Soil stack access socket leaks

[marsaday]

I have a soil stack and close to the point it enters the ground there is an access hatch. Now when you flush the toilet this socket leaks on to the ground.

The hatch has a screw cap and inside is the plastic bung. Around the cap thread has been some type of sticky, woven tape. I am assuming this was used to seal the cap shut. Well now the cap will not screw on at all. It just sits in place.

Any idea how i make it water tight.

I had thought about using silicon to seal up the bung bit and then silicone to help hold the cap in place.

 

[tipintim]

Dry it off and silicone in place. Its not going to benefit you by being at ground level. (wouldnt want to open that up, on a blockage) Should be at least 1200mm.

 

[SimonJohns]

Dry it off and silicone in place. Its not going to benefit you by being at ground level. (wouldnt want to open that up, on a blockage) Should be at least 1200mm.

+1. Use a waterproof silicone thou

 

[PlumbBobBob]

plumber's gold will do it

 

[Guest123]

The best solution is to renew it. Repairing it will only ever be a temporary measure and this will come back and haunt you if the stack becomes blocked and the cap is forced off under pressure. Do you really want litres of raw sewage on your floor?

Easy to fit by a plumber, he can use a Timesaver access or if plastic use a slip coupling, a cutting of pipe and a new access connector.