Plumbing leak

[Meanmrmustard]

Before I go and take the plumbing apart has anyone had any luck stopping the leak with out taking it apart? It’s leaking where the pipe goes into the bulkhead.

 

[fishguy242]

glued ,or not ?

 

[Bruttall]

Shut your flow off, dry the area around where you see water seeping, Primer then PVC Glue where you think it is leaking. be liberal with the application of the glue. give it 5 minutes or so to set up, turn your flow back on. You may get lucky and seal it up.

 

[Meanmrmustard]

glued ,or not ?

It’s glued

 

[Bruttall]

glued ,or not ?

those are glued slip union bulkheads. I use the exact same ones.

 

[fishguy242]

yes ,dry it , don't be shy with glue ,hit it once thin, then good bead 20 min later or when 1st coat dries.

 

[fishguy242]

those are glued slip union bulkheads. I use the exact same ones.

I don't usually glue slip bulk drains...

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I'm no help but I love that forum name :upside-down-face:

 

[Meanmrmustard]

those are glued slip union bulkheads. I use the exact same ones.

Yes

 

[Bruttall]

I don't usually glue slip bulk drains...

I have two 1.5 inch bulkheads in the bottom of my 300g. I used the slip union bulkheads and glued the external fittings. No Way I would take a chance on not gluing those unions. The ones inside the tank I don't glue.

 

[ca1ore]

Odd that a solvent welded connection like that would leak. I’d check to make sure the bulkhead ‘socket’ isn’t cracked before glue slathering.

 

[Freenow54]

yes ,dry it , don't be shy with glue ,hit it once thin, then good bead 20 min later or when 1st coat dries.

You may be using the wrong glue. If its watery and blue its for 636 pvc which is white pipe

 

[fishguy242]

You may be using the wrong glue. If its watery and blue its for 636 pvc which is white pipe

thick,using for decades... :)

 

[Freenow54]

If the gluing does not work maybe epoxy the alternative as you know is time cosuming hoping there are no inhabitants yet

 

[Freenow54]

thick,using for decades... :)

Never seen blue good to know things changing all the time Thanks for letting me know

 

[Freenow54]

So I looked it up it is fast setting solvent glue not the normal yellow I know. Sounds like it should be better seems meant for tricky emergency work . It states pressurized systems. Weird it leaked unless you were too slow getting it together originally. Its happened to me. I was taught to insert the pipe and give it a twist. Anyway I just put in a new sump and had that problem. The re glue idea worked the third time I built it up. Should work because really no pressure