12-29-2008, 11:26 PM
plumbking and colleagues not needed here, this is easy stuff and you'll feel good once you apply your analytical skills to learn how it all works (it's really self-evident once you get it apart). Total cost to get it back right <$15.
Everything billb has said is sound. Where I come from Kitchen drain is always 1 1/2", bathroom 1 1/4".
Looks like someone was in the habit of pouring hot grease down the drain at some point . . .
Despite the rotting-away end I can't imagine you don't have enough good metal on that tailpiece to get the P-trap piece on adequately, but I suppose someone might have gone a little ape with a saw to make things work.
I would get a new metal branchpiece and a nice assortment of compression washers-- the one you'll need the most of is the nylon ring type. You'll see the other types once you take things apart.
None of that white stuff should need replacing but a good cleaning wouldn't hurt (don't scratch/rough up the mating surfaces though).
The flex pipe is fine but always seems to draw strong negative reactions when brought up here.
If there's one piece of wisdom I can pass along from messing with this exact stuff for several years, it's to make sure things are lined up before tightening-- don't try to join two pipes at an angle and think you can tighten them into alignment.
There are some tricks you can do with tape to get really ghetto drain setups sort of working, but they don't apply to your situation (hopefully). So no tape should be needed.
Everything billb has said is sound. Where I come from Kitchen drain is always 1 1/2", bathroom 1 1/4".
Looks like someone was in the habit of pouring hot grease down the drain at some point . . .
Despite the rotting-away end I can't imagine you don't have enough good metal on that tailpiece to get the P-trap piece on adequately, but I suppose someone might have gone a little ape with a saw to make things work.
I would get a new metal branchpiece and a nice assortment of compression washers-- the one you'll need the most of is the nylon ring type. You'll see the other types once you take things apart.
None of that white stuff should need replacing but a good cleaning wouldn't hurt (don't scratch/rough up the mating surfaces though).
The flex pipe is fine but always seems to draw strong negative reactions when brought up here.
If there's one piece of wisdom I can pass along from messing with this exact stuff for several years, it's to make sure things are lined up before tightening-- don't try to join two pipes at an angle and think you can tighten them into alignment.
There are some tricks you can do with tape to get really ghetto drain setups sort of working, but they don't apply to your situation (hopefully). So no tape should be needed.