Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: 1989 BW 27 FC Scupper/Flapper Question

Posted by gchuba on 04/25/17 - 6:16 AM
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You may be able to go to a plumbing supplier and look at rubber couplings. A professional shop.....not a Lowe's or Home Depot. They carry rubber adapting bushings (those bushings were all over the map when clay and terra cotta pipe was being used....not so much anymore) from transitioning different outside diameters of the same size pipe. An example would be 3" cast iron to a.b.s. For that transition I buy an additional 3" no hub cast iron coupling. Cut it in half leaving me two shorter intact rings and I use one of the rings over the smaller outside diameter so as not to get the horrid distorted connection on the smaller pipe. They also have transition couplings.....3" to 2". Best to have your fittings and an example of pipe hand and play with the different manufacturers. A Fernco coupling much thicker than no hub. You might get creative and get a rubber cap that fits well and make one. That is, of coarse, unless some one has a source for the correct part. Good luck.
Garris