I've had some landscaping work done and the builder smashed the waste pipe for my sink and dishwasher getting his digger in and out.
The pipe is buried beneath the kitchen floor so it can't be accessed from inside without considerable damage. While the pipe is cracked at outer layer of brick, it runs back into the house for at least a metre before the first 90º turn.
Do I need to chisel out one or more bricks to fix this or would it be possible to solvent weld a slightly narrower diameter of pipe given the length of undamaged pipe inside the house still?
It's been like this for a few weeks and I'm quite keen to get it fixed. Builder is offering to fix it 'at some point' when he's free. Obviously the wooden upright will need modified to accommodate the pipe but that's straightforward enough. The drain is just out of shot by the black vertical pipe.
Existing pipe is solvent weld pipe, not push fit.
The pipe is buried beneath the kitchen floor so it can't be accessed from inside without considerable damage. While the pipe is cracked at outer layer of brick, it runs back into the house for at least a metre before the first 90º turn.
Do I need to chisel out one or more bricks to fix this or would it be possible to solvent weld a slightly narrower diameter of pipe given the length of undamaged pipe inside the house still?
It's been like this for a few weeks and I'm quite keen to get it fixed. Builder is offering to fix it 'at some point' when he's free. Obviously the wooden upright will need modified to accommodate the pipe but that's straightforward enough. The drain is just out of shot by the black vertical pipe.
Existing pipe is solvent weld pipe, not push fit.
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