Soil Vent Pipe Question

Aug 31, 2022 Last reply: 3 years ago 7 Replies

Firstly, thanks to all of you who answered by "Guttering Question" thread and made me realise it's actually a soil vent pipe I needed.



I have to connect the UPVC pipe to the ground. There's a connection of sorts there already. The rubber gasket there has perished but I don't seem to easily find a replacement. Even if I did, the old UPVC pipe I have doesn't fit tightly in there and presumably never did.



My question is, does it really have to, if it's securely attached to the wall? Also, could I get some sort of rubber gasket to make a more snug fit?



The connection in the ground looks like this. I think it's glued on pretty solidly.



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Thanks!


Looks like you need something like this;

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The underground part looks clay pipe, the plastic part will only be a push in and is probably just held in place by the concrete/mortar around it.

Richard

Don't forget the washing up liquid as a lubricant for making fitting fitting easier.

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Shows some of the things you may be doing.

Thanks.

I've noticed that the clay pipe actual comes out of concrete by an inch. Would it still be the same part or is there a similar one that goes around that or am I overthinking it?

Probably overthinking it. If the adapter seals the pipes that will be good enough.

There are other plastic to clay adapters but more flexible and more suited to soil pipe repairs underground.

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Err, if this is *only* a vent pipe (and it looks to clean to be carrying numbers two's etc), and the toilets etc connect underground somewhere, then all you need is something called an Air-admittance valve, or Durco valve. You don't actually need to run a pipe up the wall so that the top vent is ?300mm higher than the highest window (to comply with building regs), the Durco valve does this for you and complies with building regs provided that no more than 1 in 3 connections to the main sewer have these valves attached.

looks like that coupler may be missing the seal at the top?

some types are just pushfit, others have a clip to hold in place, look for manufacturer name on what you have and try to find similar, e.g.

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