plutonic
New Member
I've recently replaced the whole bathtub drainpipe from the overflow to the bathtub drain flange assembly. I used schedule 40 PVC pipe, and all has been well until I found a tiny leak, shown in the images below (I will try to get a video clip uploaded, but my file is too large).
I had to cut away some of the pipe coming out of the ground as it was cracked, so I used a slip coupling and an extra piece of pretty short PVC to extend that pipe up to the T fitting that connects the drainpipe and the overflow pipe.
I'm not sure if using a slip coupling was a good or bad idea, but that's where the leak is coming from.
^ the leak is on the left-hand side right above that yellow splotch.
I'm trying to figure out what my options are as I've come this far and want to make sure the solution is permanent. Here's what I've come up with so far (poll above):
I had to cut away some of the pipe coming out of the ground as it was cracked, so I used a slip coupling and an extra piece of pretty short PVC to extend that pipe up to the T fitting that connects the drainpipe and the overflow pipe.
I'm not sure if using a slip coupling was a good or bad idea, but that's where the leak is coming from.
^ the leak is on the left-hand side right above that yellow splotch.
I'm trying to figure out what my options are as I've come this far and want to make sure the solution is permanent. Here's what I've come up with so far (poll above):