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P TRAP U bend help please for under the bath

  • 17-08-2024 06:52PM
    #1
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Hi everyone, hope someone can help me out please. We had a plumber fit new taps to an old bath and since then then P Trap Under has been leaking. Perhaps he damaged this when installing the new taps. Ive tried to get him back but no luck so will attempt to fix this myself with little plumbing experience. I bought another P trap but it does not line up properly and struggling to get a similar P trap. Anyone advice what I can buy to fix this and where? Thank you, attachments of the issue are below. Gareth

    p trap1.jpg
    p trap2.jpg
    p trap3.jpg
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  • #2
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    Any help would be great, or advice - do I need a new washer, replace parts or the whole P TRAP, add a new flexi tube etc and if so, where is best to get these parts, thank you, Gareth



  • #3
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    Where exactly is the leak coming from?

    Time is contagious, everybody's getting old.



  • #4
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    There is no washer in the connection point to the bath at the top of the pipe on the right. Also, the ridges on this connection are partially broken. The leaks are coming from this opening point.



  • #5
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,451 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536651#Comment_122536651

    When you say 'ridges' do you mean threads? Did you try a plumbers suppliers for a replacement?



  • #6
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    yes, the top of the thread is broken. I tried loads of web sites for the exact p trap but there does not seem to be any the exact size



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  • #7
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    I bought a new p trap in chadwicks but it did not line up properly. There seems to be p traps the right size but they have no overflow connections



  • #8
    Pinoy adventure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    best option is too change the entire waste kit & overflow kit on the bath as well as the trap it’s self.easy enough fix



  • #9
    baxterooneydoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭baxterooneydoody


    Loosen it and put some liquid cement on it and squeeze it back u, it might sort it



  • #10
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    There doesnt seem to be one though where the pipes in the pictures above will match up size wise



  • #11
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    with liquid cement id be afraid to maybe block the pipe!



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  • #12
    baxterooneydoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭baxterooneydoody


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536875#Comment_122536875

    You'd have to put it in the pipe to do that, liquid cement is a glue used by plumbers to glue pipes together, just put it on the threads of the pipe and you'll be fine



  • #13
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    super, thank you baxterooneydoody, will give that a try. Is there also any specific washer I could insert?



  • #14
    baxterooneydoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭baxterooneydoody


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122538175#Comment_122538175

    The washer should be on the fitting, if not I'd use tech 7 liberally to form a water tight seal,



  • #15
    GalwayGareth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭GalwayGareth


    thank you, will do



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