Leak sealer spray

[The Medway Handyman]

?Job this afternoon in one of those houses where you wipe your feet on the way out.

"Leak from under sink, we have tried to fix it ourselves".

Turned out they had a blockage in the waste & instead of removing the trap bottom, they had completely dismantled all the pipework.

Re assembly had damaged the rubber ring in the trap & two of the seals in compression joints had 'gone missing'.

Their attempt at repair had involved what must have been a whole roll of self amalgamating tape, which didn't work - and an entire can of Spray 'n' Seal, which didn't work either.

stuff is horrible! It was everywhere and is a nasty black sticky mess - I've still got some on my hands that won't scrub off.

The tape & the can of rubbish set them back about £18. Could have replaced all the fittings & the trap for less. Add the time I took getting the tape off of everything & trying to clean off the spray & it worked out to an expensive attempt at DIY.

-- Dave - The Medway Handyman

[Ron Lowe]

You need to get yourself a better class of client.

[John Rumm]

>> This stuff is horrible! It was everywhere and is a nasty black sticky

I like the proud boast: "Guaranteed to work" - does not say what for though!

[Dave Liquorice]

Well with a name like Spray 'n Seal and an image of an undersink waste connection I think the users of the stuff have a good case for getting their costs back from the manufacturers...

The Guarantee link conveniently takes you to:

"We apologize for the inconvenience. This link is under construction. If you have any questions, please speak with one of our live operators between the hours of 9AM and 5PM at 0871 784 xxxx."

[Tabby]

We need that piccy for the wiki :)

NT

[Edgar Iredale]

Just to give another view of this kind of product. I used something like it on a leaking pressure vessel on a Hotpoint washing machine about 35 years ago. Water was coming out in a steady trickle. I needed a quick fix. Without much dismantling I sprayed some bitumen leak sealer stuff on it and the trickle stopped. The machine lasted another 10 years like that.

Afterwards I used the stuff on other quick temporary fixes (like a leaking cast iron gutter joint) and usually it worked well enough until the job could be done properly.

I sometimes think I should keep a can handy but these days I have much more time and can usually do things straight away. And getting parts is so much easier than it was.

Edgar