I wonder if years of harsh chemicals have damaged the tail piece of the sink? or maybe even the gasket between the drain basket and the body of the sink?
The thing is to discover where the water is coming from. Eyes can often see small drips forming but once the fingers are damp they don't see a damn thing. I have sometimes found that a supply of paper towel so you can dry thoroughly and then wrap a dry piece around the pipe helps to discover that damp point where the water appears. You move your way up and down the pipe with pieces of this paper towel until you locate the source. It isn't always obvious and may not be where you think. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fowle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] slip joint leak: I messed up? > so I tried to clear a kitchen double sink drain with a > plunger,it's worked in the past, and noticed a couple days later > water all over the floor! > > We had a large plastic drawer under the sink in the cupboard for > cleaning stuff, and that had filled up with drain water before > spilling over so we'd notice. So we hadn't needed cleaning stuff > in the meantime. > > So we drug it all out, tossed the stuff that was soaked, mopped, > mopped and mopped and got it more or less dry. > > then we remembered we have at least two wet dry vacuums which > might just have made things easier? <groan> > > I found a slip joint nut at the end of the drain just below the > sink that had split. > > so I took the thing apart and took the little 2 inch long > connector piece with two nuts on it, and a little plastic flange > that presumably is a washer between the drain end and the flange > of the pipe and went down to our nice old ace hardware store. > > I got four new nuts knowing how things go. Came in little > plastic packages with rubber washers and all. Only a buck and a > half each, cheap! > > got home this evening after a day of 400 emails and downloads and > meetings and so on, and put things back together. I was so, so > carefull not to cross thread the nuts. I tightened up on the > upper nut that's against the drain first, cause the lower one is > the one that is a real "slip" joint. > > got it all fairly tight and put a pair of slip joint pliers on it > just to get it firm, not too hard. > > Drip, drip, drip, and blasphemy! > > I was stamping around wondering what was wrong, and hit something > small with my large blind foot. > > It was the little plastic flange that was supposed to go on top > of the pipe, against the drain end. > > > took it all apart, it isn't really that hard, and put the flange > in. > > Put it back together and when tightening up the upper nut, it > popped loose just as it was tight. > > More speaking to spirits of the sewer in their language! > > wondered if I'd stripped the top nut somehow so took it all apart > again and replaced the upper nut. > > Put it all back again, so, so, so carefully! > > Drip,drip, drip! > > Well onlyh with a heavy flow of water. > > So I guess I may have stripped the threads on the end of the > drain its self. That takes a huge rench, bigger than i believe > is my largest crescent. > > And what happens when you undo that huge nut that's been there > for over 30 years? > > Other stuff will undoubtedly bust, I just know it. > > So, oh wise and wonderfull handy persons, where did I go wrong? > > Besides using too much force on a 30 yeaar old sink wwith a > plunger? > > Now be nice, tell me I didn't mess up, it was just age. > > Like how I'm falling apart after sixty! > It's just age. > that's what my doc says when I complain about sstuff that annoys > me, "it's just age." > > > sorry its so long, my wife isn't here to hear me speaking nasty > things so I just had to go off. > > Tom > > > > > > > Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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