have a white pipe (1st floor sink), large black pipe (1st floor toilet) and another white pipe, from the first floor shower.
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