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    Nov 19, 2007, 06:45 AM
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    I saw you answering a lot of questions about Kitchen sinks and PVC drainage. I had really bad smells coming from under my sink and water was leaking just above the compression thread. I just put new PVC under my sink today, but it is still leaking where the PVC connects with the sink bottom. I made sure the rubber rings were correctly put in the compression threads, but I am still getting water. It is seeping out from the "top" of the compression thread. Do you have any advice? I am so confused.
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    Nov 19, 2007, 06:50 AM
    Are you quite sure the leak is coming from the compression nut and not from a ruptured drain seal? Feel over the top of the threads. If there is moisture there then you're looking in the wrong spot. Let me know, Tom
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    Nov 19, 2007, 03:48 PM
    Ok here's the thing, I bought a prepackaged PVC Kitchen sink waste kit from Plumbcraft. It came with 2 direct connect adapters, 4 washers and 4 slip nuts. The sink is leaking where the slip nut slides over the adapters. The water is welling up over the "top" of the Slip nut. This is happening on both sides (Double sink). You will have to forgive me, I am just a wife trying to fix the sink. I don't really know what a compression nut is. I just used that term from one of the other questions that you answered. I was trying to answer this question on my own by reading the other questions and trying to identify the sink parts. I just don't know what I am doing! Thanks for trying to help me! :)
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