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Posted by awblessmesturgeon wirral uk (My Page) on Wed, Feb 23, 05 at 20:14
| ok ! my fault the sun was shining etc and i did a few mods! think it was too cold and the glue didnt work! now i need to do a bit of retro solvent welding d:) no major probs as its the quarantine tank but obviously want to put it right. i can dry it out and re-attept the weld or use an apoxy over the top? seem to remember sean having a leaky joint but not what you did to fix it? sean ? any advice appreciated ta o/ jo |
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RE: dodgy solvent welds
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Depends on what you have available and what lengths of pipe. If you have an actual pipe length protruding I suggest you cut the female end off a joint, called the socket, then split it to form two semi circular 'roof gutters', DEBURR all cuts. Generously coat the inside of these 'gutters' with solvent and clamp them, with string or cable ties, around the pipe where the pipe emerges from the leaky joint. Place the 'gutter sections' so that the manufactured end of both sockets butt against each other, DO NOT butt your sawn end against the leaky joint's socket. The 'gutters' will stick to the pipe and the surplus glue will seal the manufactured end to manufactured end joint and the 'split line' joints.
If you just have a pipe stub projection and will have another joint then I suggest trimming the stub so that the socket of the next joint JUST butts up against the edge of the socket of the leaky joint, do not remove more pipe than is required or you weaken the 2nd joint. |
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thanks sean but its a sleeve reducer thats leaking so its actually internal. ie inside the socket. the reducer is actually below the level of the the socket end leaving a recess which is why i thought of filling the recess with epoxy weld type glue? i repaired a broken filter this way a year or two back and it held no problem. what do you think?
thx |
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I think I know what you mean, your epoxy idea is worth trying, rough up the surfaces though, will the epoxy stay in place whilst it sets? I have used araldite to fill holes in somethings and keeping the araldite in place was the hardest bit.
Presumably this reducer fits over a pipe, or rather, a pipe fits inside the reducer, so could you not apply the above idea using a 2nd reducer around the pipe instead of a cut off socket? |
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| ill turn it up side down while it sets. think things will be ok. thanks for help. |
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| done the dirty deed today, turned it vertical whilst setting. the proof will be in the pudding when it gets wet again? hopefully tomorrow? its looking good at the mo o/ |
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| it worked! tank is full and no leaks! \\o \o/ o// |
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| DONT SAY THAT, the gremlins will hear you and attack your repair overnight |
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