Replacing cast iron soil stack

You can get all the bits to re-work a cast iron stack. It may not be cost effective, though, given labour costs.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@googlemail.com writes

I think your caution is well founded, cast iron is difficult to re-work but not impossibly so and the opinion may be coloured by its healthy scrap value.

In the worst case there are plenty of rubber couplers available to patch a new section into old.

Why bodge it when the correct bits are available? I'd also not be happy with a rubber coupler - the stack needs firm support overall due to the weight.

In article , Dave Plowman (News) writes

So you didn't read the, "In the worst case" start to that para then?

Keep the CI if you can. It's much quieter than plastic.

John

It also has a near indefinite life if maintained - unlike plastic. Especially true with gutters. It may not be economic to use cast iron on a new build, but many rip it out and replace with plastic only to regret it later.