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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 13:27:05 GMT
I thought t'was the pressure pump but no. It's the shower drain right under the tray. The drain is at the rear as you look into the shower, in the furthest corner from the gulper in the adjacent cupboard. The cubicle is built on top of the tray. Other side of the cubile walls are a corridor (no use, I've had that floor up previously) and the bedroom. Maybe, if I took the bed out, removed the built in drawers under, removed the guts of my vac cassette toilet, took the floor up...maybe I could reach under... or more likely find there's a bearer under the wall. Bugger! There doesn't appear to be an easy way Just thought I'd share that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 13:46:54 GMT
Sorry to hear that, sounds like a real sod of a job. Any chance of some lateral thinking coming up with an easier alternative?
Top Cat
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 13:53:26 GMT
Sorry to hear that, sounds like a real sod of a job. Any chance of some lateral thinking coming up with an easier alternative? Top Cat This is why I haven't done anything yet. I don't really mind doing it, but I'd feel a mug if I destroy the shower cubicle or rip out the bedroom then spot the easy way!
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Post by JohnV on Dec 16, 2016 14:02:20 GMT
just a thought ...if it's from the fitting where it attatches to the tray, some of them are held in place with a central screw. If it is, any chance of slackening the screw a little and introducing some silicon and then re-tightening ?
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 14:45:11 GMT
just a thought ...if it's from the fitting where it attatches to the tray, some of them are held in place with a central screw. If it is, any chance of slackening the screw a little and introducing some silicon and then re-tightening ? All thoughts however hopeful greatly received! If there were a prize it's nearly yours! The screw has rusted through and the fitting under is flapping about. There's a small chance I can get the end out after unsticking the chrome bit topside, or maybe pull it all out where it emerges for the gulper. I have non-destructive options! Whoop whoop!
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Post by JohnV on Dec 16, 2016 14:46:43 GMT
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you
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Post by JohnV on Dec 16, 2016 14:48:19 GMT
thought No. 2 before pulling the old bit out from under the tray .... try and attach a pull cord of some sort to help get the new one into place
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Post by Gone on Dec 16, 2016 14:55:05 GMT
When I fitted mine the waste pipe and shower tray fitting were slid in under the floor and then the waste 'basket' fits from above the tray with a centre screw. Plenty of silicone on the mating faces. To position the waste fitting the waste pipe was sufficiently stiff to push and manipulate it to be under the shower tray outlet hole then screw together. Can you do the same?
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Post by twbm2 on Dec 16, 2016 15:03:53 GMT
I once had success by being fortunate enough to get the the old screw out and using an oversize self-tapper to replace it.
That and a shitload of sealant to be fair....
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 15:08:27 GMT
When I fitted mine the waste pipe and shower tray fitting were slid in under the floor and then the waste 'basket' fits from above the tray with a centre screw. Plenty of silicone on the mating faces. To position the waste fitting the waste pipe was sufficiently stiff to push and manipulate it to be under the shower tray outlet hole then screw together. Can you do the same? That's what I'm hoping. I have no chance of getting the end of the screw out so the whole lot must come out. It emerges up through the ply floor into a thin cupboard, right at the back, at 45 degs through a hole the exact size of the pipe. That will need enlarging. I'm not home and dry though, there could be anything under their. Mostly it's paving slabs with an inch layer of polystyrene on top. Perhaps to match the neat hole there's a neat tough through whatever's there that won't accommodate the fitting. I have pics, I know you like pics, but I can't post them.
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Post by bodger on Dec 16, 2016 15:20:38 GMT
pisses me off when 'professional' people build boats with little consideration for future maintenance and repairs.
IMHO good access is one of the most important factors in a good boat. unfortunately it can't be tested until summat goes wrong.
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 15:23:49 GMT
pisses me off when 'professional' people build boats with little consideration for future maintenance and repairs. IMHO good access is one of the most important factors in a good boat. unfortunately it can't be tested until summat goes wrong. There is a cupboard, glued and jointed piece by piece round the washing machine. It's a nice cupboard with scumbling and roses and what have you. Sounds like something is on it's way out and it doesn't spin fast enough. Grrr.
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 16:13:30 GMT
Ah-ha! Here's the pesky rusted screw... And the pipe up through floor...
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Post by twbm2 on Dec 16, 2016 17:08:38 GMT
See if you can nibble a bit of the plastic away and then grip the screw with pliers or a baby molegrip.
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 16, 2016 17:57:24 GMT
See if you can nibble a bit of the plastic away and then grip the screw with pliers or a baby molegrip. I'm visulising a metal insert. It's more obviously a gonna in the flesh but that's a good idea and I'd be daft not to give it a go.
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