thebordella
New Member
Hi all,
In my previous post about a water supply line problem (resolved: https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32787) I attached some pictures (one also attached here). You can see here the remaining section of drain pipe left after I removed the old vanity.
The reason this section of drain is remaining is because I don't know what I am doing. The old sink had old metal sections of pipe - both straight and curved - that eventually connected to a curved plastic section (almost like two P traps in sequence or something -- I don't know, but there was more than the one "curve" you see in a typical P trap diagram). I had no luck undoing the metal couplings so I simply cut right through a section of the plastic pipe. The remainder is what you see here. I decided at the time I would deal with this problem later.
Well, it is now later!
I've looked at diagrams of P traps. My first question is, why does the waste line in my picture curve pointed up? In all the diagrams I see for a P trap, the line curves down after the straight stub out from the wall. (As you can guess, I am not the original owner of this house, so I don't know why things are the way they are.)
My intent is to put a new vanity in and hook up the sink. What do I need to do to get from what you see here to a typical P-trap to the sink? I'd like to use plastic wherever possible. Are there any approaches that don't involve solvents to join the sections? How do I unjoin the sections you see there now?
thanks!
-Aaron
In my previous post about a water supply line problem (resolved: https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32787) I attached some pictures (one also attached here). You can see here the remaining section of drain pipe left after I removed the old vanity.
The reason this section of drain is remaining is because I don't know what I am doing. The old sink had old metal sections of pipe - both straight and curved - that eventually connected to a curved plastic section (almost like two P traps in sequence or something -- I don't know, but there was more than the one "curve" you see in a typical P trap diagram). I had no luck undoing the metal couplings so I simply cut right through a section of the plastic pipe. The remainder is what you see here. I decided at the time I would deal with this problem later.
Well, it is now later!
I've looked at diagrams of P traps. My first question is, why does the waste line in my picture curve pointed up? In all the diagrams I see for a P trap, the line curves down after the straight stub out from the wall. (As you can guess, I am not the original owner of this house, so I don't know why things are the way they are.)
My intent is to put a new vanity in and hook up the sink. What do I need to do to get from what you see here to a typical P-trap to the sink? I'd like to use plastic wherever possible. Are there any approaches that don't involve solvents to join the sections? How do I unjoin the sections you see there now?
thanks!
-Aaron