right toilet pan connector?

[NickB_99]

Hello all

Hoping someone can help.

Had a toilet fitted about 10 months ago and have had a couple of problems with a small amount of leaking arond the joint with the soil stack.

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Is the connector the right one - is there a better one ?

He came back once previously and put some sealant where it joins the stack but it has not fully fixed the problem.

As background information, I think the leaking happens when we use the ensuite next door and the water flows from the black pipe visible and seems to splash across the vertical stack.

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• 23 Aug 2010
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Fitter will come back again to try to resolve in the next day or so. Meanwhile I'd like to get some background to help steer the solution!

TIA

 

[kevplumb]

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flexi wouldnt strain the joint

 

[NickB_99]

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flexi wouldnt strain the joint

Thanks Kev - that seems a good solution

Just had a quick measure - the distance from the pan outlet to the stack inlet is about 350mm.
I guess you need to allow for a bit of length to connect to the pan outlet - so would something like this do the job?
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plu...an+Connector+Long+320+540mm/d20/sd2887/p66951

 

[kevplumb]

yup thats the kiddie

 

[jackpike]

you could do the job proper, take the whole contraption off, put a lenght of 4" soil into the junction where the staight pan connector is, put a 4" 90 degree bend on it just under the pan outlet, then a bent pan connector into the 90 bend, use a small piece of 4 "pipe into the bent as a pan connector is meant to go into pipe and not a socket, all those flexi connectors are for diy ers, we don't use um,

 

[kevplumb]

all those flexi connectors are for diy ers, we don't use um,

in
case its escaped your notice this is a diy forum

are you sure your on the right one as i know your geography ain't that good

 

[jackpike]

i'm not good at geography or spelling, but i know where i live, and i can tell the time too, and YOU don't know iether, now i've left you alone as i know you're mentally unwell, you've just proved also you're not a plumber, but if you want to continue, thats fine by me,
over 870 people laffed at you on our last clash before ot got locked,
want some more cowboy

 

[Mark Br]

Guys - Give it a rest, nearly every sodding post I read turns into you guys having a go at each other.

 

[kevplumb]

the day i start worrying about carp like you and puller is the day i give up

bigmouth

this coming from a so called gas safe reg that advocates banging on a boiler case

to help light the pilot

and i'm mentally unwell

over 870 people laffed at you on our last clash before ot got locked

and i think you will find they where laughing AT you and puller

not WITH you

 

[Norcon]

I'd try a 135 degree single socket bend.
Not saying it will work but worth a try.
Get you're protractor out and measure the angle.

 

[kevplumb]

I'd try a 135 degree single socket bend.
Not saying it will work but worth a try.

easier than pulling the bathroom to bits

 

[jackpike]

its not me guys, he's the one with a chip on his shoulder, or should that be a 'fry',

 

[NickB_99]

you could do the job proper, take the whole contraption off, put a lenght of 4" soil into the junction where the staight pan connector is, put a 4" 90 degree bend on it just under the pan outlet, then a bent pan connector into the 90 bend, use a small piece of 4 "pipe into the bent as a pan connector is meant to go into pipe and not a socket

Yep, think I follow this.
Given the fitting was not done as a DIY job, I would hope for a robust solution.

all those flexi connectors are for diy ers, we don't use um

I think the pan outlet is not quite in ideal position - as in both are not quite in the right plane to link simply. It may give a backup option though.

Thanks for the help from all.

 

[kevplumb]

its not me guys, he's the one with a chip on his shoulder, or should that be a 'fry',

nothing compared to the rail tie you have on yours

just once frighten me and get something right

because your failing dismally at the moment SFB

 

[Steady]

Sorry to get back to topic - but the way it's been done is a hopeless bodge.

The fins of the pan connector are not designed to fit inside a soil SOCKET but into plain 4" pipe. As said above, put a short length of soil pipe inside the socket then use a flexi so it lines up properly.

Whoever fitted it like that is a complete ****.