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The water leak under my sink was from a $3 plastic part, not the pipe itself
Found a puddle under my kitchen sink last Tuesday. Thought I needed a whole new pipe or call a plumber for $200. But after taking it apart, the little plastic washer inside the trap had cracked. Replaced it for $3 at the hardware store on Broadway and it's been dry since. Anyone else find that the tiny cheap parts are always the ones that fail first?
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caseythompson1mo ago
Tiny plastic parts are the devil's work I swear. You spend money on a solid metal pipe but the thing that fails is a 50 cent piece of rubber or plastic. That cracked washer probably sat there for years just waiting to dump water everywhere at 2 AM. Bet the hardware store guy knew exactly what you needed before you even finished describing the leak. It's like those little plastic tabs on car dashboards that break and suddenly your whole interior panel is rattling. Fix the symptom for pocket change but the headache is always the same.
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the_rowan1mo ago
It's always the cheapest part that fails...
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the_rowan1mo ago
Exactly the same pattern with appliances - they'll build a washing machine with a cast iron drum that'll outlast my grandkids, then put a plastic coupler on the pump that cracks the second year in.
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