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Wet room floor waste connections

Posted by Nathan Spence, on
We had an ground extension "bedroom and en suite" built but due to building cost increasing we decided not to have the en suite fitted and opted to do this at a later date. it has now come to that time where we are deciding how to get this fitted. which is where we feel we have a problem, There are two drainage pipes each side of the room, one for the toilet and one for the "walk in shower section". (these pipes are the same type, size etc and are both capped off currently) i know from watching the builders that both these pipes join under the extension and lead to and drop down into the manhole cover at the rear of the garden. on looking into shower drains options it seems this above mentioned connection is not correct, and the shower drain cannot drop directly into essentially the same sewage pipe because once we open the seal cap to install the shower grate this direct access will lead to the sewage gas coming up through the shower drain into the bathroom. so my question is: is there a method i.e some kind of connector to just add to the pipe to allow the shower waste to go straight down this drain (i.e a vertical waste that just slots on the end of this pvc waste pipe) or are we going to have to forget all about the shower drain and install some other piping method.
Jonathan Ireland

Jonathan Ireland

Nathan... upon installation of shower tray or wet room area, the shower grate must lead to a trap, of which then can be connected to the soil waste pipe by means of an adaptor. I recommend a glued adaptor, or reducer. This will be plastic and of solvent weld, eliminating any future possible leakage which is very common if not installed properly. I would also recommend that you have a trap between ‘shower grating’ and soil waste pipe, this eliminates gases coming up through the shower and also co-insides with current water and building regulations. This is obviously, common plumbing trade practice. I also recommend that you contact an experienced qualified plumbing engineer for this work, do not attemp this yourself or by someone who claims to be a plumber. Trust me, this will cost you a lot more money in the long run! I hope this helps! J Ireland Plumber
Peter Howell

Peter Howell

You can purchase a rubber fitting that goes inside the 110mm pipe and reduces down in size to take a 42mm waste pipe suitable for the shower waste

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