djsethnichols
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Hello, new to the board here.
I'm having an issue sealing a PVC pipe that is in line of my sump-pump that goes up and out of my basement.
I recently installed a back-up sump pump to the existing sump pump already in place. So I had to cut out of the old line to run the line for the back-up unit.
Well there is a vertical pipe going up to the cieling of my basement and then it 90s over and out of the house. When I cut into this line that 90 up top worked itself loose in the process.
So I cleaned it all real good and then I just re-glued it when I put it all back together with the new fittings in line for the back-up unit.
I've tested it, and it leakes at that joint where I re-glued it.
Now I've used 'Siliconized Acrylic Caulk' around this connection to try and seal it that way. Waited 2 days and tested again and it still leaks (but a little less).
So I tried to seal it better by adding another coat of the Caulk, to no avail.
Now I have tried to stip most of the caulk I put on there off and I applied another coat, and that is where I stand now.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I could get this thing sealed up right? (it's kind of a tight position up there and I can't actually look at all of the area that I'm trying to seal up so I just have to feel with my hand as I apply the caulk around the joint.
thanks
I'm having an issue sealing a PVC pipe that is in line of my sump-pump that goes up and out of my basement.
I recently installed a back-up sump pump to the existing sump pump already in place. So I had to cut out of the old line to run the line for the back-up unit.
Well there is a vertical pipe going up to the cieling of my basement and then it 90s over and out of the house. When I cut into this line that 90 up top worked itself loose in the process.
So I cleaned it all real good and then I just re-glued it when I put it all back together with the new fittings in line for the back-up unit.
I've tested it, and it leakes at that joint where I re-glued it.
Now I've used 'Siliconized Acrylic Caulk' around this connection to try and seal it that way. Waited 2 days and tested again and it still leaks (but a little less).
So I tried to seal it better by adding another coat of the Caulk, to no avail.
Now I have tried to stip most of the caulk I put on there off and I applied another coat, and that is where I stand now.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I could get this thing sealed up right? (it's kind of a tight position up there and I can't actually look at all of the area that I'm trying to seal up so I just have to feel with my hand as I apply the caulk around the joint.
thanks