Hi All,
Fitted a new boss clamp to my 1970s plastic vertical soil pipe. Unfortunately it has a weeping leak & as the new boss clmap is in the kitchen & the toilet/bathroom is upstairs I don't particular like the liquid leaking out.
I used a Floplast boss from Screwfix & used Flowplast solvent cement. I cleaned both the boss & pipe with meths prior to fitting. I may not have used enough solvent cement as not a lot oozed out (certainly not all the way round) when I fitted it.
Have I missed something? I have a new boss clamp. I assume I can remove the old one using the chisel method I have seen mentioned on here but do I need to clean down to a perfect surface again or just remove all the high points?
Any help appreciated!
Fitted a new boss clamp to my 1970s plastic vertical soil pipe. Unfortunately it has a weeping leak & as the new boss clmap is in the kitchen & the toilet/bathroom is upstairs I don't particular like the liquid leaking out.
I used a Floplast boss from Screwfix & used Flowplast solvent cement. I cleaned both the boss & pipe with meths prior to fitting. I may not have used enough solvent cement as not a lot oozed out (certainly not all the way round) when I fitted it.
Have I missed something? I have a new boss clamp. I assume I can remove the old one using the chisel method I have seen mentioned on here but do I need to clean down to a perfect surface again or just remove all the high points?
Any help appreciated!