Chasing pipes into the wall and structural integrity

[Vijay]

I didn't even notice the waste pipe lol

[Nickfromwales]

29 minutes ago, Vijay said:

I didn't even notice the waste pipe lol

Less gin, more tonic ??

[Vijay]

7 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Less gin, more tonic ??

 

lol I'm T total (although I don't know how lol)

[Water]

On 04/06/2021 at 17:13, Vijay said:

 

Did you get a chance to measure what's been removed/left?

yeah only managed to get down there today. It’s mostly 30 to 40mm with the a small section at 50mm. 

[Vijay]

3 hours ago, Water said:

yeah only managed to get down there today. It’s mostly 30 to 40mm with the a small section at 50mm. 

 

removed or what's left?

[Water]

Sorry Vijay removed, the whole section is about 2m long. 

Edited June 6, 2021 by Water

[john1]

Hi, what a challenge! Plumbers seem to do whatever,...

I have a similar question.

 

A plumber cut a hole in the external wall to make space for a waste pipe. The cut is about 40mm deep, 400mm wide and ca. 100mm high. The wall is an old brick wall, that is ca. 360mm thick. Equally, my question is whether I should be worried about structural integrity? The cut is smaller than 1/6 of the thickness of the wall - however I also understand that such cuts are not commonly done anymore.

 

One hope is, that because its underneath a window, not much weight is put on that part of the wall - but the weight sits more left and right of the window

see sketch attached

 

 

Edited March 27, 2024 by john1

[BotusBuild]

John - don't worry 40mm out of 360mm will make an insignificant difference.