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Originally Posted by javelin
Congrats on the repair job ! Any picture(s) available? It is always useful for others to see how someone has done a repair.....especially when they may face the same situation down the road.  |
Sorry, no pic's. Was working by myself...kind of a 1 man job anyway, fairly messy and never dawned on me to document the steps. Pretty straight forward plastic plumbing repair. Now that its back together, it doesn't look much different than it did before pipe came loose, other than the pipe joint is now cemented on the inside,
which Thor didn't bother to do. And, where I wrapped the joint with the self-fusing repair tape is hidden behind the dump valve assembly in the back of the wet bay.
I wouldn't recommend such a repair as a do-it-yourself project unless one has a basic understanding of RV plumbing, experience with today's plastic plumbing components, correct tools and at least some degree of "shade tree" mechanical ability. I'm nearly three quarters of a century old and don't move (or do anything else) as fast as I once did, so it took me most of the day to complete the job, counting a few rest breaks to ease my bad back. 30 years ago, it would have been a 2 to 3 hour job.
Thanks for your advice and counsel along the way!
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