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Author:
sum (FL)
When you turn the cleanout plug how tight do you make it?
Do you hand tight it as much as you can?
Or do you use a plumber's plier and tighten it all the way?
The guy who came to jet my place tightened it with all his might. If you remember a couple of months ago, I did the same thing when I investigated a CO that was of my neighbor's line (but I thought it was mine) and I closed it with a plier real hard, so hard that it basically broke the hub off the two way cleanout below causing a big headache. So now I am being very careful.
So I unscrewed all 8 CO he tighened with my plier, and then retightene them "semi-loosely". Is that OK?
Also a related question. I have a 3" CO on a stack installed previously by a plumber. It is PVC and the CO is on a test tee sitting in a vertical position. He put pipe dope on the CO plug then tighten. Is this common practice? Why pipe dope on PVC CO plug? I have only used pipe dope on threaded metal supply line, is it typical to use pipe dope on PVC threads too? Does it make an air tight seal?
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Author:
packy
pipe dope that is approved for plastic pipe is fine to use on clean out plugs. looser is better than tighter for a cleanout plug.
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Author:
NICK (CA)
if the cleanout plug is in a house or closet or somewhere nice you should tighten it snugly. If it's at the exterior of a house or coming out of the ground you can tighten it, but I've left them loose and come across customers who want them left very loose to warn them of a blockage. Especially if it's a chronic reoccuring blockage.
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Author:
steve_g (CA)
I use teflon tape on plastic threads.
Did you get the broken snake out out the 3" drain?
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Author:
hj
ALL threads need a sealant if there is water flowing past them. Usually snug is tight enough, but it depends on the situation. If the plug leaks, then tighten it further.
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Author:
hj
I ONLY use Teflon tape on plastic to plastic connections, if I use it at all.
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Author:
sum (FL)
steve not yet. They are playing phone tags with me now.
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