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    P-Trap installation

    I just installed a new sink for my first time and everything looks good but I don’t know how to do the new P-trap. I bought an ordinary P-trap thinking that will work but it’s too small to attach to both ends and it’s seems to be too big to connect to the waste pipe. How should I go about this...
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    Is a flex pipe okay for a shower drain in the P trap?

    We had a contractor do our shower recently, and after several issues we're questionining more and more all the things where "this this is fine don't worry about it" essentially. One of these things is on the shower drain. The drain needed to be moved over about 1.5 ft or so. To do that, some...
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    Drum Trap Replacement

    Hello Everyone, My bathtub is draining SUPER slow and it's becoming quite an annoyance. I do think it's the drum trap that is going bad. My house was made in 1956 so I'm certain it's as old as it as well. I'm wondering if I replace the drum trap with a standard p trap, would that clear up the...
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    Bathtub P Trap Help

    I have a cast iron tub and trap got clogged so I cut galvanized drain line on one side. When I did the other side of trap near drain fell out. It looks like it was just shoved up in there because it had a washer that couldn’t connect because there was threads on both sides. I tried new pvc trap...
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    Water softener drain did not work

    I am installing a water softener, the floor drain is too far so I decided to tap into an existing drain from an upstairs bathtub drain. I put in a T with a p trap and a vertical pipe. All of this is 1 1/2 black pipe. The problem is when I turn on the bathtub water comes out through the new P...
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    Using Combination Wye to Vertically Connect to Main Waste Line

    Hello, We are trying to connect a "P" trap to the main waste line. and maintain max. 24” between the fixture outlet and connection to the “P” traps. My modeler, has introduced combination wyes to make up the elevation difference between the horizontal pipe extension from the "P" trap and the...
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    New sink drain not lining up with P trap

    Just had a new sink installed in my bathroom and the drain hole on this new sink is centered compared to my old sink which was off center and further back. When I look underneath the sink the P trap is now sitting about 5" farther back and slightly to the left side from where the sink hole is...
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    Double Vanity Sink Gurgling

    Double Vanity Sink Gurgling Issue: Double vanity sink gurgling and not draining properly. Background: I live in a town home and in our master bathroom we have double vanity sinks. A few weeks ago I noticed the right sink wasn't draining so I cleaned out the p trap. There was white gunk that...
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