ninotchka
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Hi everyone! I'd be very glad for some opinions of a plan I'm considering.
In my bathroom, I have a cast iron soil pipe and hub (2" i think) with a 1 1/4" chrome/brass pipe attached. I think it's leaded.
Anyway, some demolition-happy moron* cut the brass pipe off so the stub out is only 1". Naturally, that's not long enough to attach a new trap to. It pretty much looks like this:
What would you do? Theoretically, I could try and remove the lead from the joint and lead in a new pipe, but if there's any way to avoid that it'd be great. I'm not crazy about the idea of using a Fernco, since the fitting would protrude from the wall by about two inches and look really cheesy.
One idea I had was to slip a chrome pipe w/hub over the existing stub, firmly packed with marine epoxy (or a product like this )and possibly wrapped with that fiberglass leak-stop tape (see below)
Is this a real bad idea? If so, does anyone have any ideas that don't involve trying to get that pipe stub out?
Thanks very much for any thoughts.
*me.
In my bathroom, I have a cast iron soil pipe and hub (2" i think) with a 1 1/4" chrome/brass pipe attached. I think it's leaded.
Anyway, some demolition-happy moron* cut the brass pipe off so the stub out is only 1". Naturally, that's not long enough to attach a new trap to. It pretty much looks like this:
What would you do? Theoretically, I could try and remove the lead from the joint and lead in a new pipe, but if there's any way to avoid that it'd be great. I'm not crazy about the idea of using a Fernco, since the fitting would protrude from the wall by about two inches and look really cheesy.
One idea I had was to slip a chrome pipe w/hub over the existing stub, firmly packed with marine epoxy (or a product like this )and possibly wrapped with that fiberglass leak-stop tape (see below)
Is this a real bad idea? If so, does anyone have any ideas that don't involve trying to get that pipe stub out?
Thanks very much for any thoughts.
*me.
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