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  • #2
    chicken_food
    Closed Accounts Posts: 939 ✭✭✭chicken_food


    Please HELP!!


  • #3
    Pataman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Pataman


    From looking at the photo I think you are trying to connect 2 different types of pipes. The white stuff is usually marley and the black stuff wavin(or is it vice versa), slightly different dimensions. Its hard to tell from the pic. it is possible to geta piece to join them. Not sure if Woodies or the like would sell it, though.


  • #4
    chicken_food
    Closed Accounts Posts: 939 ✭✭✭chicken_food


    Excellent! Il try there tomorow. What baffles me is that those two pieces have been together without a bother for the past 15-20 years with no bother. Cud it b im puttin it together wrongly?


  • #5
    Pataman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Pataman


    The original plumber may have used mastic to join them.


  • #6
    rooferPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭rooferPete


    Hi,

    Mastic wouldn't hold them together, waste pipes are a nuisance if they are not fitted properly, regarding the different products, wavin came in black and marley in white, but all (well most) traps come in white.

    When you fit the pipe into the trap it should be square or not off centre, you take the nut and the washer and place them on the pipe, then fit the pipe into the waste trap, gently start to thread the nut on.

    If the trap is not in line with the pipe there is a danger you can damage the threads on the trap, they don't have to be so tight that you need expert tools to undo them, a good hand tighten and about a quarter turn with a stiltson should be plenty.

    The washer was usually bevelled if memory serves me right so that could be the problem, the round washer went into the connections for the trap to the shower.

    The joint on the pipe looks a tad strange but if it worked for twenty years it should be ok, sometimes the reason they start leaking is the lighter gauge showers moved and put stress on the joint.

    If the thread on the trap is damaged you will most likely need a new one, try and thread on the nut without the pipe to test it.


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