Tnkrer
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A few days ago our pedestal sink started leaking, so yesterday I started looking around and noticed that the pipe going to the p-trap is leaking. While moving the pedestal, the minor shocks completely broke the pipes going to p-trap and going to the wall. so I went to Home depot and bought new sink popup drain (pvc, expandable with chrome top, 1-1/4") and new pvc p-trap (1-1/2" because I thought the old chrome one was 1-1/2")
Then I noticed that the metal pipe coming from the wall has no threads. I am guessing that the pipe corroded and the threaded part broke down. (Is that galvanized steel?) Here are couple of photos. The ID of the pipe is 1-1/2" and OD is 1-3/4")
I couldn't pull out the escutcheon completely. Here is a picture of behind the escutcheon.
So question is how do I connect all this together?
After some reading around forums, I came up with this idea ..
Use Fernco reducer rubber coupling and connect a 1-1/4 threaded on one side pipe to this wall pipe, buy another 1-1/4 p-trap and connect that p-trap to the PVC popup drain on inlet side and this metal threaded pipe on the outlet side. Does that seem right? Is there a better way?
Thanks
Then I noticed that the metal pipe coming from the wall has no threads. I am guessing that the pipe corroded and the threaded part broke down. (Is that galvanized steel?) Here are couple of photos. The ID of the pipe is 1-1/2" and OD is 1-3/4")
I couldn't pull out the escutcheon completely. Here is a picture of behind the escutcheon.
So question is how do I connect all this together?
After some reading around forums, I came up with this idea ..
Use Fernco reducer rubber coupling and connect a 1-1/4 threaded on one side pipe to this wall pipe, buy another 1-1/4 p-trap and connect that p-trap to the PVC popup drain on inlet side and this metal threaded pipe on the outlet side. Does that seem right? Is there a better way?
Thanks
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