fix broken PVC pipe

Jan Philips · 2015-07-31T01:12:48+00:00

The PVC pipe that drains our kitchen sink broke in two. Since there is no pressure on it, can an amatuer glue it back? If so, what kind of glue should be used?

Jul 31, 2015 31 Replies

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Mayayana 11 years ago

It looks like Ralph may be right. Either it just fell out or it snapped off inside. You should be able to just loosen the cap (the one with the ridges), push the top pipe back in, then retighten the cap.

From the photo it looks like the pipe is not actually PVC but rather the cheap, thinner, plastic do-it-yourself stuff. If for some reason you can't put the pipes back together as is, go to Home Depot or Lowes, in the section where you can find PVC, and you should be able to find bags of the cheap plastic fittings for sale. They come in a plastic bag with about 10 parts -- sort of a kit for doing a sink drain. PVC and the thinner plastic are not interchangeable.

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micky 11 years ago

And the OP would have had to wait an hour or two or more in order to be home when he arrived.

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Vic Smith 11 years ago

Worked fine for me. Of course I use IE11.

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micky 11 years ago

Worked for me too. XP and the latest version of Firefox.

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Vic Smith 11 years ago

Maybe the other guys are using Win98.

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micky 11 years ago

Could be. There was a sale on that at Best Buy last week.

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Mayayana 11 years ago

| Worked fine for me. Of course I use IE11. |

I wouldn't brag about using IE11, especially with script enabled. In the past couple of weeks you've been susceptible to several nasty bugs:

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To Microsoft's credit, they've already patched the Desktop version of IE11. That's unusually fast. But there's no reason to think you're not a sitting duck. In fact, it would be irrational not to think so.

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