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Based on the other bits and bobs I've found in this flat, I would not be surprised if it was never properly fixed before. Sigh. Time to make a mess.
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If it makes you feel better, a few years ago I discovered a slow leak from under a sink that had reduced the timber vanity pedestal to green slime.
Think of it as an improvement and hedging against future Real Problems (like your floorboards rotting away)
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Fernox LS-X has made up for my shoddy plumbing in the past
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fernox-ls-x-leak-sealer-50ml/23614
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Looks like solvent welded pipe? If the joint that came loose was solvent welded you must have hit it pretty hard. Maybe it was supposed to be solvent but was just pushed in. If that's the case then it's been a problem waiting to happen for a while.
I'm no plumber but have been DIY pipe wrestling over the past few days. If it was mine I would want to get full access for the repair so I could be convinced it was watertight. I say this having just repaired a basin that started leaking in multiple places that were hard to get to.