Waste water skin fittings

[Phil1884]

Hi there

 

As was recommended to me earlier, I am going for separate waste outlets for my bathroom sink and shower, seeing as the shower waste pump ends up filling the sink!

 

Anyway, is there a recommended distance that I should leave between the two drilled outlets? I assume it's best not to have the shower waste fitting directly above the sink's waste skin fitting?

 

Also, I have this clicker plug installed in my sink, the diameter of the thread is about 40mm http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BNPM4C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I've got some standard waste piping underneath but cannot seem to get a decent enough seal around the thread, water just drips out at quite a rate, any tips on how to get this watertight?!

 

thanks

 

phil

[Ex- Member]

We used Brass skin fittings 25mm 1" from the skin fitting to the sink outlet we use rubber hose. On our larger sink with washing machine outlet plumbed in to its waste we've used a 50mm skin fitting. We've used proper sink traps on sinks and shower although kitchen sink is so close to hull side there's no trap, you can obtain reducers from 1.5 inch plastic to 1" or less for rubber hose, sometimes hard to find though.

 

You don't have to use traps though, many don't, but on longer pipe runs gunk accumulates in the pipe and smells can then come up through the plug ole Some fit them to stop insects/spiders accessing the boat as well.

 

I believe that ideally skin fittings should be 10" above the waterline. We could manage this even though we used waste traps, but we have set all our sinks around 4 inches higher than standard hight used in houses and kitchen worktops. So sometimes waste traps aren't possible anyway.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Julynian

[ditchcrawler]

Hi there

 

As was recommended to me earlier, I am going for separate waste outlets for my bathroom sink and shower, seeing as the shower waste pump ends up filling the sink!

 

Anyway, is there a recommended distance that I should leave between the two drilled outlets? I assume it's best not to have the shower waste fitting directly above the sink's waste skin fitting?

 

Also, I have this clicker plug installed in my sink, the diameter of the thread is about 40mm http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BNPM4C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I've got some standard waste piping underneath but cannot seem to get a decent enough seal around the thread, water just drips out at quite a rate, any tips on how to get this watertight?!

 

thanks

 

phil

How about one of these to hose. they don't seal on the thread but on the washer against the pipe end.http://www.asap-supplies.com/marine/non-metallic-straight-female-hose-tail-fittings

[David Mack]

How about one of these to hose. they don't seal on the thread but on the washer against the pipe end.http://www.asap-supplies.com/marine/non-metallic-straight-female-hose-tail-fittings

Or any standard sink trap should fit without a problem.