Hi all,
I need some advice. My 77 year old Mum has a leak under her kitchen sink. It seems to be coming from the circled black plastic part.
She had a housing association plumber come in to look at it. First he said that he had never seen anything like this part before. Then said he would have look into it getting a replacement as they were not easy to come by.
In the meantime he covered the black part in silicone. He said not to use the water for four hours to give it time to dry. She did that, and as soon as the water was turned back on the silicone came off due to the pressure of the leak.
They now say they can't come back to the 13th of March to have another look.
I don't know much about plumbing myself, buy surely the black part can be replaced for a better metal part? If so what part would I need to do the repair myself?
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I need some advice. My 77 year old Mum has a leak under her kitchen sink. It seems to be coming from the circled black plastic part.
She had a housing association plumber come in to look at it. First he said that he had never seen anything like this part before. Then said he would have look into it getting a replacement as they were not easy to come by.
In the meantime he covered the black part in silicone. He said not to use the water for four hours to give it time to dry. She did that, and as soon as the water was turned back on the silicone came off due to the pressure of the leak.
They now say they can't come back to the 13th of March to have another look.
I don't know much about plumbing myself, buy surely the black part can be replaced for a better metal part? If so what part would I need to do the repair myself?
Continue reading...
