shower waste ball joint

[Dylan T]

Hi all -

Digging out my downstairs bathroom concrete floor to change a shower waste for a new tray. Was hoping it to find a standard compression connection on the end but it goes to one of those ball joints and then seems to be connected to another pipe via a solvent weld through the wall. I don't fancy digging into the wall and through what looks like the damp course, so does anyone know if there's a way to connect to this ball joint that was part of the original waste instead?

Thanks (picture below)

 

[Madrab]

Oh dear, looks like it's all glued. Only way to do it properly is to cut out the plastic and join a new piece to the grey pipe almost under the wall. That's a short sighted installer that is. There would have been no way to service that without some major work.

 

[dilalio]

You "may" be able to get that off with some careful use of a multi-tool, flat bladed screwdrivers and a lot of patience!

 

[Dylan T]

Oh dear, looks like it's all glued. Only way to do it properly is to cut out the plastic and join a new piece to the grey pipe almost under the wall. That's a short sighted installer that is. There would have been no way to service that without some major work.

Thanks - so just cut the balk joint part off and a solvent weld to the grey? I tried going in as far as I could to the white pipe but no useable joint in site.

 

[Madrab]

Clear as much as you can around the smaller grey pipe just under under the wall and see what the diameter of the plastic is - if it's arnd 46mm then it should be solvent weld and take normal fittings.

As @dilalio mentions though, good idea to work you way back slowly and see if you can't get some of that fitting/coupling apart. May give you more to work with.