Plumbing!

[Dead Eye]

Figured I'd take advantage of the famed foccer font of knowledge

I've just helped a friend move out of his place and he needs to sort out the plumbing under the kitchen sink where the dishwasher and washing machine used to connect... unfortunately he is fucking useless and I have very little experience with plumbing. What I want seems to be dead simple, but I'll be damned if I can find it!

The waste from the two machines connected to two spigots above the waste trap like in the photo below

[smg id=2687 type=full caption="Waste Spigot"]

All we want to do is block off where the spigot connects so that waste can't back up and overflow when the sink is being drained. It seems simple enough but I can't find what I'm after... can anyone point me in the right direction? Google just yeilds hundreds of results for how to plumb in a washing machine, not how to deal with removing the fucker

[esetest]

As a temporary measure you could always stick a bottle top in the spigot and hold that in place with silicone

[BBROWN1664]

I had a similar issue at my place when I put a new sink in.

I used a finger from a rubber glove and a jubilee clip.

[Dead Eye]

Well I'm glad I'm not just being stupid. I'm surprised you can't get stop end compression fittings for something like this - it doesn't strike me as an unusual requirement :\

[chris.biker]

I have capped off before now by using a coin, remove the spigot from the connector then place the rubber seal against the hole then the coin and finally secure with the threaded collar. Hope this helps.

[Dead Eye]

That's pretty genius but it looks like a 2p is just too small to work (and I can't think of a better coin to use) :'( It appears to be perfectly identical to the inside diameter of the pipe

[chris.biker]

Yes well, inflation for you, try a 10p. other wise its fettle your own disc.

[risticuss]

You could just replace it with a normal p-trap like this either 32 or 40mm depending on suitability...

http://m.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-adjusta...AlC_8P8HAQ

...and leave the other one behind in case it's  needed.

This one...

http://m.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-applian...hite/95241

... comes with blanking caps, so possibly call up plumbcenter or whoever to see if they sell them separately.

[slimwilly]

We have this problem loads of times on rented houses we look after, we do a temporay plug,usually involving silicone,, then its easy for the next tenant to fit their machine, not a fan of blocking the inside as new stupid tenants will not know it is blocked and just push their pipe on.

[Woodzey80]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/111808777645

[Grayo]

You can get those replacement blanked off spigots in most large DIY stores. B&Q, Wickes, etc.

[midden]

http://www.stevensonplumbing.co.uk/plast...asher.html

[Dead Eye]

You can get those replacement blanked off spigots in most large DIY stores. B&Q, Wickes, etc.

Visited both a large B&Q and a Wickes but neither seemed to stock that sort of thing. The only Stop End bits they had were for push-fit piping

It's also too late to order anything from the internet as naturally my friend has left this all to the last minute

[HarryHornby]

you could get a 2 metre length of pipe, similar gauge to the spigot and cable tie it to the spigot.  Run the pipe vertically up the nearest wall etc and bobs your uncle, you won't get enough pressure from the waste to fill that pipe.... possibly.....


Or, hang on lads, I've got an idea.... have you got an FZS600?  Take one of the caps off the carbs, you know the ones you take off to balance the carbs, would that fit?  :woot

[crickleymal]

There's virtually no water pressure involved so the rubber glove and jubilee clip trick should work. Or get a bit of rubber/silicone pipe that fits the spigot. Fold it in half and secure with a cable tie. Then fit one end onto the spigot. Or go to a home brew shop and get a cork and felttle it to fit.

[BBROWN1664]

There's virtually no water pressure involved so the rubber glove and jubilee clip trick should work.

It does work. I used that method.

[Dead Eye]

Well the glove and jubilee method has been put in place and tested - it's good enough for now! Ultimately it's the next tenants problem now haha