buckyswider
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Hi all,
Replacing a powder room vanity. When cutting the existing trap out, I crushed the sidewall of the pipe a bit. Is this going to cause a problem? And if so, is there any way to recover this? It's in a tough spot to cut, with the supply lines so close. They don't make a mini tubing cutter as big as 1-1/4", so I tried using a normal-sized one the best I could and using the 3/4 cut I could get to use as a guide to finish the cut with a multitool. Which is s a long way to say I don't trust that I'd have any better luck cutting down an inch lower.
And yes, I know that this config is not ideal- but to convert this to a P-trap would turn this into a major renovation (much more major than this project has already mushroomed to). It's a tiny powder room in a 220+ year old house. The vent for the toilet is on the opposite wall of the powder room, so I'd have to destroy & rebuild three walls (two of which are plaster, not drywall) as well as doing crawlspace work on top of a flex AC return, and chiseling out the foundation wall (this is in a 1930-some addition, with the wall you see there being a former exterior wall).
Even if I could cut the supply lines down low and piece in extensions later in order to use the full-sized cutter, there's still not enough clearance on the wall side to spin the cutter 360°.
(I doubt if anyone remembers, but this is the same project from late December where I had new flange issues- finally am recovered enough from dual knee replacement to continue!).
Thanks!
Replacing a powder room vanity. When cutting the existing trap out, I crushed the sidewall of the pipe a bit. Is this going to cause a problem? And if so, is there any way to recover this? It's in a tough spot to cut, with the supply lines so close. They don't make a mini tubing cutter as big as 1-1/4", so I tried using a normal-sized one the best I could and using the 3/4 cut I could get to use as a guide to finish the cut with a multitool. Which is s a long way to say I don't trust that I'd have any better luck cutting down an inch lower.
And yes, I know that this config is not ideal- but to convert this to a P-trap would turn this into a major renovation (much more major than this project has already mushroomed to). It's a tiny powder room in a 220+ year old house. The vent for the toilet is on the opposite wall of the powder room, so I'd have to destroy & rebuild three walls (two of which are plaster, not drywall) as well as doing crawlspace work on top of a flex AC return, and chiseling out the foundation wall (this is in a 1930-some addition, with the wall you see there being a former exterior wall).
Even if I could cut the supply lines down low and piece in extensions later in order to use the full-sized cutter, there's still not enough clearance on the wall side to spin the cutter 360°.
(I doubt if anyone remembers, but this is the same project from late December where I had new flange issues- finally am recovered enough from dual knee replacement to continue!).
Thanks!