I removed and cleaned the waste trap under my sink at my new house to try
and track down a smell, it was just coated with muck on the inside so
that's fixed.

It's a 1.5 sink and the outlet from the main sink is a short length of 40
mm pipe with a nut at the end to screw into the sink waste outlet. The
pipe has been cut short and only just enters the trap.

Can anybody tell me what this fitting might be called? A search of
www.diy.com returned no matches for plastic pipe or plastic waste fittings
which is not very helpful :-(

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
This is as bad as it can get, but don't bet on it

Jeff Gaines wrote:

I removed and cleaned the waste trap under my sink at my new house to
try and track down a smell, it was just coated with muck on the inside
so that's fixed.

It's a 1.5 sink and the outlet from the main sink is a short length of
40 mm pipe with a nut at the end to screw into the sink waste outlet.
The pipe has been cut short and only just enters the trap.

Can anybody tell me what this fitting might be called? A search of
www.diy.com returned no matches for plastic pipe or plastic waste
fittings which is not very helpful :-(

B&Q website is rubbish for searching on. almost any other DIY store site
will be better.
From your description it sounds like a standard compreession wast
fitting designed to accommodate both solvent weld and push fit waste pipes.

Try looking a screwfix or toolstation websites for picture to help you
spot it. Toolstation offers free delivery on £10 and over.

Bob

On 19 Nov 2010 12:44:07 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
wrote:


I removed and cleaned the waste trap under my sink at my new house to try
and track down a smell, it was just coated with muck on the inside so
that's fixed.

It's a 1.5 sink and the outlet from the main sink is a short length of 40
mm pipe with a nut at the end to screw into the sink waste outlet. The
pipe has been cut short and only just enters the trap.

Can anybody tell me what this fitting might be called? A search of
www.diy.com returned no matches for plastic pipe or plastic waste fittings
which is not very helpful :-(

You have one of those horrible things. Just buy a 40mm trap for £2
from B&Q. and bin it. Or cut off the trap bit and just keep the
straight bit to replace the existing short one.

I have two of them for a 2.5 sink. It blocked. I used a plunger and
solved the blockage when the push fit on this fitting opened under the
pressure, releasing all the water into the cabinet.

Just too lazy to tackle the maze of pipes from a GDU and two sinks.

"Ericp" wrote in message
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On 19 Nov 2010 12:44:07 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
wrote:


I removed and cleaned the waste trap under my sink at my new house to try
and track down a smell, it was just coated with muck on the inside so
that's fixed.

It's a 1.5 sink and the outlet from the main sink is a short length of 40
mm pipe with a nut at the end to screw into the sink waste outlet. The
pipe has been cut short and only just enters the trap.

Can anybody tell me what this fitting might be called? A search of
www.diy.com returned no matches for plastic pipe or plastic waste fittings
which is not very helpful :-(

You have one of those horrible things. Just buy a 40mm trap for £2
from B&Q. and bin it. Or cut off the trap bit and just keep the
straight bit to replace the existing short one.

I have two of them for a 2.5 sink. It blocked. I used a plunger and
solved the blockage when the push fit on this fitting opened under the
pressure, releasing all the water into the cabinet.

Just too lazy to tackle the maze of pipes from a GDU and two sinks.




surely a Sink Outlet:

http://www.practicaldiy.com/plumbing...ink_wastes.php

"John" wrote in message
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"Ericp" wrote in message
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On 19 Nov 2010 12:44:07 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
wrote:


I removed and cleaned the waste trap under my sink at my new house to try
and track down a smell, it was just coated with muck on the inside so
that's fixed.

It's a 1.5 sink and the outlet from the main sink is a short length of 40
mm pipe with a nut at the end to screw into the sink waste outlet. The
pipe has been cut short and only just enters the trap.

Can anybody tell me what this fitting might be called? A search of
www.diy.com returned no matches for plastic pipe or plastic waste
fittings
which is not very helpful :-(

You have one of those horrible things. Just buy a 40mm trap for £2
from B&Q. and bin it. Or cut off the trap bit and just keep the
straight bit to replace the existing short one.

I have two of them for a 2.5 sink. It blocked. I used a plunger and
solved the blockage when the push fit on this fitting opened under the
pressure, releasing all the water into the cabinet.

Just too lazy to tackle the maze of pipes from a GDU and two sinks.




surely a Sink Outlet:

http://www.practicaldiy.com/plumbing...ink_wastes.php







If the bottom of the threaded part has been cut then sealing will be a
problem as the seal relies upon having a good flat face for the sealing
washer to butt against.