Cutting my soil pipe. Can anybody help?

[slowmotion]

Stuff a load of newspaper in the Lidl bag and it will act as a bung to keep rats out.
Or keep a mallet close by for bashing them.

Top Tip!. Thanks.

 

[slowmotion]

you need a cat

Nobody needs a cat. Creepy little horrors..

 

[Profpointy]

Nobody needs a cat. Creepy little horrors..

mind you, we only started having a mouse problem after she started bringing in mice to play with later

 

[irw]

Have you not done this yet? I've just read through all seven pages of this thread expecting to read about the final result!

 

[roadrash]

hes doing the usual thing , getting all the tools out then looking at it for a few hours scratching his head and rubbing his chin,

 

[classic33]

Reckon he's waiting whilst later and the wee hours.

 

[Profpointy]

just spotted it's a plastic pipe. Virtually any old saw will work. I suggest you get a pad saw - or there's a type that used hacksaw blades - even broke ones

 

[steve52]

View attachment 119433 Here it is.... It's right in the corner of the middle floor of a three storey rear extension built in the late 1970s, and it's well used. I would like to cut out a 460mm section of it from just above the level of the 6" joist and use two slip couplings to graft in a new length of plain soil pipe. I can chamfer all the ends and smother the seals in silicone grease but I don't know how to chop out the section that's going to be scrapped. I can support the length of pipe above the cuts to stop any blade binding, but I'm not sure of the tool to use. I don't hold out any great hope for pad saws or panel saws because of the corner walls . I could attack it with an angle grinder with the guard taken off (reckless) but I'm not too keen on a 10,000 rpm muck spreader spraying the slime from the inside of the pipe into my face. A wire saw might be an option.
Have any parishioners attempted a similar operation. Any advice very welcome.
Thank you.

They cut really easily I have managed worse with a glove and a saw blade. I do live the wire saw idea if you have one. Research the couplings though as some have a stop ridge inside so sliding them far enough out of the way mate require it's removal

 

[growingvegetables]

Zero Minus Fifteen Hours

Hmmm - I make it nearly four hours now?

 

[irw]

Maybe it's all gone wrong?

 

[classic33]

Maybe it's all gone wrong?

You mean he's cut a pipe or hit a live wire?

 

[slowmotion]

Hmmm - I make it nearly four hours now?

I'm flushed with success.

 

[classic33]

I'm flushed with success.

You forgot the tape!

 

[Crackle]

I'm flushed with success.

It's not quite as good as Neil Armstrong's line. I suppose he had longer to think about it though, otherwise he might have come out with something as cheesy.

 

[slowmotion]

Here are a few piccies. Cutting the pipe was a doddle. I had the guard on to make the initial cuts and took out a vertical section , as suggested, so I could attack the back of the pipe (nearest the corner) from the inside. To do that I took the guard off. Having cut through, I sanded up to my line with a 36 grit disc and used it to chamfer the pipe ends. That required lying on my back staring up the pipe. It was surprisingly clean on the inside possibly due to me flushing the loo above 15 times before starting surgery. You can see the copper pipe in the corner that I wanted to connect to.

The copper plumbing was a faff due to really limited space and it took a lot longer than it should.

I smeared a huge amount of silicone grease on the soil pipe couplings and the pipe ends which made sliding the couplings up and down the pipe a right PITA due to slippery hands. After much cursing and grunting, I eventually got them in position. It was rather like getting a Marathon Plus on a rim!
Many, many thanks to everybody who gave advice and encouragement. I'm extremely grateful.

{leans back and sips a very stiff G&T}