Leaky elbow on bath drainage - I screwed up!!

[kristeva]

Hi all

I could kick myself! I finished the drainage for my bath today but upon testing there was clearly a leak from one of the elbows just before it hits the soil pipe (see photo). I'm not happy, this was a simple joint with all the space and time but somehow I haven't applied enough solvent weld. Do I have any options? I'm guessing I'm going to have to cut it out on the straights and use a coupler, any pro tips welcome?

Cheers. P

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Did you glue and pipe and fitting eg applied glue to both

 

[kristeva]

Did you glue and pipe and fitting eg applied glue to both

Yeah, always do both joints

 

[Gasmk1]

Try just running the glue around the joint first if that doesn’t work you will just have to cut and remake with new fittings

 

[kristeva]

Try just running the glue around the joint first if that doesn’t work you will just have to cut and remake with new fittings

Thanks I'll give that a go.

I assume compression fittings are ok for external use? Just in case I need a bit of wriggle room.