mo51
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The wall inlet in my old-house kitchen is about 23 inches above the floor, making it too high to have a disposal installed. The kitchen was remodeled my the previous owner who apparently decided it wasn't worth the effort or expense to change, so no disposal. But the wife has really wanted one for years now. An upcoming project in the adjoining room will require tearout of the drywall that backs up to the drain so this is an opportunity to lower the inlet to allow for a disposal. I opened up the wall today for exploratory work and saw the picture attached. This seems challenging. The drain is 2 inch cast iron (it's about 95 years old). The pipe on the left in the photo is the vent from the basement downstairs. The pipe on the right is the drain. It spits in two (a vent for this kitchen drain and a drain for the sink upstairs). That fitting that splits also has the tee that is the inlet to the kitchen sink drain. The kitchen sink is behind the pipes in the photo, if you can envision that.
So, besides giving up, this is what I think would need to be done: Cut out the entire fixture including the bells at the top and the bottom. Brace the remaining CI with clamps and replace all the removed parts with pvc, lowering everything so the inlet is about 10 inches from the floor. I am also wondering if it makes sense to try to reuse the original tee/three way tee (whatever it's called) or to replace with all-iron. I'm not averse to hiring someone to do this either but am wondering about the best and most efficient way.
Any advice? Thanks in advance.
So, besides giving up, this is what I think would need to be done: Cut out the entire fixture including the bells at the top and the bottom. Brace the remaining CI with clamps and replace all the removed parts with pvc, lowering everything so the inlet is about 10 inches from the floor. I am also wondering if it makes sense to try to reuse the original tee/three way tee (whatever it's called) or to replace with all-iron. I'm not averse to hiring someone to do this either but am wondering about the best and most efficient way.
Any advice? Thanks in advance.