Post by jcplumb on Dec 5, 2018 13:13:44 GMT
Had a call off a customer who I've worked for before, they've had a bathroom fitted before they found me and I've corrected loads of mistakes in there, the installers were cowboys.
One example is that they made a little well with silicone under the cistern in a vanity unit to stop a drip from showing rather than just fix the leak.
Anyway, they tell me now that the external section of the shower waste has come off revealing about 5mm of waste pipe and they can't get it back on. The bathroom is a tiled floor and the shower tray is floor level so no access to any pipes.
The lady got upset when I told her I'd have to go into the ceiling below to replace that bit of pipe with one long enough.
So was wondering if anyone knew of any tricks to attach an elbow to a pushfit pipe where only 5mm of it is protruding from the wall.
It's not solvent pipe.
I was thinking of maybe removing enough brick around the pipe exit to get a fitting on further but that is assuming the pipe won't just push in as I'm trying to get the fitting on.
Anyone got any tips or tricks that could help out here?
One example is that they made a little well with silicone under the cistern in a vanity unit to stop a drip from showing rather than just fix the leak.
Anyway, they tell me now that the external section of the shower waste has come off revealing about 5mm of waste pipe and they can't get it back on. The bathroom is a tiled floor and the shower tray is floor level so no access to any pipes.
The lady got upset when I told her I'd have to go into the ceiling below to replace that bit of pipe with one long enough.
So was wondering if anyone knew of any tricks to attach an elbow to a pushfit pipe where only 5mm of it is protruding from the wall.
It's not solvent pipe.
I was thinking of maybe removing enough brick around the pipe exit to get a fitting on further but that is assuming the pipe won't just push in as I'm trying to get the fitting on.
Anyone got any tips or tricks that could help out here?
