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Default Mouldy plastic plumbing


Lee wrote:
I've just had to clean the bath trap and noticed that a single Speedfit
fitting is mouldy. Not just surface mould but it looks like it's well
into the plastic, which has also discoloured to a sort of off white matt
colour.
I will obviously replace the fitting, but is this likely to just be a
problem with this one fitting or something else?
Lee

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Seems strange; unless it was a bad batch of plastic?.
We have been using ABS plastic drain fittings since 1960 without such
problems.
If it had been, say, a kitchen sink one might ask if some particularly
corrosive cleaner had been used but for bath unlikely?
Maybe the discolouration is not a problem if the structural integrity
of the fitting is not affected?