Hi, Need Help with plumbing it is from my toilet upstairs open ceiling and find leak it is a 90 degree cand I use pvc or what would be best just need to fix the pipe is there a sleeve you could put over it... I would send pictures if someone could tell me how... Thank You Macdaddy53

Hi macdaddy and Welcome to The Plumbing Page. At AskMeHelpDesk.com.
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How do I add pictures and other file types to my post?
A. "Attach" files (including pictures) from your computer. This method puts the attached file below the text of the post.
Click on an Ask or Answer button to ask or answer a question
Compose your question or answer in the window.
Under the window where you composed your question or answer is a section called Additional Options.
Click on the Manage Attachments button: a pop-up dialog will open. NOTE: The Manage Attachments dialog lists the maximum sizes of the various types of files that may be attached.
Click the Browse button to navigate to the image on your computer and double click the file on your computer: this will return you to the dialog window.
Click the Upload button.
Click the link to close the dialog window OR repeat numbers 5 & 6 to attach another image.
B. "Embed" image(s) from the internet. This method inserts an image wherever you wish within the text of your post.
Click the Insert Image icon above the posting window: A pop-up asking for the URL will open.
Enter the URL of the image in the field then click the OK button.
I'll be looking for your response. Cheers, Tom

If the vent is leaking, it must be a wet vent system. Try to download a picture as Tom showed so we can be sure of exactly what you have.

Not to be a "know-it-all", Brian, but all vents have water in them... can be either condensation dripping back from water vapor that condenses on the inside of the pipes, OR it can be rain water from the vent going out the roof... why all vents must pitch back from the roof toward the drain system... ;)

Just FYI for anyone reading in the future!

Mark

Yes, I know they do but I have never seen a dry vent leak except at the boot. I'm sure with all your experience you have seen more. Maybe with a picture we can see more. Brian

Hey again, Brian! Heck yeah, I've seen "dry vents" leak, and what a BITC* it is trying to find it when you have 18 of them combined into a manifold that feeds 12 stories from below but the leak originally showed up at the 4th floor... *UGH* (imagine the bill for that one... huh? )!!

Residentially speaking, I've also had to open up more ceilings due to these "dry vents" leaking than I care to mention. I emphasize the "dry vent" again, 'cause as you can imagine, homeowners have difficulty understanding the idea of a dry vent causing all the damage to their dining room ceiling... ;) By the way, the culprit almost always turns out to be an uncemented PVC fitting!

Anyway, as you said, in this case, a picture sure would help!

Thanks!

Mark

I guess I'm a naïve venter! Hope you are well, Brian