Jeff_Bathroom
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Seems to be my week for plumbing issues. I had granite installed
this past Friday. The installers had not told me that they remove the Studor sewer vent
to make room for the support and straps that hold the undermount sink in place during the
glue set. I saw it just lying there in the cabinet. Nice that they are ok with sewer gases coming into my home.
So, I re-installed the disposer and new drain and come to find out that I have two new leaks
in the main glued drain pipe. See photos. I'm pretty good at figuring things out, but for this one,
I'm unsure of how to proceed and would really appreciate some advice. It's leaking where I'm pointing
in the two pictures. Am I on track wondering if the plumber who installed this drain didn't use the purple primer in those two connections? I don't see any sign of it. Could the seal on this two joints just fail due presumably from the pipe being jostled around? It just seems really peculiar that they both would fail
at the same time. I'm not familiar with the bottom connection. I'm assuming it is a 3" to 2" reducer. Since there's virtually no bare pipe to cut these pieces out to replace, I'm stumped about how to proceed. I'm guessing I need to remove the whole thing all the way to and including the reducer, but I'm unsure of how it gets removed? Is it just screwed into a 3" female piece? It seems the 2" piece is solvent glued to the reducer?
I'm hoping some expert is online here early that can help.
this past Friday. The installers had not told me that they remove the Studor sewer vent
to make room for the support and straps that hold the undermount sink in place during the
glue set. I saw it just lying there in the cabinet. Nice that they are ok with sewer gases coming into my home.
So, I re-installed the disposer and new drain and come to find out that I have two new leaks
in the main glued drain pipe. See photos. I'm pretty good at figuring things out, but for this one,
I'm unsure of how to proceed and would really appreciate some advice. It's leaking where I'm pointing
in the two pictures. Am I on track wondering if the plumber who installed this drain didn't use the purple primer in those two connections? I don't see any sign of it. Could the seal on this two joints just fail due presumably from the pipe being jostled around? It just seems really peculiar that they both would fail
at the same time. I'm not familiar with the bottom connection. I'm assuming it is a 3" to 2" reducer. Since there's virtually no bare pipe to cut these pieces out to replace, I'm stumped about how to proceed. I'm guessing I need to remove the whole thing all the way to and including the reducer, but I'm unsure of how it gets removed? Is it just screwed into a 3" female piece? It seems the 2" piece is solvent glued to the reducer?
I'm hoping some expert is online here early that can help.