Hello,
Thanks to a damp patch in the kitchen ceiling I found out the connection from the sink/bath/shower to the soil pipe is leaking. As you can see in the picture they have used a massive amount of white silicone/sealant to try and prevent what it actually ended up happening: the sealant has degraded and it started to leak. The soil pipe is boxed in and there is virtually no room for manuevre to try and pull the waste pipe back off the soil pipe and remove all the silicone and use a better approach. Even removing the silicone at the joint is going to be a nightmare. There is a beam at the back of the white waste pipe (where the top of the picture is).
My question is: can I use an epoxy seal once I remove the sealant and the area is dry? Is there a better approach that does not involve removing the bathroom floor? I am thinking creating mixing the two parts and shape a string that I can then press against the joint, where the current sealant is.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks to a damp patch in the kitchen ceiling I found out the connection from the sink/bath/shower to the soil pipe is leaking. As you can see in the picture they have used a massive amount of white silicone/sealant to try and prevent what it actually ended up happening: the sealant has degraded and it started to leak. The soil pipe is boxed in and there is virtually no room for manuevre to try and pull the waste pipe back off the soil pipe and remove all the silicone and use a better approach. Even removing the silicone at the joint is going to be a nightmare. There is a beam at the back of the white waste pipe (where the top of the picture is).
My question is: can I use an epoxy seal once I remove the sealant and the area is dry? Is there a better approach that does not involve removing the bathroom floor? I am thinking creating mixing the two parts and shape a string that I can then press against the joint, where the current sealant is.
Thanks in advance!