rat ate through a soil vent pipe

WC1 · May 9, 2019

Sorry mate, customer needs to pay you to cut that out and replace. You'll be in the stink later on personally if it floods because of a bodge...

Steve weightman · May 9, 2019

Cut pipe replace reducer ,replace pipe with a straight slip coupling

king of pipes · May 11, 2019

I see your issue here its all glued fittings and with limited access it needs sorting though let the client make the decision. Kop

Ted808 · May 11, 2019

Client wants the cheapest option of course! I made a bespoke ali plate and attached it with jubilee clips and then covered it in a setting compound! Not easy , let alone the stink of dead rat still in my nostrils today- smelt like the stinkest cr*p ever!! arghh, i gagged several times. Plus, i was in such a twisted position that I've probably done an injury- blood sweat and gristle, for a few bucks- WHY?
I'll try a few more photo's when I get a chance...

WC1 · May 11, 2019

Ok then but I'd be making well sure it is clearly documented the repair spec'd by cust. was against my advice if I were you...

Burger · May 11, 2019

Ted808 said:
Client wants the cheapest option of course!

Why do they always want the cheapest option? Gets on my nerves, rather than a correct repair/job. I work hard for my money and don’t like to part with it, but I’d rather have a job done correctly rather than more than once

rant over

Ted808 · May 13, 2019

Good idea , I'll document in invoice WC1.
Here's more pic's- as you can see access was tricky and the smell of the dead rat worse- I was going to cut above into the T and join with a rubber coupling, and about on the 3" and do the same, but I was afraid that if I coudn't get enough purchase, I'd be scuppered as there is no way to get to the base of the T- without major un-plumbing and re-plumbing the UVHWC! It was the best solution to cover and seal- I think, or walk away....

ShaunCorbs · May 13, 2019

mac drain connector into the top of the tee then a fernco 4" to 3" adapter on the end of x amount of pipe

but good effort

galaxy_plumbing · May 13, 2019

knock the house down and start over

Ted808 · May 14, 2019

ShaunCorbs said:
mac drain connector into the top of the tee then a fernco 4" to 3" adapter on the end of x amount of pipe

but good effort

Would the drain connector be stable? as there would still a bit of pipe inside the T. Also the problem was I couldn't get to the pipe to cut it, it was tight against the wall and all the pipes from the UVHWS plus all in the way... it was a struggle- I had brought two rubber couplings and a bit of pipe, with a reducer, but seriously the smell- I had to do it as quick as possible, or vom. BUT THANKS!

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