Thoughts on repairing this leak on a bath?
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I’ve been asked (as a friend I’m not a plumber) to look at an elderly neighbour’s kitchen ceiling that’s wood panelled and bowing from a leak above.
It’s from a bath that must be 50 plus years old with a tiled bath panel so no access.
I managed to get my arm through a cupboard to take a pic, it looks like very old brittle plastic to copper.
I can’t think of any way to repair it without replacing the whole lot, any magic mastic that may cover it?
It’s from a bath that must be 50 plus years old with a tiled bath panel so no access.
I managed to get my arm through a cupboard to take a pic, it looks like very old brittle plastic to copper.
I can’t think of any way to repair it without replacing the whole lot, any magic mastic that may cover it?
I’d really avoid lathering epoxy around it. Whilst there may be ‘nothing to lose’, if it doesn’t seal the trap and you haven’t been careful there is a chance you may find you’ve bonded the trap rigid to the bath and be in a worse situation with no option then but to have to remove the bath.
I’d not faff around and bodge a fix. Get a good plumber in to assess - they’ll see the problem first hand where it’s hard to know from the photo exactly the access you have and how much dexterity you have around the pipe to replace or re seal properly.
I’m not a plumber, but do a lot of my own plumbing. But having experienced dry rot in my first house due to a leaking waste pipe that the previous owner badly bodged, my senses are on high alert!
I’d not faff around and bodge a fix. Get a good plumber in to assess - they’ll see the problem first hand where it’s hard to know from the photo exactly the access you have and how much dexterity you have around the pipe to replace or re seal properly.
I’m not a plumber, but do a lot of my own plumbing. But having experienced dry rot in my first house due to a leaking waste pipe that the previous owner badly bodged, my senses are on high alert!
That's been bodged before I think?
Your only hope IMHO is to undo the waste from inside the bath. If the waste will drop away enough to clean up, you might re-seal it with something like polyurethane 'sikaflex' or similar. Or perhaps a semi-setting gunge
But if that fails, you'll need to cut your way in to the tiling, unless access via the ceiling below is easier?
Your only hope IMHO is to undo the waste from inside the bath. If the waste will drop away enough to clean up, you might re-seal it with something like polyurethane 'sikaflex' or similar. Or perhaps a semi-setting gunge
But if that fails, you'll need to cut your way in to the tiling, unless access via the ceiling below is easier?
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