With all due respect to anyone reading this,
I would strong prefer helpful pragmatic knowledge than a lecture. I question my sanity asking strangers on the internet, but I have plumbing issue compounding on top of problems I could never even to explain. The toilet upstairs, ABS Pipe, has a crack at a three way junction. It has actually been cracked for a very long time, everything is accessible - except for all the things that the rest of the world takes for granted.
I am finicky, I like things done right. I have tried the appropriate glue but due to the nature of the crack that is not a feasible option. I have faced the fact that it all needs to be cut out and replaced. Due to other events this is not a project that can happen at the moment. It was not a project that could happen several years ago. I elected to try cleaning the pipe and attempting to seal it with silicone. If nothing else it would be a stop gap measure.
Fast forwards tremendous problems and now some relative peace.. the silicone has began to release, water and other things flow downhill and it is something I want to deal without cutting out the pipe. At least not in the immediate foreseeable future. It is a crack maybe an inch a half long, right in the intersection where the plastic junction meets at a 45 degree angle. I am thinking I can just remove the silicone, scuff and clean the pipe and then EPOXY the joint. Perhaps even with reinforced fibreglass epoxy.
Naturally, the concern is whether it will bite and bond. I suppose I could test an area of pipe, but I thought I would ask if there is another product out there. If was there was not other advice besides call a plumber, or cut it out and reinstall with new parts. I am a tradesman and I understand the unattractive nature of slitting your own throat by telling others how to do your job for free themselves, however there is just really no option at this point, nor for the foreseeable future.
Thank you.
I would strong prefer helpful pragmatic knowledge than a lecture. I question my sanity asking strangers on the internet, but I have plumbing issue compounding on top of problems I could never even to explain. The toilet upstairs, ABS Pipe, has a crack at a three way junction. It has actually been cracked for a very long time, everything is accessible - except for all the things that the rest of the world takes for granted.
I am finicky, I like things done right. I have tried the appropriate glue but due to the nature of the crack that is not a feasible option. I have faced the fact that it all needs to be cut out and replaced. Due to other events this is not a project that can happen at the moment. It was not a project that could happen several years ago. I elected to try cleaning the pipe and attempting to seal it with silicone. If nothing else it would be a stop gap measure.
Fast forwards tremendous problems and now some relative peace.. the silicone has began to release, water and other things flow downhill and it is something I want to deal without cutting out the pipe. At least not in the immediate foreseeable future. It is a crack maybe an inch a half long, right in the intersection where the plastic junction meets at a 45 degree angle. I am thinking I can just remove the silicone, scuff and clean the pipe and then EPOXY the joint. Perhaps even with reinforced fibreglass epoxy.
Naturally, the concern is whether it will bite and bond. I suppose I could test an area of pipe, but I thought I would ask if there is another product out there. If was there was not other advice besides call a plumber, or cut it out and reinstall with new parts. I am a tradesman and I understand the unattractive nature of slitting your own throat by telling others how to do your job for free themselves, however there is just really no option at this point, nor for the foreseeable future.
Thank you.