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Right next to my shower tray there is a 110 mm soil pipe and i need to feed-in the 40mm waste pipe. Being in a recess, once it is connected up it is virtually inaccessible without taking the tray back out again. :-/
My question relates to the best type of reducer to go with i.e. solvent weld or compression?
The only issue I can see with the solvent weld is that I will have to be absolutely bang on with my pipework when I put it all together, which is no mean task in a recess. It is only a very short run and so there will be no flex in the pipe at all. Obviously I will only get one chance doing this.
As for the compression joint, I can obviously have a number of goes at it as well as rotate things around a bit if required. The bit I am not sure about is whether it is a good idea to use such a joint where it will be virtually inaccessible once it is all put together!? Is it likely to loosen itself off over time and cause me problems?
TIA
My question relates to the best type of reducer to go with i.e. solvent weld or compression?
The only issue I can see with the solvent weld is that I will have to be absolutely bang on with my pipework when I put it all together, which is no mean task in a recess. It is only a very short run and so there will be no flex in the pipe at all. Obviously I will only get one chance doing this.
As for the compression joint, I can obviously have a number of goes at it as well as rotate things around a bit if required. The bit I am not sure about is whether it is a good idea to use such a joint where it will be virtually inaccessible once it is all put together!? Is it likely to loosen itself off over time and cause me problems?
TIA
