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2435 Views 19 Replies 8 Participants Last post by Tango, May 31, 2021

sukevin

Discussion Starter · May 30, 2021

The main coming into the basement has a slow drip, leaving a nice red stain on floor. I've not been able to get my regular plumber over and I'm wondering if there's a solution I could apply. Would pipe tape or some kind of putty work, and if so, is it a sustainable long-term fix or only temporary?

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Logtec

· #2 · May 30, 2021

Spray foam, should help.

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Debo22

· #3 · May 30, 2021

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Tango

· #4 · May 31, 2021

I don't think you belong here....

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Logtec

· #5 · May 31, 2021

Lily says “Nope”!

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Logtec

· #6 · May 31, 2021

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skoronesa

· #7 · May 31, 2021

sukevin said:
........... I'm wondering if there's a solution............
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Just take the old parts in to the supply house so they can match them to new ones. Much easier than trying to draw a picture, measure, and describe what you need. Then you can just replace them all permanently and be done with it.

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Tango

· #8 · May 31, 2021

Get some fiber glass sheets with fast set resin, my customers use it all the time to stop leaks.

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Logtec

· #9 · May 31, 2021

Duct tape or gorilla tape will work too

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Debo22

· #10 · May 31, 2021

Did you try the putty trick?

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Tango

· #11 · May 31, 2021

Debo22 said:
Did you try the putty trick?

Remember this Tango Original Putty Trick?

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Debo22

· #12 · May 31, 2021

Tango said:
Remember this Tango Original Putty Trick?

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I don’t think that was it. That looks like a caulking trick, maybe a Liquid Nails trick

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Tango

· #13 · May 31, 2021

Debo22 said:
I don’t think that was it. That looks like a caulking trick, maybe a Liquid Nails trick

Yeah first picture is my famous liquid putty trrick...

Geez had to go scroll 20 pages to find another example of my famous putty trick. Works every time!

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Debo22

· #14 · May 31, 2021

Tango said:
Yeah first picture is my famous liquid putty trrick...

Geez had to go scroll 20 pages to find another example of my famous putty trick. Works every time!

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I thought you came up with that saying for some guy trying to fix a commercial faucet and he fell for it which made it funnier. Anyway here’s another putty trick. Sink didn’t have an overflow but the pop-up did. Putty to the rescue.

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Tango

· #15 · May 31, 2021

Debo22 said:
I thought you came up with that saying for some guy trying to fix a commercial faucet and he fell for it which made it funnier. Anyway here’s another putty trick. Sink didn’t have an overflow but the pop-up did. Putty to the rescue.

Yeah I remember! I told him to stuff the cartridge and it would stop the leak! 😁

Good times

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Master Mark

· #16 · May 31, 2021

Put a bucket under it and wait for your plumber to get off his drinking binge

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sparky

· #17 · May 31, 2021

Hydraulic cement is the only solution to your problem

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skoronesa

· #18 · May 31, 2021

Master Mark said:
Put a bucket under it and wait for your plumber to get off his drinking binge

🤣

This is one of the funnier diy answers I've read in a while, mostly because it's probably true!

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OpenSights

· #19 · May 31, 2021

Find the plumber who originally did that, drag him out into the street and, you know, the thing.

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Tango

· #20 · May 31, 2021

OpenSights said:
Find the plumber who originally did that, drag him out into the street and, you know, the thing.

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