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by ambgore
Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:13 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Antiseptic or cleaning fluids like smell in bathroom
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Antiseptic or cleaning fluids like smell in bathroom

I am getting a distinctive smell in a first floor bathroom served by an internal soil stack if I close the bathroom window and door for a few hours. I would describe the smell as antiseptic or cleaning fluid like. The soil stack is vented externally above the house roof eaves. The drain pipe the soi...
by ambgore
Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Soil stack ventilation pipe open to air and roof ventilation tile
Replies: 1
Views: 2103

Soil stack ventilation pipe open to air and roof ventilation tile

Building regulations state a soil stack ventilation pipe open to air should finish at least 900mm above any opening into the building within 3m. Does a roof ventilation tile connected to a bathroom exhaust vent extractor constitute an opening into the building? The position of the vent tile is in th...
by ambgore
Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Minimum size for soil stack ventilation pipe
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Views: 2600

Minimum size for soil stack ventilation pipe

My house has two soil stacks, the main ventilated one on the side of the house and an internal soil stack terminating in an Air Admittance Value (AAV). I was getting bad smell from the AAV and was advised to switch to an external vent by routing the soil vent pipe through the wall on the first floor...
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