Drain keeps falling off (Plumbing help?) - Page 2

**TXCurtis** · 02-08-2010, 12:56 AM

Spend the $10 or less for new parts. Do it yourself. Give receipt to landlord.

If he reimburses you - fine. If not, it's $10. Sounds like you've already experienced more than $10 worth of aggravation.

HSM · 02-08-2010, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Marsdude

The picture is blurry but it looks like your landlord has used the wrong piece to hook up the drain. There should be a flange on the top of the pvc section that fits up against drain. This is called a "tail piece." The plastic nut that is now on the metal drain slides up the tail piece and the flange is then between the nut and the drain so it is held securely.

Do a Google image search for "sink tail piece" to see what they look like. Sorry, I have no idea how to post a picture or I would have done so. Good luck.

This is correct, this should be a tail pipe.

RIBeer · 02-08-2010, 03:02 AM

I just had the same situation with my kitchen sink. I was underneath replacing one of the plastic collars that screw up over the water supply lines to keep the faucet in place - how it broke, I have no idea. I pushed against one of the drain lines, and the thing simply came apart - same issue - it was a plain piece of PVC, no collar on it. Damn cheapo contractor.....

Marsdude · 02-08-2010, 03:04 PM

Great photo BeerRunner. That will do the trick.

This is not an expensive repair. If you landlord won't do it tell him you'll do it but he will owe you a six pack.

jamesnsw · 02-15-2010, 12:32 AM

Just an update-
The landlord was very incredulous that there wasn't a flange on the pipe. Came by, and figured out it's been upside down this entire time. The pipe is holding, and I think we got it fixed. Thanks all!

BeerRunner · 02-15-2010, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesnsw

Just an update-
The landlord was very incredulous that there wasn't a flange on the pipe. Came by, and figured out it's been upside down this entire time. The pipe is holding, and I think we got it fixed. Thanks all!

LOL. I did a little work for a friend of the family a while back. Her husband had done some plumbing work while home on leave from Iraq and I went back and fixed what he did. One thing was a leaking garbage disposal. It also has a flanged tailpiece coming out of it. They are sold as "cut to fit". He had cut it, then made a second cut...off the wrong end. He cut the flange off so it no longer had a mating surface for the gasket

jamesnsw · 03-21-2010, 08:59 PM

Ok. So it wasn't fixed. The landlord flipped the pipe right side up so the flange was at the top. It held for awhile, but now it fell off on bottom of the same pipe, the side that doesn't have a flange. So basically the joint that keeps failing just moved.

Any ideas what is going on? I'm really tired of having a leaky sink and not being able to use one of our mixing bowls...

**Bobby_M** · 03-21-2010, 09:40 PM

Does it have the tapered washer under the nut? It's actually called a ferrule. As the nut is tightened, it jams the ferrule tight around the pipe.

Marsdude · 03-21-2010, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby_M

Does it have the tapered washer under the nut? It's actually called a ferrule. As the nut is tightened, it jams the ferrule tight around the pipe.

+1 on the ferrule. That is what will hold the pipes tight together. They can be a large rubber washer also.

jamesnsw · 03-21-2010, 11:17 PM

Ok... there's a little plastic washer inside. It was just sitting inside the lower pipe, not connected to the upper pipe. I put it around the upper pipe, and then screwed on the bolt. It's seeming to work...

Now it's leaking where the sink and the pipes meet. The landlord's coming out tomorrow, so we'll see what he can do.

Thanks for your help, guys!