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gmaurey · Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 2

Hi - I have a plumber fixing a washing machine (WM) and needs to connect the WM drainage pipe onto the main drainage outside our house. The outside pipe is a victorian time iron/metal Pipe. In order to join the WM drainage pipe (around 1 1/2 inch diameter) to the outside pipe (about 3 to 4 inch), the plumber had to cut a piece of around 10 inches of the outside pipe to insert a plastic pipe with with two bulky pieces of rubber to prevent leaks.

I thought there would be a less eye catching way to make a joint. Would it be possible to simply make a hole the size of the WM pipe into the iron pipe and then seal it.

I am not trying to trouble our plumber but I would like to know if the job could be redone in a more elegant way.

Many thanks

MICHAEL BALES · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:07 am Post subject: outide pipework

Apologies for delay. Reply to be posted this pm

gmaurey · Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 2

[quote="gmaurey"]Hi - I have a plumber fixing a washing machine (WM) and needs to connect the WM drainage pipe onto the main drainage outside our house. The outside pipe is a victorian time iron/metal Pipe. In order to join the WM drainage pipe (around 1 1/2 inch diameter) to the outside pipe (about 3 to 4 inch), the plumber had to cut a piece of around 10 inches of the outside pipe to insert a plastic pipe with with two bulky pieces of rubber to prevent leaks.

I thought there would be a less eye catching way to make a joint. Would it be possible to simply make a hole the size of the WM pipe into the iron pipe and then seal it.

I am not trying to trouble our plumber but I would like to know if the job could be redone in a more elegant way.

Many thanks[/quote]

Silentcrow · Moderator Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 29

If the connection is made under ground. he can use the rubber push gaskets. if the connection is above ground he'd have to use a sweep Tee. If he used PVC plastic SCH 40 i cannot think of any reason he would have to use a push gasket. Or you might be refering to the NoHubs on the larger pipe. these are used to connect clay pipe to plasting. the look like large rubber couplings. that is the normal way to do a spot repair on a sewer line. the connection looked as follows. clay pipe,no hub,plastic pipe, no hub, clay pipe.