P-trap too low for drain pipe

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SPSHF15

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Hi All,
I will make a long story short and say that I had a general contractor who doesn't care to read drawing details. I ended up with the drain stub out too low for the vanity. I did some research and I believe the only answer is to pull out the vanity, cut the drywall out, and move up the drain pipe, but I wanted to check if there are any other creative ideas that would save work and pass code. I only have 1 3/8 from the bottom of the drain pipe to the bottom of the vanity.
I've seen shallow p-traps, but I don't think they are shallow enough.

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Assuming the pipe is vertical in the wall, yes you could pull it and raise the santee.
If it's horizontal, you could wind up going a ways to raise it.

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My first attempt at cutting the lower shelf for a p-trap. It could have been a smaller hole there. These raised cabinets were new at the time.
Unless you lay on the floor though, the lower part isn't visible in the room.
 

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A nice deco bottle trap might allow a hole only. Though really makes assembling and servicing terrible.
I agree w/ Terry on best solution is open wall and do it right. I don't miss idiot contractors.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I wanted to reply with closure to this thread for anyone who might search for it. I ended up raising the santee for what I think is the best looking solution. I got lucky with the pipe being vertical in the wall. Steps:
- Cut a nice wide hole in the drywall 5 inches below the santee up to 4 inches above where I wanted the new location.
- Cut the pipe out and move the santee up and use couplers to put the pipe back in.
- Replace and repair the drywall. In my case the vanity had a backing so I did not have to be perfect on the patch.
- Put the vanity back and hook it all up.
Start to finish it took me about three hours with just a couple of finishing touches left to do.
 

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