pilotjack
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I have read several posts about bad pvc joints and I have one. Normally, I would simply cut out the bad joint and fix the problem, however, I'm in a real tight spot. The elbow that is leaking has a sanitary tee right next to it and a toilet flange above it. I have some room to cut between the toilet flange and the elbow, but there is no room between the tee and the elbow.The tee is for the vent connection. Immediately after the tee the pipe goes into a wall and into a finished basement. Since I would rather not destroy finished space to fix this, I was wondering if there is a way to cut the joint between the tee and the elbow and remove the remaining peice of 3" pipe that is inside the tee's flange without damaging the tee? That way I can replace the elbow. My only other option (short of destroying finished space) is to cut the pipe above the joint between the toilet flange and the elbow, put a 3" coupler on the toilet flange and connect the coupler to the offending elbow flange with a 4" boot. any thoughts