Best way to fix this broken copper pipe without pulling shower

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This has been leaking for a while, and has slowly gotten worse. The picture is of the shower drain. The shower is on the 2nd floor, so the picture is in-between the 1st and 2nd floors and its tight in there!! You can see that someone before me has applied some sticky black goop that pulled right off. What is the best way to fix this without pulling out the entire shower? It looks to be bent a little, and it looks to maybe have threads??? Not sure. Thanks for the help! My wife hates using the downstairs shower! I'm just not sure what products are out there to repair stuff like this.

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Not sure what you mean? I guess its fiberglass. The picture of the broken pipe would be right below the drain here

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beachguy005 said:
Given that it's a drain and not under pressure, I would try to get a Fernco coupling on it. Don't know if you have enough flex to slide one on or room to cut some of the pipe off to get one on.

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Plumbing-Pipes-Fittings/Fernco/N-5yc1vZbqpfZ4hs
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That's what I initially thought of using, but wasn't sure if theres a better method. On the left side, theres not much room to slip anything over. But, I can pull the pipe apart more to slip something on it
 
The chrome ring is the shower is screwed into the fitting below and can be replaced and reconnected to the pipe with a fenco coupling.
Don't force it use a hammer
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxqcO-0dx9w[/ame]
 
nealtw said:
The chrome ring is the shower is screwed into the fitting below and can be replaced and reconnected to the pipe with a fenco coupling.
Don't force it use a hammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxqcO-0dx9w
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I have already had it out to replace that waxy seal underneath it, so I do have a tool for it. Thanks for the tip! It should give me some more play.

That video though, I don't believe they are ever that easy to turn.
 
Or, I think you are recommending me replace the whole elbow correct? That make a coupling that screws into the chrome ring on top Im assuming?
 
I would replace as much as I could back including the trap with plastic. I would have expected to see the trap where that brass fitting is.
 
nealtw said:
I would replace as much as I could back including the trap with plastic. I would have expected to see the trap where that brass fitting is.
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But do they make a new coupling for what I have circled in red? That screws into the shower drain on top? That would be ideal.

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Or maybe I should piece the elbow together with PVC, and then slip on a coupler?
 
Yes you can get a new floor drain assembly in different materials. PVC might work with a short piece of pipe glued in and then cut your copper off and use a rubber Fernco.
 
bud16415 said:
Yes you can get a new floor drain assembly in different materials. PVC might work with a short piece of pipe glued in and then cut your copper off and use a rubber Fernco.
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That's what I needed to know. Thanks!!
 
Since you can, and know how to, take the drain fitting out, I would do that and then you would have room to slip the fernco onto the pipe. Reinstall the drain fitting and slide the fernco onto that.
 
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