soil pipe

Step 12: Remove the plug from the drain or soil pipe.

Connections to the soil pipe are more difficult as it will almost certainly be made of cast iron - see page 66.

Although a drain known as a soil pipe would carry the dirty water outside of the house, the floors were likely to stay wet.

Underground soil pipes are formed all the time.

The traditional material for the main soil pipes in drainage systems was cast iron, which is not only heavy but likely to fracture.

This sleeve should face toward you as you position it, since it will go into the soil pipe.

A soil pipe was also got at, and a hole broke through into a neighbouring vent to carry off the smoke.

Adjustable soil pipe connectors can be varied to give an angle of up to 25 .

The soil pipe was connected directly into the drains and was open to the air at the top, well above the eaves of the house.

If a WC is blocked, the problem could be a blocked soil pipe.

The term sand boil is used to describe the appearance of the discharging end of an active soil pipe.

During annual reports, the water from the artesian wells was reported to be excellent, the closets and soil pipes were old but odorless.

Soil piping is a particular form of soil erosion that occurs below the soil surface.

"Clean miss, Captain," he said as calmly as if he were reporting something no more threatening than a burst soil pipe.

Erosion of the soil, known as "soil piping", can lead to failure of the structure and to sinkhole formation.

Grease, which abounded in scullery sink water, could choke up a soil pipe and start stinking up the house.

Cast iron pipe, also called soil pipe, was popular until the advent of plastic pipe in the 1960s.

I can wire a doorbell or clean out a stopped-up soil pipe with a plumber's "snake" - but if it's really technical, I hire specialists.

This is a specialized torque wrench used by plumbers to tighten the clamping bands on "hubless" soil pipe couplings.

Toilet soil pipes are very obtrusive, and should be kept as short as possible, so it may be best to keep the toilet roughly where it is.

Also belonging to this field is the cleaning of obstructed soil pipes of domestic sewage systems that is done by means of a rotating, flexible shaft.

Water was poured through the hole in the floor immediately outside the lavatory door: an under-floor channel linked the hole with the vertical soil pipe under the lavatory seat.

The company manufactures products including ductile iron pipe and fittings, fire hydrants, cast iron soil pipe and fittings, and related products.

Soil pipes from downstairs WCs may be connected to the main soil stack of a single-stack system, but it is often better to connect them directly to the underground drains.

Should the collar of the soil pipe (if it has one) break, this is not usually detrimental with today's couplings, as long as the inside of the pipe is not cracked.