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[email protected] mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com is offline
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Default leaking p-trap joint

On Jan 24, 12:31*pm, jamesgangnc wrote:
The washer is the seal not the threads so that is suppose dotbe where
it leaks. *You really have a copper drain? *That's pretty unusual.

I'd check the condition of the surfaces where the gasket goes. *I'm
guessing that one of the surfaces is patr of the original plumbing.
You may need to clean it up a bit with some sand paper.


Yes, the washer is definitely not sealing. Water's coming out from
between the washer and PVC pipe, no matter how much I tighten it.

It's definitely a soldered COPPER drain stack. The guy that built this
house certainly had some odd preferences.