The kitchen sink pipe drips a drop per hour. We'd called the plumber
over and he replaced the sink funnel and drain pipe. It still drips.
I noticed he put some gasket glue. But it appears to be leaking at
the same area which is at the neck of the funnel (right below the
bottom of the sink.) What could I do to solve this problem without
calling the plumber.

Thanks

He screwed it up.... he should fix it.


"sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby" wrote in message
.. .
The kitchen sink pipe drips a drop per hour. We'd called the plumber
over and he replaced the sink funnel and drain pipe. It still drips.
I noticed he put some gasket glue. But it appears to be leaking at
the same area which is at the neck of the funnel (right below the
bottom of the sink.) What could I do to solve this problem without
calling the plumber.

Thanks

sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby wrote:
The kitchen sink pipe drips a drop per hour. We'd called the plumber
over and he replaced the sink funnel and drain pipe. It still drips.
I noticed he put some gasket glue. But it appears to be leaking at
the same area which is at the neck of the funnel (right below the
bottom of the sink.) What could I do to solve this problem without
calling the plumber.

Thanks

I am not totally sure what the problem is, but off hand it does sound
like the plumber did not find the real problem or he did not fix it. Give
him a call. Tell him what is going on. Assuming he did not say something
like "The work I did should fix it, but you really need to ......" and you
did not do as he suggested, he may offer to come out and make his work good
without charging. If he does, then make sure you keep his name and phone
number handy for yourself and anyone who may ask you if you know a good
plumber. He he does not want to cut you a deal, then, assuming there is
nothing about this you did not tell us, then consider the cost a learning
experience and start asking around for the name of a good plumber.

From your description, it may be the sink itself or a problem with one
of the fittings of the U shaped pipe. That may be fixable by tightening the
large nuts or replacing the washers and re-installing

You might want to stop by your local hardware store and pick up one of
their DIY books for the homeowner. This kind of thing is difficult to
explain without photos.



--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby wrote:
The kitchen sink pipe drips a drop per hour. We'd called the plumber
over and he replaced the sink funnel and drain pipe. It still drips.
I noticed he put some gasket glue. But it appears to be leaking at
the same area which is at the neck of the funnel (right below the
bottom of the sink.) What could I do to solve this problem without
calling the plumber.

Thanks



Does it drip constantly or only when you have recently used the sink? If
continuously, it probably isn't the drain, unless it's leaking from the
bottom of the trap, where it would take quite a while to empty out the
trap at one drop per hour.

When you say "neck of the funnel" do you mean where the drain basket
contacts the sink proper or where the bottom part of that piece goes
into a compression coupling on the "drain pipe".

Anyway, if it's definitely coming from something related to the drain,
and not the supply, you could take things apart and apply some silicone
caulk on the mating parts of each of the joints before reassembling them.

But if you happen to screw something up and then have to call the
plumber it's going to COST you.

It may be better to call the plumber and tell him he didn't do the job
right, even if it takes him a month to get around to coming back. At one
drop per hour, you could put a drinking glass under that drip and it'd
evaporate before the next drop fell. Plus, you may find that the drip
stops by itself when enough detritus clogs it up.G

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

sink funnel = sink strainer ?

he might not have tightened it enough. Try to tighten it. He should have
used plumbers putty to make the seal with the bottom of sink. It is like
play-dough kinda. This is an easy repair unless your sink is rotted. This
is grounds for a free call back with me. I would not dream of charging you
for this and would be very apologetic.

..
"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
...
sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby wrote:
The kitchen sink pipe drips a drop per hour. We'd called the plumber
over and he replaced the sink funnel and drain pipe. It still drips.
I noticed he put some gasket glue. But it appears to be leaking at
the same area which is at the neck of the funnel (right below the
bottom of the sink.) What could I do to solve this problem without
calling the plumber.

Thanks

I am not totally sure what the problem is, but off hand it does sound
like the plumber did not find the real problem or he did not fix it. Give
him a call. Tell him what is going on. Assuming he did not say something
like "The work I did should fix it, but you really need to ......" and you
did not do as he suggested, he may offer to come out and make his work
good without charging. If he does, then make sure you keep his name and
phone number handy for yourself and anyone who may ask you if you know a
good plumber. He he does not want to cut you a deal, then, assuming there
is nothing about this you did not tell us, then consider the cost a
learning experience and start asking around for the name of a good
plumber.

From your description, it may be the sink itself or a problem with one
of the fittings of the U shaped pipe. That may be fixable by tightening
the large nuts or replacing the washers and re-installing

You might want to stop by your local hardware store and pick up one of
their DIY books for the homeowner. This kind of thing is difficult to
explain without photos.



--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

"Jeff Wisnia" wrote

Does it drip constantly or only when you have recently used the sink? If
continuously, it probably isn't the drain, unless it's leaking from the
bottom of the trap, where it would take quite a while to empty out the
trap at one drop per hour.

Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This (compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with the "play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam

"Ned Flanders" wrote

sink funnel = sink strainer ?
he might not have tightened it enough. Try to tighten it. He should have
used plumbers putty to make the seal with the bottom of sink. It is like
play-dough kinda. This is an easy repair unless your sink is rotted. This
is grounds for a free call back with me. I would not dream of charging you
for this and would be very apologetic.

[Repeating this post to: pdaxs.services.plumbing]

Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This (compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with the "play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam

In my experience plumbers often don't tighten stuff enuf. Call him back.


"sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby" wrote in message
. ..
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote

Does it drip constantly or only when you have recently used the sink? If
continuously, it probably isn't the drain, unless it's leaking from the
bottom of the trap, where it would take quite a while to empty out the
trap at one drop per hour.

Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a
compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This
(compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may
wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with the
"play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put
silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If
silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to
come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam

sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby wrote:
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote


Does it drip constantly or only when you have recently used the sink? If
continuously, it probably isn't the drain, unless it's leaking from the
bottom of the trap, where it would take quite a while to empty out the
trap at one drop per hour.


Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This (compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with the "play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam




It should be "wrench tight", but sometimes the location and run of the
drain pipe makes it difficult to get a good grip on the drain so you can
wrench on the nit without fear of springing something "down the line".
One of those rubber strap wrenches will grab the pipe firmly so you
could wrench tighten the nut without fear, if you have one.

Silicone won't grab onto the metal hard enough to resist removal, but if
you don't want to try that, unscrew and raise up the coupling nut and
wrap a few turns of fairly heavy cotton string around the pipe below the
nut, then tighten the nut back down again. That ought to do it without
any fears of glueing the parts together.

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

Sounds like he screwed up. Try to take the nut off then put it back on.
he might have cross threaded it or forgot to put washer in there.


"sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby" wrote in message
. ..
"Ned Flanders" wrote

sink funnel = sink strainer ?
he might not have tightened it enough. Try to tighten it. He should
have
used plumbers putty to make the seal with the bottom of sink. It is like
play-dough kinda. This is an easy repair unless your sink is rotted.
This
is grounds for a free call back with me. I would not dream of charging
you
for this and would be very apologetic.

[Repeating this post to: pdaxs.services.plumbing]

Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a
compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This
(compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may
wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with
the "play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put
silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If
silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to
come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam

I thought I had the same problem at the compression joint. I was *wrong*

Turns out that the drop tube (connected to the drain with threads and then
you connect the p trap to it) has threads that screw into the drain (threads
on the top of this pipe). Those threads needed a turn of teflon tape and
the dripping went away. the leak was so subtle that I too thought that the
leak was coming from the ptrap fittings.


"sbcglobal.net : Sam Nickaby" wrote in message
. ..
"Ned Flanders" wrote

sink funnel = sink strainer ?
he might not have tightened it enough. Try to tighten it. He should
have
used plumbers putty to make the seal with the bottom of sink. It is like
play-dough kinda. This is an easy repair unless your sink is rotted.
This
is grounds for a free call back with me. I would not dream of charging
you
for this and would be very apologetic.

[Repeating this post to: pdaxs.services.plumbing]

Hi,
The leak is from the bottom part of sink strainer that goes into a
compression
coupling on the "drain pipe," after a closer examination. This
(compression
coupling) is very tight as it can't be hand twisted any further. I may
wiggle
the drain pipe (with my pinky) while someone is washing dishes and it will
begin to drip faster. The strainer appears correctly installed with
the "play
doe" formula. The leak is coming from the compression coupling, as you
call it, and I can collect half a cup while washing dishes. If I put
silicone
caulk then I might run into trouble the next time I remove the pipe. If
silicone
caulk is a good idea, I might try silicone caulk. Or ask the plumber to
come
back, if it's not out of line.

Sam

This is a kitchen sink.
The strainer usually has no threaded adapter, it uses a plastic washer
different than a desanco washer.
I have not seen a kitchen sink strainer that you thread the tailpiece into.






"djay" wrote in message
newsBcle.1251$m%3.224@trnddc02...
I thought I had the same problem at the compression joint. I was *wrong*

Turns out that the drop tube (connected to the drain with threads and then
you connect the p trap to it) has threads that screw into the drain
(threads on the top of this pipe). Those threads needed a turn of teflon
tape and the dripping went away. the leak was so subtle that I too
thought that the leak was coming from the ptrap fittings.

Never worked in China..huh ?



"Ned Flanders" wrote in message
news:ddnle.2734$zb.1724@trndny01...
This is a kitchen sink.
The strainer usually has no threaded adapter, it uses a plastic washer
different than a desanco washer.
I have not seen a kitchen sink strainer that you thread the tailpiece
into.






"djay" wrote in message
newsBcle.1251$m%3.224@trnddc02...
I thought I had the same problem at the compression joint. I was
*wrong*

Turns out that the drop tube (connected to the drain with threads and
then
you connect the p trap to it) has threads that screw into the drain
(threads on the top of this pipe). Those threads needed a turn of
teflon
tape and the dripping went away. the leak was so subtle that I too
thought that the leak was coming from the ptrap fittings.

nope


"Red Jacket" wrote in message
...
Never worked in China..huh ?



"Ned Flanders" wrote in message
news:ddnle.2734$zb.1724@trndny01...
This is a kitchen sink.
The strainer usually has no threaded adapter, it uses a plastic washer
different than a desanco washer.
I have not seen a kitchen sink strainer that you thread the tailpiece
into.






"djay" wrote in message
newsBcle.1251$m%3.224@trnddc02...
I thought I had the same problem at the compression joint. I was
*wrong*

Turns out that the drop tube (connected to the drain with threads and
then
you connect the p trap to it) has threads that screw into the drain
(threads on the top of this pipe). Those threads needed a turn of
teflon
tape and the dripping went away. the leak was so subtle that I too
thought that the leak was coming from the ptrap fittings.