SHOWER WASTE

[Belboz]

Stupid question number eight hundred and sixty-one....

Shower is fitted in a bathroom where the floor level is raised so as to run the waste pipe with the correct fall to the main waste pipe [as it is impractical to run under the floorboards]

Floor is plywood then floor tiles and sealed. Creating an access panel in the floor would not be practical for a number of reasons. Cannot create an access panel on a 'face' below the shower.

PROBLEM - Every shower trap I see has a compression waste outlet. I have never seen one which is solvent-weld.

SO....what happens if the rubber seal in the compression fitting fails over time causing a leak where the trap and waste pipe join.

Any ideas - or am I just being paranoid??

Many Thanks

 

[Rico99]

Hi,

Naturally youre just abit worried.

Fix your waste connection and then test before finally fixing in youre shower try.

Rico

 

[Belboz]

Thanks Rico.....

I intended to do that anyway but I am concerned that, once under a tiled floor with no access the rubber could perish and cause a flood.

How good are these seals???

This is the only weak point of the system as the pipe run would be continuous to the connection point and the connection point would be accessible in case of problems.

Maybe I just worry too much...............

 

[Rico99]

Belboz,

As long as the seal is made correctly then it should last for years.

If your really worried could you put the access in the ceiling of the room below.

Rico

 

[Belboz]

Thanks

 

[RigidRaider]

Exactly wot I did. I couldn't bear the thought of not having access to the trap so when we got a pinhole leak in a 15mm, which brought the ceiling down I got the plasterer to leave me a small square hole below the trap.