Loose drain pipe on floating sink

j@utis

hi all,

we've got our bathroom redone recently by this company which name I don't want to mention here. I lightly nudged sink drain pipe the other day when removing something from the storage under the sink and now it's gone loose. And of course it's leaking now. See the photos below.







I'm wondering here is that the right way for the drain pipe to be attached to the sink? I've imagined the pipes usually are screwed to the bottom of the sink but in our case it seems to be just glued on using silicone? the whole drain thing is held in place by the plug assembly. :mad:

sullzz

There should be a metal or plastic backnut screwed up onto the grating which holds it tight , it doesnt look like one was used on yours and i dont think you would be able to get one to screw onto the threads on yours as they really plastered the silicone onto it , if i was you id leave it as it is and get them back and ask why it was done like this and demand for it to be put right

Outkast_IRE

That is really a stupid thing to do, make it obvious that you know there is meant to be a backnut and that they didnt use one.

And dont reccomend that company to anyone ever, if they are lazy/stupid enough to do something like that then they dont deserve any work.

Davy

They probably overtightened and cracked it, and too stupid to do it right. Now its going to be a big waste of time to sort it.

Joey the lips

To me it looks like the metal nut is covered in silicone and was not sealed correctly.

I am also going to take a gamble and guess that they used a slotted waste instead of an unslotted waste as they should have with the sink.i reckon the waste was rattleing around they tried to stop and plug the hole with silicone

If this is the case they were neglagent

j@utis

thanks all for your comments.

I pulled the whole thing off today and yes, the waste pipe was broken in two pieces during fitting (due to over tightening most likely) and rookie plumber tried to cover it up by gluing it in place. the edges of the pipe pieces are covered in silicone adhesive and they don't match exactly, I couldn't find the missing bits.



it looks like we need a replacement part. now googling the difference between slotted and unslotted waste pipes

j@utis

"... wastes come in slotted and un-slotted depending if your basin has a built-in overflow (basins with overflows require a slotted waste)."

our sink is without overflow, so we need un-slotted waste pipe :rolleyes:

case is now solved and closed, thanks to

Joey the lips

j@utis wrote: »

"... wastes come in slotted and un-slotted depending if your basin has a built-in overflow (basins with overflows require a slotted waste)."

our sink is without overflow, so we need un-slotted waste pipe :rolleyes:

case is now solved and closed, thanks to

Girl power???? Eh..... ok.