Do Not Melt That Out.
you got two ways to skin this cat,
personally I choose the easy way every time....
the leak is at the ell, so just get a hack saw and
cut that chrome nipple back to about an inch and a
half out from the wall
then you got a 1 1/4 chrome nipple comming out of that cast fiting.
as long as it is not brittle , it will work great.
all you gotto do from there is buy a 1 1/4 grey FERNCO fitting
and clamp onto that chrome nipple. then just get yourself
a 1 1/4 pvc trap and you are done
this is what I do for my own customers,
and it is good for a long time.
It might not look too pretty, but
its cheap and easy and works
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Now if you want to really beat yourself up...and take the
manly path, .....
Just my opinion here but.....
DO NOT try to melt that out of the wall
cause you got to sweat another one into place........
that is hard as hell to make work right......
I NEVER ATTEMPT THIS ANYMORE
its EXTREMELY unsafe..especially in an old home...
I have set a house on fire once in my younger
days on one of these stupid fittings...
that is NOT FUN putting out a
smouldering fire in the wall...... NOT FUN AT ALL
I suggest you get a SAWZALL with a steel cutting blade
and cut it back to the wall, then basically all you got to do
is sawzall out the brass ferruell that is threaded into the elbow...
from the inside of the nipple
make a couple of cuts through the brass down to the steel threads
then simply chisel it out of the elbow fitting.....it will break up
very easily if you have made a few good cuts down to the steel.
then all you got to do is get 1 1/2 pvc threaded male adapter
and screw it into the fitting in the wall
and the rest you shoule be able to figure out....
I can see the cast in the picture and I see the the threaded brass
solder bushing screwed into the cast......it should be fairly easy to do.
happy new year ,