Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
What from here?
Bath woes.
- Thread starter AndyRM
- Start date
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Levo-Lon
Guru
All bath wastes are awkward..
get her in doors to hold a screw driver in the plug hole and you get under and hold the waste.
undo screw...remove waste.
check it for bad seals..replace seals.
or just fit all new. Often the easiest fixfor reliability.
BUY A QUALITY WASTE..not cheap crap , plumbers merchant is a good idea.
also the new plug adaptor fitting will need new mastic seal as a rule on underside of bath Butnot always..some use seals.
everything clean and dry..should all work then. Dont over tighten stuff.
good luck
get her in doors to hold a screw driver in the plug hole and you get under and hold the waste.
undo screw...remove waste.
check it for bad seals..replace seals.
or just fit all new. Often the easiest fixfor reliability.
BUY A QUALITY WASTE..not cheap crap , plumbers merchant is a good idea.
also the new plug adaptor fitting will need new mastic seal as a rule on underside of bath Butnot always..some use seals.
everything clean and dry..should all work then. Dont over tighten stuff.
good luck
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Ta!
Seals have been replaced previously, clubbed the old ones.
Any particular recommendations for a new waste?
Levo-Lon
Guru
Just buy one from a merchants like plumb centre ,travis ,screw fix?
The cheap ones from wicks band q are ok but more likely to fail..due to cheap manufactre..
ive fitted a few bathrooms showers etc and there a bloody liability,fail when its all masticked and finished..
so if you can take the old one to the plumbers suppliers and just ask for a good one.
money well spent if your bath is a pig to service.
The cheap ones from wicks band q are ok but more likely to fail..due to cheap manufactre..
ive fitted a few bathrooms showers etc and there a bloody liability,fail when its all masticked and finished..
so if you can take the old one to the plumbers suppliers and just ask for a good one.
money well spent if your bath is a pig to service.
- Location
- Egham
I've always used McAlpine traps, good quality and off the shelf at your local plumbers merchant.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Assuming you're going to fix it properly, avoid DIY type products from the likes of BnQ, get (as suggested) proper traps etc (McAlpine for instance as suggested )
PTFE tape everything prior to installing and / or silicone everything. Above all, avoid those crappy kits from BnQ etc.
If you need to temporarily stop the leaks, avoid DIY type self amalgamating tapes(they look like insulating tape) , they're of mixed quality. If you can get hold of some, Denso tape, green, sticky, very mouldable, sticks like sh1t to a blanket, messy, awful stuff but very very very good. Ive used it over the years to seal pipes, wastes, washing machines etc etc...it lasts for years. Use gloves, wrap it round, squeeze and mould it to the shape...then forget ithe problem ever existed.
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
The day of reckoning beckons. Thanks for all the advice troops.
After some deliberation involving lying on the bathroom floor and being angry about this, I've decided to replace the seals on the existing stuff as nothing seems fundamentally wrong with it. Then I'm going to wrap them with Denso tape, any tips @gbb?
If you never hear from me again it means I've drowned in a plumbing disaster, the bath has crushed me or MrsRM has murdered me whilst I was vulnerable for taking so bloody long to sort this out...
After some deliberation involving lying on the bathroom floor and being angry about this, I've decided to replace the seals on the existing stuff as nothing seems fundamentally wrong with it. Then I'm going to wrap them with Denso tape, any tips @gbb?
If you never hear from me again it means I've drowned in a plumbing disaster, the bath has crushed me or MrsRM has murdered me whilst I was vulnerable for taking so bloody long to sort this out...
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Miss Goodbody knows a good plumber 
She got him to see to her waste outlets, and she even held his tool for him.
She got him to see to her waste outlets, and she even held his tool for him.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Miss Goodbody knows a good plumber
She got him to see to her waste outlets, and she even held his tool for him.
Didn't she have to hold his ballcock while he put it in.
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User6179
Guest
I would try and find where its leaking from first , I spent ages looking for a leak once without any joy until I noticed the trap was touching the floor and when you stood in the bath near the plug hole this forced the trap to push up on the bath and water was exiting under the drainer onto the bathroom floor , I had the pipes off and on a few times and took the trim off around the bath and put new silicone on before I discovered the problem which was fixed with a lump of wood supporting the bath at the plug hole.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
If you cant get the whole roll to go round the pipe, restricted access etc, you can cut 6 to 12 inch lengths, wrap it round, force it tight round , knead it to make it 'self amalgamate', then go over the top again and do the same....like plastering a leg or arm I guess. It will fprm one layer, bonding to itself and the pipe..
Wear gloves, its messy stuff.
Wrap and seal the remaining roll, it'll keep for months if not longer.
If in the future you want to remove it, cut along with a stanley knife and peel off, it stays moist for ever.
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Aye, I've found the leaks, there's a couple small ones at a couple of the joints. Currently got some takeaway cartons under there but hopefully today will provide a more permanent solution.
If you're lucky I'll remember and take some pictures so you can all admire another man's plumbing...
Mireystock
SIip-slidin' down Big Pig...
Silicone it !
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User6179
Guest
Sounds like you already have a good fix
A guy once asked me to fix his urinal and said there is a drink in it for me
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
That was what I did when I first attempted a repair. Held for about a year before it gave up.
