Need advice on temp and perm fix for y at the main stack in basement leaking.

Ocjdish · Jul 28, 2016

I have attached a pic of the drain that is leaking in my basement . What is the best long term fix? Can anyone tell me the name of the parts i need . I tried home depot and they just gave me ep200 and said to glue it so it wont leak. It has a big u bolt holding the metal part to the main stack.

frodo · Jul 29, 2016

looks like the threads are leaking, where the copper ties into the cast

cut the copper into, unscrew the section , replace with pvc.

and use a shielded conversion band to hook plastic to copper

journeyman · Jul 29, 2016

Cut out wye and redo with new wye branch of why looks bad

johnjh2o · Jul 29, 2016

The problem is it's not a Y it's a saddle fitting. Fitting should have been used in the first place. Just another failed short cut.

frodo · Jul 29, 2016

is that a saddle ? cant tell on my end

if it is..JohnJ is on the money,,,,replace with a real fitting

journeyman · Aug 3, 2016

Sorry good eye John I did not see saddle why the hell would someone do that anyway

Ocjdish · Aug 4, 2016

Its turns out in the end it wasnt the union that was leaking, the downward copper pipe at 45 degrees had been eaten through slightly i guess by drano etc. And when i touched it firmly it broke in the middle so i replaced that pipe with pvc and its fine now.thanks for the advice guys. I ordered the proper replacement parts online but it will take a week to get everything im replacing the complete drain with pvc.

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