You might be as well off assembling that into an elaborate sex toy for the wife.
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Didn’t work. I think I’m in plumber (or €100 for @anon67715551) territory.
Tried that adhesive stuff but the inside of the top pipe is threaded I think and that’s probably not a good idea to cover that with sticky stuff. Tried it anyway but there’s still too much of a gap - basically the bottom pipe falls away even when the screw is fastened completely on the top pipe.
The bottom pipe seems to be a 32mm diameter and the top one is a 40mm diameter I think (hard to measure because of threads on inside and outside). I have loads of connections but nothing that seems like it will do the job. I can attach something to the bottom pipe but it isn’t going to be gripped by the top pipe.
You need a reducer/adapter for FFS, not a plumber.
How was it not leaking all these years? You’re not giving us the whole story here.
I think the bottom pipe was just fairly wedged into a position that held it where it was. I can’t really figure it out. It did come apart before and as far as I recall I just jammed the bottom pipe up as far as I could and it seemed to stay there but that isn’t working now.
What you want is a Trap adapter/reducer. Ideally a PVC one that will thread onto the top piece, but you could also rig a rubber one with a hose clamp to do the same job,
Fucking Grange shut on a Saturday afternoon. Madness.
Always is. Standard procedure for proper hardware stores.
No tradesman is working beyond lunch time on a Saturday
You’d wonder what planet Rocko is on sometimes.
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Planet Rocko
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Spent a half an hour this evening “rodding”. I’d caught the blockage just in time before it became a major issue.
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I’m having no luck. Fucking washing machine “exploded*” this evening. What the fuck happened there?
* Exploded as in, there was a really loud bang and it now has a massive dent in the side of it and it fell over onto the floor and tore the side and bottom off it.
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Probably a bit of backlash in the differential
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Doesn’t sound great but give the father in law a shout.
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I’d say it’s the bearings
Did you check it for oil?
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Sounds like it’s possessed by some demon or other. Get the holy water.
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I wonder was there ever a murder in @Rocko house before he moved in?
It would be most unusual for a washing machine to rear over into its side
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