Bath woes.

[AndyRM]

The tape has arrived. In an appropriately sized box...

 

[AndyRM]

Denso Tape is powerful stuff @gbb cheers for the tip.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Should have said, it's the waste pipes that are the issue, the supply seems fine and the sink and toilet present no issues.

I'll post some pictures of the current bane of my life when I get home. And the bath too.

Simple if it's the waste pipe. Go round to M-i-L's and have a bath there

 

[Piemaster]

Denso tape isn't strictly waterproof tape. It gets extensively used on ships to protect fittings from sea water and prevent corrosion.I wrap every hydraulic hose fitting with it, mostly so that when the hose eventually goes it comes off easily. Under pressure it will eventually leak. Wear disposable gloves and old clothing.

A proper ships engineer bodge temporary repair would be to build a wooden box around the pipe (as shuttering). Then fill it with cement making a 'cement box'. It will however take a large hammer if you ever need to change the bath.

 

[mickle]

Or just buy a new frickin trap?!? There's nowt wrong with B&Q gear I use it all the time. Take the old one with you and show it to the man. Buy some plumbers mait and refit the plug 'ole since you're in there anyway. Buy a tube of rubber seal lube to make all the seals slip together nicely.

It's so farking easy. If you can do lego you can assemble a bath trap.

Anything else is a bodge. Bodges are ugly, embarrassing and shameful.

 

[AndyRM]

Or just buy a new frickin trap?!? There's nowt wrong with B&Q gear I use it all the time. Take the old one with you and show it to the man. Buy some plumbers mait and refit the plug 'ole since you're in there anyway. Buy a tube of rubber seal lube to make all the seals slip together nicely.

It's so farking easy. If you can do lego you can assemble a bath trap.

Anything else is a bodge. Bodges are ugly, embarrassing and shameful.

I would love this to be true but the reality of the situation involves limited access and stupid angles so seals are under weird pressure and I can't get to them properly. In an ideal world I'd never have put the thing where it is but hey ho...

@Piemaster - how much pressure you talking?

 

[snorri]

This will be the best resource for your needs.

....but looking under P for plumbers in Yellow Pages would be a lot cheaper.

 

[Piemaster]

@Piemaster - how much pressure you talking?

Something like, say a garden hose would seep, sort of looks like the tape is sweating - it would eventually cause the sticky crap on the tape to emulsify and leak properly, but that will have a larger pressure behind it.
May be ok for the bath waste, especially if its only actually got any sort of pressure head (height of the water in the bath above the leak) when you pull the plug out.
Really though - fix it properly. Or find a decent plumber. It'll be cheaper than the damage from the leak.

We have some very awkward pipework under a shower, it's connected up with a length of flexible waste pipe.

 

[AndyRM]

Something like, say a garden hose would seep, sort of looks like the tape is sweating - it would eventually cause the sticky crap on the tape to emulsify and leak properly, but that will have a larger pressure behind it.
May be ok for the bath waste, especially if its only actually got any sort of pressure head (height of the water in the bath above the leak) when you pull the plug out.
Really though - fix it properly. Or find a decent plumber. It'll be cheaper than the damage from the leak.

We have some very awkward pipework under a shower, it's connected up with a length of flexible waste pipe.

I think the damage has already been done to be honest, a part of the ceiling below will definitely need re-plastered.

That bendy pipe looks good, I'll get one of them for when the job needs sorting properly, thanks!

 

[Licramite]

sounds like you need a telephone to fix this properly
and call a plumber