External waste pipe

[SJP24]

Hello, please can I ask how easy it would be to replace this pipe. It’s solvent weld, but has lots of cuffs. Thanks.

 

[Stuckinarut]

Why doesn’t it need replacing? Yes fairly easy, and by cuffs I assume you mean elbows?

 

[SJP24]

Thanks for replying and advice. I had one damaged and this was its replacement, and I had never seen so many elbows (cuffs!) so close together .. so I was worried if any of those joints broke again … I’d have to replace it from inside .. it it is solvent weld .so I believe that’s good? Correct? Thanks for bearing with me .. I’m a novice !!

 

[Jurassicspark]

If ain't leaking then no need to replace it.

 

[Stuckinarut]

so I was worried if any of those joints broke again … I’d have to replace it from inside .. it it is solvent weld .so I believe that’s good?

Not necessarily, those joints can be cut along the elbow joint and remade - I have done this hundreds of times. Solvent weld I was told is the professional standard.

 

[SJP24]

Thanks so much

 

[plugwash]

Unfortunately it's often the way that the more times something is modified or repaired, the more of a mess it makes. You should probably reflect on what caused the damage and how you can prevent a recurrence.

Normally the way damage in solvent weld pipework is dealt with is to cut the pipe outside the fitting, but that means you lose some length, which often means extra fittings to make the replacement pipework fit. It looks like what happened here is the original 90 degree elbow was further from the wall and after cutting it off, the extra 45 degree elbows were inserted to make the pipes line up with the hole in the drain cover.

IT looks like there is no longer enough pipe left to cut off the fitting while still leaving enough protruding to put a new fitting on, so that leaves two options if another repair is needed..

1. Carefully cut/shave the fitting away while leaving the pipe intact.
2. Replace the pipe through the wall, how difficult this will be depends on what is on the other side of said wall.

 

[SJP24]

Plugwash .. thanks, you’ve no idea the misery this has caused. The fact you think this is a diy job done several times with lots of bodges just sums it up! Would you believe this is a 4 month old house, and the damage was done by a major housebuilder and the repair was done by a major housebuilder or more correctly their 75 year old plumber. I attach the inside and I am requesting they put it right properly. I’m assuming you could cut and push that pipe through to do a proper repair. Most likely I’ll get a decent plumber and seek compensation. I hope so anyway. I go between crying and laughing .. it’s all good, but will that pipe be removed ok ..? Thanks

 

[Stuckinarut]

Seek compensation, for what exactly? I’ve seen an awful lot worse and tbh, if the pipe was sticking out that far in the first place then I think it’s would look crap. Imo, a 90 degree elbow down and then a 45 would suffice, but I think they have to go into the drain a little now - bloody regulations.

 

[SJP24]

It wasn’t sticking out though. It was running down the wall as one pipe .. it looked professional to begin with. It run down and had a kink at the end into the gully. Now it rattles in the wind. My request is to put it back to how it was and pay for my plumber to do .. just asking how easy it is to push a pipe through based on that picture? Thanks

 

[Stuckinarut]

Just asking how easy it is to push a pipe through based on that picture? Thanks

Look at fairly easy based on those photos

 

[SJP24]

Thanks. Again, I’m just a novice, but the pipe was damaged at the bottom and should have been cut at the bottom, but the plumber cut it at the top and did that kinking. How do plumbers push pipes through the wall .. do you use a tool? Again … novice my intention is to get it
It right while I can get it paid for ..

 

[Stuckinarut]

How do plumbers push pipes through the wall .. do you use a tool?

Well if the hole is already there (as in your case) then it’s a case of just removing any silicone/seal around the pipe, and once the old is removed, push the new one through. If there’s not a hole, then one needs to be put there, so a core drill.