Weeping elbow joint
 

The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks


--
AnthonyL

Weeping elbow joint
 

On Jan 28, 12:15*pm, (AnthonyL) wrote:
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. *It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Do you have enough length to:
- cut out the elbow joint plus some pipe
- form a new (longer) elbow out of some sort of elbow + pipe
- fit new elbow with two straight push-fit or compression joints?
eg http://www.screwfix.com/prods/60835/...ush-Fit/Conex-
Cuprofit-Straight-Coupling-15mm

and/or:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47156/...15mm-Pack-of-2

or possibly work out something with a bit of flexy?

Weeping elbow joint
 

"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks


--
AnthonyL

Wrap some plumbers mait around the joint? Only a temporary repair mind you.

Weeping elbow joint
 

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:41:15 -0800 (PST), Martin Bonner
wrote:

On Jan 28, 12:15=A0pm, (AnthonyL) wrote:
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. =A0It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Do you have enough length to:
- cut out the elbow joint plus some pipe
- form a new (longer) elbow out of some sort of elbow + pipe
- fit new elbow with two straight push-fit or compression joints?
eg http://www.screwfix.com/prods/60835/...ush-Fit/Conex-
Cuprofit-Straight-Coupling-15mm

and/or:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47156/...ngs/Comap-Str=
aight-Coupling-15mm-Pack-of-2

or possibly work out something with a bit of flexy?

None of the above without dismantling the kitchen units. Typical -
the plumbing was done first, the units assembled afterwards. The
elbow joint is right against the bottom, fixed, shelf of the sink
unit.

Would something like this do?

http://www.tapes-direct.co.uk/index....roducts_id=939

Bear in mind it is the low pressure side of things.


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AnthonyL

Weeping elbow joint
 

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:41:59 -0000, "Slider" wrote:


"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks


--
AnthonyL

Wrap some plumbers mait around the joint? Only a temporary repair mind you.

Or maybe some sort of bandage ( like scrim) plastered with LSX

Weeping elbow joint
 

On 28 Jan, 15:56, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:41:59 -0000, "Slider" wrote:

"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. *It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks

--
AnthonyL

Wrap some plumbers mait around the joint? *Only a temporary repair mind you.

Or maybe some sort of bandage ( like scrim) plastered with LSX

I made up a bandage with plumber's mait and cable ties for slight leak
at a mains stopcock as a "temporary" measure until I can persuade the
water company to turn off the jammed stopcock in the street (they say
they don't do that any more, and there isn't enough exposed pipe to
freeze). That was at least 2 years ago, and it's still holding.

Chris

Weeping elbow joint
 

On 28 Jan, 12:15, (AnthonyL) wrote:
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. *It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks

--
AnthonyL

Can you cut out the elbow and then gently bend the pipe to get
clearance for connecting a flexible pushfit pipe repair section e.g.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/58280/...pair-Pack-of-2.
Very easy and quick if you can get the clearance.

Weeping elbow joint
 

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:41:59 -0000, "Slider" wrote:


"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks


--
AnthonyL

Wrap some plumbers mait around the joint? Only a temporary repair mind you.

Turn off the hot water supply and drain the system as much as possible
and open the tap to release any pressure . Dry the joint and clean
with degreaser. Smear quick setting araldite around it and wait a
couple of hours. turn water back on.

Or

I've never tried this stuff but it may work
http://www.repairproducts.co.uk/page37.htm

Weeping elbow joint
 

In article ,
AnthonyL wrote:
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Clean it with wire wool etc, then a smear of Fernox LS-X

--
*I have a degree in liberal arts -- do you want fries with that

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Weeping elbow joint
 

"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

What I did with a burst pipe was to get a jubilee clip and a piece of old
inner tube, then I wrapped the piece of inner tube around the burst, opened
up the jubilee clip to get it around the pipe, then tightened it around the
pipe and inner tube, so if you have the room, you could try this.

Weeping elbow joint
 

wrote in message
...
On 28 Jan, 15:56, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:41:59 -0000, "Slider" wrote:

"AnthonyL" wrote in message
...
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Thanks

--
AnthonyL

Wrap some plumbers mait around the joint? Only a temporary repair mind
you.

Or maybe some sort of bandage ( like scrim) plastered with LSX

I made up a bandage with plumber's mait and cable ties for slight leak
at a mains stopcock as a "temporary" measure until I can persuade the
water company to turn off the jammed stopcock in the street (they say
they don't do that any more, and there isn't enough exposed pipe to
freeze). That was at least 2 years ago, and it's still holding.

Chris

That is not acceptable. Start off with a nice polite but strongly worded
letter to the water company telling them you have a problem and that they
need to fix it.


If the water company will not fix the street mains stop tap then contact
your local councillor. If that fails then contact your MP. The local rag or
radio station love these sort of things but only try them as a last resort.

My street stop tap was dug out and replaced free of charge within a week of
me complaining that it did not work.

Adam

Weeping elbow joint
 

AnthonyL wrote:
The low pressure hot water pipe to the kitchen tap has a weeping elbow
joint in an awkward position at the bottom of the kitchen unit. It is
a soldered joint and it takes about 2 days to fill a shallow drip
tray.

Is there any way to fix it without having to dismantle all the unit
around the sink?

Cut it out with a pipe slice & replace it with a flexible
https://www.screwfix.com/prods/10857...0mm-bore-300mm


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk