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moving utilities around a bathroom

  • 04-07-2012 6:00pm
    #1
    cozzie55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭


    I'm thinking of remodelling one of the bathrooms in the house. As part of this I will need to move the toilet from its current position. I want to move the toilet from the wall it is currently on, to the opposite wall, by moving it forward by about 1/1.5 metres and rotating it 180 degrees. So instead of the outflow pipe flowing directly into the back of the toilet it will now be flowing underneath the toilet bowel.
    Obviously I'm going to extend the piping too the new position of the toilet, but will i cause issues for the flow to the septic tank?
    Does it matter if the pipe from the toilet to the tank does not follow a direct line, I presume minimising twists and turns in the pipe ensures the maximum possible flow from the pipe. We already have issues with the toilet backing up from time to time as the flow is not great so will moving the toilet make this worse.


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  • #2
    rayjdav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭rayjdav


    The distance that you are talking will have no overall drastic effect on the workings of the system imo. Just keep the extended run as simple as possible, as you say with as few bends as possible, especially if you can omit 90degrees, using slow bends instead, if needed only.
    I assume this is at 1st floor level?

    Are other items, shower/whb on the same run. If not, tap at least one into it and this will help the "wash" of the system.

    Also, another thing is that the newer reduced flush WC's are bloody useless for septic tank systems, ie there is not enough of a flow to take the waste as per say an urban system. Consider if your system is backing up the more traditional flushing system, use more water but clears the systems pipes more frequently.


  • #3
    cozzie55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭cozzie55


    rayjdav wrote: »
    The distance that you are talking will have no overall drastic effect on the workings of the system imo. Just keep the extended run as simple as possible, as you say with as few bends as possible, especially if you can omit 90degrees, using slow bends instead, if needed only.
    I assume this is at 1st floor level?

    Are other items, shower/whb on the same run. If not, tap at least one into it and this will help the "wash" of the system.

    Also, another thing is that the newer reduced flush WC's are bloody useless for septic tank systems, ie there is not enough of a flow to take the waste as per say an urban system. Consider if your system is backing up the more traditional flushing system, use more water but clears the systems pipes more frequently.

    I never thought using water from shower and sink etc to help the flow. The shower and bath are being moved aswell so i could work in the piping from them at the same time.

    I presume a ninety degree turn coming out of the U bend is ok. I presume thats a fairly normal angle coming from the U bend to the pipe.


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