Pipes under the bath disconnected

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Good evening,

Water started gushing from above a ceiling hatch which is beneath my bath. As the picture shows, it looks like a pipe has come disconnected from another. I have tried putting the black pipe back inside the white pipe but it doesn't stay fixed, turning the collar doesn't appear to do anything.

It looks relatively straight forward to fix so I don't want to call a plumber, having said that I don't really know what to do. Is anyone able to tell me how I can reconnect these pipes?

Many thanks
 

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Try undoing the white collar, slide it on the black pipe, put the shim and rubber seal on to the pipe, the same way round as they are now. Push the pipe in as far as it can go and then tighten the collar up as tight as you can. Remove all that hair first though.
 
Thanks for the response. I've tried that and that black pipe just pops out immediately. Perhaps I need a new collar?
 
As per @Mottie, that’s what’s needed, so if the pipe is coming back out straight away, it’s either too short, straining or you need it slightly tighter.
 
Check where the far end of the black pipe goes, it may have been allowed to move or a bracket has failed. The black pipe needs to be comfortably long enough to enter the white socket.
 
Thank you for all the answers.

The black pipe fits into the white one and goes right in, the only thing preventing me pushing it in further is the white pipe bends.

I assume that the black pipe should be quite secure in the white pipe and difficult to remove with the collar tightened but I can still quite easily pull it out.
 
From the limescale mark on the black pipe, it looks like it's not too short, so it must've moved somehow.
Can you trace it or does it go under the floor?
 
jimdave said:
I assume that the black pipe should be quite secure in the white pipe and difficult to remove with the collar tightened but I can still quite easily pull it out.
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Likely, there is something missing from where the seal is on the white part. The union should tighten up and squeeze the rubber part tightly around the black pipe.
 
OK, I think the issue is the rubber ring came out somehow, I've just felt around and found a rubber ring. I've put it where I assume it goes and things are a lot more snug.

Thanks for all the help.
 
Alec_t said:
Why is that water-filled white gutter under the bath?
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It's a container which the bodger who did the plumbing put there to collect the drips from the leaking waste, hoping that it wouldn't be bad enough to overflow.
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
Check where the far end of the black pipe goes, it may have been allowed to move or a bracket has failed. The black pipe needs to be comfortably long enough to enter the white socket.
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Please do that.

If the pipe is properly supported, it should not be able to pull itself out.
 
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