I recently noticed a small, 1" x 1" stain on my 1st floor ceiling. After a few tests, I pegged it down to it coming from the drain pipe from the shower. It sounds like a slow leak, a drip every 1s or so running until a few minutes after the water has drained. I'm looking for some recommendations on fixing this. I believe I'll be able to get some sort of access to the pipe from a closet ceiling, however I would not be able to replace the pipe from that angle (it's about 1.5 feet away from the leak). To have direct access to it, I would have to cut a section out of the ceiling in our hallway, a hole not hidding in the closet. Are there any other alternatives, ie. plugging the leak with an adhesive, possibly gluing a small, 1/4 round piece of PVC to the affected area? Thanks for any and all help. Beer 4U2

I am working at fixing a sewer drain for my new home and wanted some advice. I have the main sewer drain leave my home to a sewer pit in the yard, the neighbors was also leading to this pit but they had their line disconnected and run straight to the main sewer line. Both 6 inch clay pipes run into a four foot wide hole with concrete bottom contoured to direct sewage toward the end of a 6 Inch sewer line running to main street sewer line. I want to install an elbow, sweep preferably, to connect the clay pipe male end to the female clay pipe end going to the main sewer line in the street. The problem I have is the line from my home is a clay pipe male end with plenty of room to fit a fernco coupling but the end of the clay pipe that goes to the street sewer is embedded in the wall. The lip around the end of the pipe is flush with the wall and they installed this piece of clay tile as the female end with its flange flush with the brick walls. I will not be removing and replacing the sewer lines anytime soon but do want to contain the sewer lines here to make a closed system. The line from my house is an inch or two above the line to the street so there will be a slight downward slope but I want to know how I should proceed with this. Digging up lines and such is out of the question for now, too much cost. Can I go to a four inch fitting to go to the clay tile or should I stick with all 6 inch and how do i get the end of a pvc into the female end of the clay tile. A coupling will not work here but I thought if I could taper a PVC pipe and stick it in far enough and then seal with soil seal this would work for a year or two till I can afford to replace all sewer lines. [IMG]http://www.jeffsreviews.com/Images/updates/sewer.jpg[/IMG]