110 pushfit soil connectors -

[Tim Watts]

I've never bothered looking too hard before, but have noticed my WC pan connector (push fit 110 at the non WC end) had some quite pronounced mould seam ridges down both sides.

On this I've carefully pared them off with a stanley blade, leaving a slight groove (original defect, not knife related).

Happened to notice even the Floplast Tee 110 I have also has slight (but not as pronounced) mould seam ridges.

Do people normally pare or sand these off?

I've not had any leaks before, but then my joints face the right way and are never under pressure and I don't have the kit to pressure test my system.

So this is just a curiosity "learning to do things better" kinda muse...

[John Rumm]

I have not bothered in the past (in fact, don't think I even noticed them!)

[Tim Watts]

Thanks John.

No, I never have before either...

[John Rumm]

Having said that, I am not a fan of floplast push fit fittings for normal 15/22 pipes.

[newshound]

I've done it occasionally. I tend to fit these with silicone oil or spray as they are normally pretty tight.

[Bob Minchin]

Never bothered. They are normally a good honeymoon fit even with grease on so I can't imagine them ever leaking.

[Tim Watts]

Hmm - didn't know they did that...

Their AAVs are good - as they only require to be mounted 200mm above the highest junction (eg the tee below them) rather than above all local flood lines, which could mean the basin. In practice this means you can have them just a bit above the bog rim and box them in easily.

Not too noisy when they operate either.

[Tim Watts]

+1 I always use the spray - partly because I'll have the joint apart 20 times during test fitting, tweaking, fixing, boxing in - don't want to knacker the rubber.