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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no miricle fix for this. thanks |
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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
BMzx wrote:
My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no miricle fix for this. thanks There are soooo many variables to this. Is there a vent pipe in the wall going up from a San TEE? If so, then you can't simply "go thru the ceiling". Maybe you're lucky and no vent (common on old kitchen drains). We don't know what the basement situation looks like. Where the drain runs, etc. Whether you care about disrupting the ceiling. There is a chance that you will find the origin of the leak by opening the wall just in the area where the drain protrudes. Do the detective work and report back. Jim |
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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
On 14 May 2007 16:58:17 GMT, BMzx wrote:
My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Removing the kitcen cab's is likely the -last- approach you wanna take. If it is an interior wall you might wanna go thru the other side, but ... Maybe go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no miricle fix for this. No magic wand. No. How old is the house/kitchen? Original plumbing? Cast iron vent stacks? Copper water pipes? You need to familiarize yourself with your drain/vent plumbing. From that and the age of the kitchen, get in idea of what needs to be replaced. Take measurements, determine if -all- the drain is inside the portion of the wall supporting the cab's. Etc, etc. I had the same problem last year. There was some access under the sink, the drain coupled with a vent stack about a foot clear of the cab's. All I had to do was cut a 4" x 14" hole in the wall (behind the range) to replace copper drain with PVC and rubber couplers. Figger what's likely inside the wall and how you might gain access to it. Then render more info and ask more questions. Cheers, Puddin' "Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens!" -Friedrich Schiller |
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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
Maybe you will be lucky. Look around to see if there is a drain cleanout
sticking out of the wall that might be leaking. "BMzx" wrote in message ... My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no miricle fix for this. thanks |
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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
Thanks for all the replies. I wanted to get some ideas. Here is more on
the situation. I see a leak in the cellar cealing. its about 18 inces over from where the sink is. Looking under the sink in the cabinet i cant see any leaks so the exposed pipe is ok. The drain pipe going into the wall is copper. The best idea I guess is to go thru the back of the next cabinet over above the leak. I didnt think of that. ....and I am capable of fxing it myself. so again...thanks for all the response. |
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On 15 May 2007 03:35:48 GMT, BMzx wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. I wanted to get some ideas. Here is more on the situation. I see a leak in the cellar cealing. its about 18 inces over from where the sink is. Looking under the sink in the cabinet i cant see any leaks so the exposed pipe is ok. The drain pipe going into the wall is copper. The best idea I guess is to go thru the back of the next cabinet over above the leak. I didnt think of that. ....and I am capable of fxing it myself. so again...thanks for all the response. One end of the copper drain pipe connects to the trap under the sink. No? You need to know where the other end connects to whatever. 'Tis likely you'll need to replace the entire length of copper pipe as I did. Penetrating the wall where the leak is may well be futile in the long-run. Good Luck, Puddin' "Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens!" -Friedrich Schiller |
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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ???
On May 14, 12:58 pm, BMzx wrote:
My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no miricle fix for this. thanks The leak might be located exactly with one of those TV cameras mounted on the business end of a cable. The device is used to find leaks in drain piping. Its possible use would depend on the ID of your drain piping. Since its an expensive tool for a one time use, you'd have to see if its available for renting. But if it works for you, you minimize the amount of tearout. Joe G |
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