Floor Drain Elbow Broke (@#$%^&)

The V20 deck drain is a design problem. Mine were not broke but cracked so I sanded them down and ran about a quarter inch band of marine tex around the cracks and put them back in. I dont know if you can find the original drains anywhere. Frank

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Wondering if Tuna is reading this thread. His scuppers were patched over and his deck drains into the bilge area. maybe that isnt a bad idea after all. Just as long you have two hard and fast working bilge pumps. :-/ ???

[phatdaddy]

I had to replace mine 3 or 4 years ago, i used a drain for a small sink. i picked these up at a plumbing house they are called bar drains. they are brass and come with a brass stopper. the nipple on the bottom is too long and you have to cut it off so the 90*barb fitting will fit snug against the bottom of the drain. they work great, except they have no screen and stuff will get into them and have to be cleaned.

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I bought a set of them myself, before finding my deck drains. Good job on the repair. ;)

[Airslot]

I went to my local plumbing supply house, told the guy what I needed, and he gave me a 1" brass bar stop with an elbow and it works great.

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I actually have two of those bar drains somewhere I bought new. if I can find them, anybody need them ??

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I have two of these lying around somewhere if needed.

[randlemanboater]

These are some good ideas. I found some bronze fittings online that are flat like the original plastic ones that would let the water drain like the original.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...0001/217/70/11

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Nice fittings, but do they come in a 90 ??? :-/

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I looked at those too RB, the only problem is I couldn't find them in the short version and the threads are about 3" long I think, so add that to the elbow and it was too low I think (at least for mine). I considered cutting them off, but then I figured the threads would burr and not screw into the plastic elbow again.

Man one of us should produce these things all over again and make a killing! Frustrating when something is so impossible to find!!

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