ianfish Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 The toilet is going in here which the dishwasher currently resides not our ideal but the previous owners! This wouldve been the outside wall but there idea was to build a extension on the side... So we are now looking at easily fitted extraction fans given this room is in the middle of the house.... Has anyone else tackled this sort of issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 You can get inline fans, then duct under the floor to an an external wall (if you have floor boards). So the extraction vent is low in the toilet and would go out to an air brick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) connected with a timer to light switch so it runs even after you have vacated -proper toilet exact fans have them built in, so you just hook up to light switch Edited June 1, 2020 by scottishjohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 57 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: connected with a timer to light switch so it runs even after you have vacated -proper toilet exact fans have them built in, so you just hook up to light switch Exactly what I did, but IIRC the inline fan I fitted had the timer option 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I fitted Airflow Icon fans with delayed start timers, so they do not come on if you only have the light on for a short visit. They do a mixed flow one which will easily cope with a long duct run. You can duct through the ceiling or surface and box in if the joists run the wrong way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Thanks.....under the floor looks the easier fix. The ceiling on the lean too extension is 12' tall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 I've come across this pipe Might the under stairs idea been planned years ago? Thoughts please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Old clay pipe. I'd guess a soil pipe of some sort. Does it point towards any drains or manhole externally? Can't see it being live to a sewer etc or you'd be getting smells back up. Probably capped off in some way. Is there maybe an extension the other side of that wall? A drain camera would be useful to have a look round that bend. What's the pink square down the bottom? Might be a half brick cemented in. Might mean that it does go to a live run but how to get that brick out without damaging the clay pipe in the process! Careful, not hammer drilling maybe? Tipping a small bucket of water down and seeing if it comes out in a suspected drain is always an option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 It had a load of concrete over it. That as you say has been chipped away the top had been broken up and put into the pipe.. On and or very near to the other side is a small air vent. It was originally on an external wall. The other side has an extension but doesn't seem to have been dug up. It could solve a lot of problems The pink think I'd say is rubble put down it by who ever cemented over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Will that brick down in the bend lift out? If so get your hand down and clear as much rubble as you can and then try some water down it. Is the extension solid floor or suspended? Are there any manholes in the vicinity? I wonder if the extension has been built over the manhole that pipe used to connect to? You can see which direction it is heading in, so go looking in that direction for a manhole. Perhaps go and find all the manholes you can and do a sketch of where they are around the house and in relation to this room? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Great news the brick is gone Had a plumber visit on other work and a quick investigation has found the house as built had a toilet fitted in the space Some loon took the decision to remove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 So now find out if the pipe still connects to a drain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 hours ago, ProDave said: So now find out if the pipe still connects to a drain. Forgot to put it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 6 hours ago, ianfish said: Forgot to put it is! Result! So it was blocked enough with loose stuff that no smell was coming back up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Tbh they very likely ditched the wc there back in the day as if having no extraction it would have been a bit unpleasant for adjacent room users. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 We don't think it was a toilet.. We can't find any evidence of a water supply. A gas supply is spurred off. The aperture in the wall is original or looks like it. We think it's the space a 1930 fridge freezer occupied the space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 10/06/2020 at 07:17, Onoff said: Result! So it was blocked enough with loose stuff that no smell was coming back up? Possibly... What seems to make some sense doesn't always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Water supply back in the day would have maybe come in from above to an overhead cistern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 18:24, Onoff said: Water supply back in the day would have maybe come in from above to an overhead cistern? No visible marks at all. It's not has much tlc under the stairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 14:58, ianfish said: We don't think it was a toilet.. We can't find any evidence of a water supply. A gas supply is spurred off. The aperture in the wall is original or looks like it. We think it's the space a 1930 fridge freezer occupied the space. I think gas fridges were common in the 30s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Onoff said: I think gas fridges were common in the 30s. I remember our first fridge was a gas fridge and that was in the 50s. I guess if you had a fridge in the 30s you were quite well off, we weren't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Our house was a exemplar for an estate short by world war two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Current state of play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 If the fuseboard was relocated, is it now further than 3m away from the meter? What's the supply fuse rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfish Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 08/07/2020 at 16:41, Nickfromwales said: If the fuseboard was relocated, is it now further than 3m away from the meter? What's the supply fuse rating? No further away. Just the other side of the wall and possibly an inch or so closer. As to your 2nd question no idea..not had our papers yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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