Plumbing advice?

[mk378]

Originally Posted By: tomcat27
The proper fix is to remove all of the current pipe and install the proper trap that you can dis-assemble. for your situation, I would be tempted to use glue/sealant on yours and try to patch it.

Exactly. You'd cut back to the stub from the wall and put a slip-in adapter there, like the one that is now on the tailpiece of the sink. Then use a prefab trap set or otherwise build out. In case of a clog or leak in the future you'd be able to take it all off at the slip-in adapter.

Properly glued PVC (though you don't have that, or it wouldn't be leaking) will not come unglued. There is a tool to cut an old pipe out of a fitting so the fitting can be reused, but trying to do that is not worth it here.

 

[Driz]

Simple fix. Go to lowes or wherever and get one of those rubber slip on joints. I think they call them Speedy Sleeve or something similar. Slip it in there after cutting tha t connecter off, tighten the radiator clamps and done. $5 fix, easy and easily removed for cleanout.

 

[goodtimes]

It looks like two sink drain outlets going into the wall in two different places. Then there is what looks like UF electric cable coming directly out of a hole in the sheetrock going to the dishwasher. I would say the whole thing needs replacing, cut open the wall, and see if it is vented correctly as well. Or seal the leak like other people said. Glued traps are for use in walls or under floors like for a shower pan or washing machine. The whole idea is they don't leak so whoever did the original job, including what's in the wall, is pretty suspect I would say.
The other drain behind it looks wrong too, besides the gluing the parts are wrong.

 

[Gebo]

Originally Posted By: Tdbo
I think that I would just replace that whole section with threaded. It isn't worth the grief.


AMEN!

 

[Gebo]

Originally Posted By: user52165
Originally Posted By: Tdbo
I think that I would just replace that whole section with threaded. It isn't worth the grief.


+1 This

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-1-2-in-Plastic-P-Trap-C9704B/205153793

Or similar. Flexible, offset, etc. All types available.

Really - some of these comments are ridicuous. Inner tube - [censored]? A few dollars and the right parts and you're done. It's the washers that seal. No glue, silicone, clamps, etc needed or wanted. Easy to take apart for cleaning. Hand tighten is all it takes.


Amen x 2

This "set up" is just like my kitchen sink. Only mine all screws together along the same path as yours. It has been removed one time since 1994. No runs, not drips, no errors.

 

[JMJNet]

That whole thing comes as a kit is probably not more than $5 (well may be $6) at HD or Lowes and cheaper at local plumbing store (the one supply the plumbers).

The glue may cost you more than that. LOL!!!

 

[HonorAndHonesty]

Maybe I have lived a charmed life, but I have never had to remove a P trap to clean it out and my wife sends a lot of long hair down the drain it seems. Maybe its because The drain stopper always seems to catch most of it.

I do see the reason why it should be easily removable though.

 

[totegoat]

Looks like one of Grandmas last plumbing jobs.