Thanks for your reply! How does one rotate that little cap with so little to grab onto down there -- it's barely 1/4 inch. (Can the p-trap be removed or is it sealed shut with silicone or something similar?) Many thanks for your help!
Plumbers, please! Reach4, neither one of us are plumbers and I appreciate your replies -- I agree that even if I were to unplug that small cap, it would be too small an opening to extract the steel rod that fell from the rusted drain-stopper so here is the question for an experienced plumber: Based on the five photos above, is the p-trap glued shut with silicone, and if so, what is the best way to remove it and replace it with a normal one -- could I simply cut through the silicone seal with a knife and tug it off after shutting off the water lines? Thanks, in advance, for your help!
I would find and use an appropriate sized socket wrench on that plug. If its too tight for a crescent/spanner wrench to turn, you want a 6 or 12 point socket. The material will be brass, so it will be soft and prone to marring if pliers are used.I have a six-sided plug on the kitchen sink P-trap that I need to remove….. I believe it is an old Crane pipe as the house was built in 1929 and almost everything plumbingwise in it is Crane….
My issue is that the vent pipe for this drain got filled up over the years with debris from trees, and has after a heavy rain made it down and is blocking the pipe from draining. I have no other access to the situation and getting to the vent pipe would mean breaking through either the exterior stucco walls or demolishing the plaster over wire lath inside and I cannot even ascertain exactly where the vent pipe is.
here is a photo. An advice as to removal of the plu would be greatly appreciated, as well as any recommendation of what to use if the plug cannot be reinstalled.
