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Caught my bathroom sink trap leaking at 2am... that was fun
Woke up to dripping sounds last Tuesday around 2am. The P-trap under my sink had a hairline crack right where the nut meets the pipe, must have been from over tightening it when I installed it 6 months ago. I had to dig out a bucket and wrap it in duct tape just to get through the night. Anybody else had a pvc trap just give up on them like that?
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loganm524mo ago
Tbh how often do people even check those plastic fittings for cracks before they fail?
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richard1104mo ago
loganm52 nailed it with "how often do people even check," because the answer is basically never. I'm guilty of it myself - I'll look at a fitting and think "yeah that looks fine" while secretly praying it doesn't split open at 60 psi. The joke's on me though, because I once had a plastic tee crack right in the middle of a backyard project and I stood there like an idiot watching water shoot into the air. I swear I checked that thing three times before turning the pump on, but nope, it still failed. So yeah, I'm the guy who doesn't check until it's too late, and then I blame the plastic.
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