Recent content by paulncarol

Well, guys, it just won't do the trick. I was able to carefully cut the small section out of the solder bushing, but because of the tight angle of the solid metal elbow coming from the main drain, I couldn't get the blade through the back portion of the bushing, so of course it still won't...

Hi John, Thanks for the quick reply. Is the solder bushing just the greyish part in my photo, or the entire circular thing including the gold-colored piece? And would you suggest cutting a notch with a Dremel tool? THANKS!! Carol

Hello, My husband and and I are DIYers living in a 40-year-old house. Our pipes are good old fashioned copper, thank goodness. Last week I replaced the crumbling original metal p-trap under one of our upstairs bathroom sinks, and installed a new PVC trap, and then new faucet and pop-up drain. I...