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Leaking Drain pine in the Wall ??? BMzx 05-14-2007
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Posted by Frank on May 14, 2007, 6:29 pm
> On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:58:17 +0000, BMzx wrote:
> > My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
> > to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe
> > go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no
> > miricle fix for this.
>
> > thanks
>
> No miracle fix. You will need to call a plumber and have them locate the
> leak then remove whatever needs removed to gain access.
>
He may need a plumber but major cost may be in the revealing. I'd
find leak first, then call plumber if I could not fix it.


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Posted by Meat Plow on May 14, 2007, 10:21 pm
On Mon, 14 May 2007 15:29:11 -0700, Frank wrote:

>> On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:58:17 +0000, BMzx wrote:
>> > My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
>> > to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe
>> > go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no
>> > miricle fix for this.
>>
>> > thanks
>>
>> No miracle fix. You will need to call a plumber and have them locate the
>> leak then remove whatever needs removed to gain access.
>>
> He may need a plumber but major cost may be in the revealing. I'd
> find leak first, then call plumber if I could not fix it.

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care of these issues.

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Posted by Speedy Jim on May 14, 2007, 1:58 pm
BMzx wrote:
> My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
> to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe
> go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no
> miricle fix for this.
>
> thanks


There are soooo many variables to this.

Is there a vent pipe in the wall going up
from a San TEE? If so, then you can't simply
"go thru the ceiling".

Maybe you're lucky and no vent (common on old kitchen drains).

We don't know what the basement situation looks like.
Where the drain runs, etc.
Whether you care about disrupting the ceiling.

There is a chance that you will find the origin of the
leak by opening the wall just in the area where the
drain protrudes.

Do the detective work and report back.

Jim

Posted by Puddin' Man on May 14, 2007, 3:22 pm

>My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
>to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall.

Removing the kitcen cab's is likely the -last- approach you wanna take.
If it is an interior wall you might wanna go thru the other side, but ...

>Maybe
>go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no
>miricle fix for this.

No magic wand. No.

How old is the house/kitchen? Original plumbing? Cast iron
vent stacks? Copper water pipes?

You need to familiarize yourself with your drain/vent plumbing.
From that and the age of the kitchen, get in idea of what needs
to be replaced. Take measurements, determine if -all- the drain
is inside the portion of the wall supporting the cab's.

Etc, etc.

I had the same problem last year. There was some access under the sink,
the drain coupled with a vent stack about a foot clear of the cab's.
All I had to do was cut a 4" x 14" hole in the wall (behind the
range) to replace copper drain with PVC and rubber couplers.

Figger what's likely inside the wall and how you might gain access
to it. Then render more info and ask more questions.

Cheers,
Puddin'

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-Friedrich Schiller

Posted by Art on May 14, 2007, 10:37 pm
Maybe you will be lucky. Look around to see if there is a drain cleanout
sticking out of the wall that might be leaking.


> My kithcen sink drain pipe is leaking into my cellar. The only way I see
> to fix it is to take out the kitcen cabinets and open up the wall. Maybe
> go thru the cellar cealing? any suggestions. I suppolse there is no
> miricle fix for this.
>
> thanks



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