ptglhs
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I am renovating a downstairs bathroom which involves raising the P trap for the shower above by 1.5". (It was an inch below the level of the ceiling joists).
After I redid the ABS and turned on the water I noticed leaks from the brass drain, not from any of the ABS I redid. It's leaking from where the brass threads meet the brass above, from the weird packing material between the old ABS and the inside of the brass which is threaded, and from the outside parts of the brass assembly.
I can't see a way to unscrew the brass drain from the top. There's 40 years of packed dirt between the old ABS and the brass drain. Even after chipping away at it there doesn't apeead to be any place to gain purchase to unscrew it.
After I redid the ABS and turned on the water I noticed leaks from the brass drain, not from any of the ABS I redid. It's leaking from where the brass threads meet the brass above, from the weird packing material between the old ABS and the inside of the brass which is threaded, and from the outside parts of the brass assembly.
I can't see a way to unscrew the brass drain from the top. There's 40 years of packed dirt between the old ABS and the brass drain. Even after chipping away at it there doesn't apeead to be any place to gain purchase to unscrew it.