Loose obsolete fitting adapter, how to fit?

[Lynn H]

I'm putting a bathroom sink in my trailer. The old (wall) pipe is 1 1/4 abs. After 3 weeks I finally found someone who could sell me a 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch adapter. The 1 1/2 inch side fits fine, the 1 1/4 side is a bit loose. I can't quite fit a fingernail in the gap but it is sloppy. It's a gap the depth of 4 - 5 pieces of paper. What can I do to ensure no leaks? This is a drain pipe.

I doubt very much if I can find a different make of 1 1/4 adapter. & it may be a smaller outside diameter pipe than standard for all I know. I did get it from an RV supply place. Took the guy a while to locate one.

Extra glue? Or glue then fiberglass mesh tape w/glue on the outside?

Thanks for any help if you can.

 

[Terry]

It sounds like 1.25" tubular which is smaller.
A tubular will fit inside a standard pipe. How about a picture of what you have?

 

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[Lynn H]

The adapter is 2 pieces- one sleeve and one - I don't know what to call it. Slips into the sleeve. I just glued them together.

I don't see a way to upload pics from my computer...

 

[Lynn H]

no, the 1 1/4 won't fit into the 1 1/2 pipe.

 

[Lynn H]

OK, here we go;

 

[Terry]

Normally for a lav, we glue a trap adapter onto the 1.5" ABS.
This is a 1.5" tubular trap and we have the option to use the 1.25" slip joint washer for a lav, or the 1.50" for the kitchen sink.

 

[Lynn H]

Hi Terry, thanks. I have all the pieces. My question is how to deal with a fitting that is a bit loose. It's abs to abs.

What would you do if it was your own home and not a customer's home? OR, what would you do that is an easy fix? I've been 2 frustrating months on this sink ordering weird parts for it. I just want to fit the thing together and get it done. Everything else fits fine except this one joint will be a bit loose. Will fiberglass mesh tape and more glue around the joint work if applied after the initial glued fit has dried?

It is less than a fingernail gap. I can fit 4 layers of paper in the gap but not 5.

I am fitting a straight 1 1/2 pipe to a straight 1 1/4 pipe. Both ABS

 

[hj]

YOu have screwed up. That is a bushing for 1 1/4" sch. 40 pipe and you have 1 1/4" tubular. Before you glued it in it would have been a simple tsst to get the right adapter. But now, I do not know if any one will have a 1 1/4" street trap adapter to fit into what you used.

 

[Lynn H]

HJ, thanks, it's OK, those 2 pieces aren't glued onto the pipe yet.

What does the sch stand for with "sch 40" ? And is "1 1/4 tubular" a name that the RV supply could use to try and find the right bushing? He's interested in having it in stock anyway, if he can get the right ones. What name would you use to try and find the right part?

And is .25mm too big a gap to fill? 4 pieces of paper thick?

 

[Lynn H]

Would this work? It is for a horizontal straight pipe joint... I imagine the 1 1/2 is tubular??

http://www.hardwarestore.com/abs-fitting-trap-adapter-456061.aspx

• FITTING TRAP ADAPTER
• SCHEDULE 40 - SPIGOT X SLIP JAMNUT
• Size Ins.=1-1/2 x 1-1/4

 

[Smooky]

I think that one goes in the hub end of a fitting not the pipe.

 

[Lynn H]

so... If I can't find the right fitting...

Is .25mm or 4 pieces of paper's thickness too large a gap to fill? I've seen the flexible adapters but was talked out of one because they're not all that great long term.

 

[Smooky]

You can make the last fitting you posted work if it is stuck in a fitting, but it would be easier to just get the right part.

You need an ABS Female Trap Adapter size 1-1/2" x 1-1/4"

https://www.plumbingsupply.com/absplasticfittings.html

 

[Lynn H]

Thank you Smooky!!! I'm ordering the part now.