Pressure caused pan connector to come loose and leak water?
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.04 PM
Hi,
we rent a property and I have a query is it likely that a blocked toilet (cause by toilet paper) could cause enough of a pressure build up to force the seal loose on the pan connector and thus causing a leak.
we have been told this was the cause of leaking in a property but the plumbers are the same ones that installed the systems/have conflict of interest.
Surely a pressure build up would have cause the toilet to overflow vs push of a sealed unit?
really appreciate your advice/help as the water has leaked into all electric in lounge/ruined bedroom carpet and our wardrobe.
thanks
Paul
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Unfortunately not. The amount of water in a bowel before it overflows is only about 10 litres and that amount of water wouldn’t create much pressure.
It’s more likely whoever has tried to unblock it has tried to push the blockage down and created the pressure.
Answered17 September 2019
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Anonymous user
Hi paul if toilet has been plunged at some point, the pressure from plunging is enough to loosen pan connector
Dave
Hi Paul. The multi-quick pan connector is a push fit connector and not designed to be used under pressure. If the main drain / stack pipe is blocked and the toilet is full to the brim when flushed... it will very likely leak especially if plunged. Clearing the block and perhaps changing the multi quick connector should solve the leaking.
Tip: If flushed at a normal water level and the toilet immediately fills with water... don't push... pull... because it's very likely blocked just in the bend. I have a standard rubber drain plunger on a rod that I firmly tie-clip an old cloth to. Lowering this into the bottom of the pan and with one foot on the rim of the pan (so as not to lift the pan from the floor) I give a firm but controlled tug. Nine out of ten times job done in 5 seconds with no pressure on the multi-quick fittings.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rothenberger-4-Drain-Rod-Rubber-Plunger-Accessory-13-0059/173909528156?epid=16016854705&hash=item287dd0ce5c:g:5ykAAOSwrHJdXoRU
Hope this helps. Bob.
Im not a plumber but the obvious cause of this seems to me that the pan/pan connector were dis-assembled to clear the blockage and when re-assembled the seal wasn't seated correctly
