Help, I’ve got a leak!

[Ben Ben]

I’ve lived in this house for 3 or 4 years.

For a long time, I’ve been able to hear a distant tap when the wife empties the en-suite bath when I’ve been sitting in my office / man cave.

The en-suite isn’t above my office, but the plumbing exits the building via a waste pipe in the cavity in the ceiling.

When decorating the room above (son’s bedroom) I took the floorboards up and investigated thoroughly. Nothing! I assumed it was just movement in the pipe I could hear and moved on.

Fast forward to today, wife out, went for a wee and washed my hands in the en-suite, into the man cave for some me time, and much to my surprise I found a new water feature cascading onto my prized (and expensive electrical) possessions.

Moved everything out the way, and after a sit down and a quiet word with myself to pull myself together, swiftly cut a hole in the ceiling.

Looks like the connection between the bath drain and the waster pipe has slowly become disconnected over time.

Looking for recommendations on the best way to address this please. Access is very limited!

 

[cross thread]

I currently has a rubber seal , it could be replaced with a solvent weld , but it looks like the boss may be showing signs of leaking .

 

[Ben Ben]

Yep the rubber seal has parted ways with the boss

Push that same rubber seal back in?

Replace the seal with a new one?

Do something else?

 

[terryplumb]

Push the seal back into the boss ,see if it is then watertight/ free of leakage.
If it is the white waste pipe needs support to prevent it from pulling outward from the boss.

 

[Ben Ben]

Right I think it’s sorted.

I couldn’t push the seal in, and I couldn’t free the white pipe from the seal, so I thought I’ll pull the white pipe out and the seal with it and replace the lot, but as I was doing that, the seal went in the opposite direction and popped itself in place.

Perfect!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I couldn’t push the seal in, and I couldn’t free the white pipe from the seal, so I thought I’ll pull the white pipe out and the seal with it and replace the lot, but as I was doing that, the seal went in the opposite direction and popped itself in place.

Perfect!

Until next time?

Would it be worthwhile lashing it into place, so the cannot part company again? Just needs a bit of thin rope, wrapped around the two pipes, to pull them tight together.