HOW TO: Secure the loose grey drain/ vent plumbing under the galley

[John E Davies]

I opened up my sink access panels for the first time in five years (Yeah, I know!) and found the black pipes just flopping around, there was zero support between the sink bottom and the grey tank itself, many feet away. Video:

Oliver Legacy Elite 2 Sink grey pipe

With that much possible movement, it really stresses the glue joints.

I decided to use a ubolt and a 1 inch spacer, to remove all motion and also to keep the down angle so water would flow properly toward the tank. (If I moved the pipe hard up against the back of the cabinet, the angle was UP..) I slid 3/8" automotive fuel line over the ubolt as padding, and a 1" thick piece of HDPE material, the same stuff Oliver uses throughout their trailers. I also replaced the plain nuts with self- locking ones.

SORRY, some of these pics are coming through rotated...!

 

This shows the tee piece and the 1/8" plywood access panel removed.

 

This shows how it goes together, using a scrap of pipe.

Use the legs to locate the holes in the wood:

Use a 90 degree square to draw the center of those lines.

The legs need to be cut off, anything longer than this will mean you don't have enough room to install it into the holes. 

Finished, the pipe is drawn up tight against the wood, no movement!

This shows the slight down angle of the pipe, in reference to the wood cross piece.

John Davies

Spokane WA

[topgun2]

JD - 

I rotated your pics for you but am not sure that they now align with your wording and/or are in the proper orientation.

Let me know if they need more work.

Bill

[John E Davies]

Bill thanks! That is the first time this has happened, do you know what caused it in the first place?

John Davies

Spokane WA

[topgun2]

2 minutes ago, John E Davies said:

do you know what caused it in the first place?

Not sure - orientation of the camera when the picture was taken perhaps?

Bill

[SeaDawg]

We've seen this several times, with several different posts, recently.  (And, a number of times in the past, especially with Apple phones.) Fortunately,  we have @topgun2 always available to reconfigure. 😀👍

 

[Galway Girl]

Which bay of drawers is that, I assume the one under the stove.

[John E Davies]

1 hour ago, Galway Girl said:

Which bay of drawers is that, I assume the one under the stove.

Yes, since there is no sink in the pictures 😉

John Davies

Spokane WA

[John E Davies]

Followup, here is the access panel in place. And yes, the  drawers still close 😉

John Davies
Spokane WA