I am working on a 100 plus yo upstairs bathroom,
I needed to replace the old rusty plugged up galvanized sink and tub drains
The catch i wanted to bust as little of the floor as possible,
The rectangle room has the old but good iron main drain toilet on top at one cornor,
Then the other cornor has the sink, the tub drain was T,ed into that sink drain, it goes to the side of the iron pipe behind where the toilet sits on it,
I got all the old pipe out wasnt easy, nice threaded 1.5 hole in the iron stand pipe to connect to, wasn't easy getting that rusted galvanized threads out of there,
My original plan was to cement the pieces and pipe ( pvc ) together as i assembled worked them into their space, in the floor,
But dawned on me with it cemented together it would have to be cut to do any service and getting it all together with some connection out of reach with cement would be a bit tricky, not impossible but difficult.
So can i use pvc threaded fittings on the pvc pipe and just screw sections together, no pressure just a tub and sink drain, is pink tape what to use on the threads, or is there a sealer for this some places will still be cemented together but for example screwing the tub drain pipe into the T with make it so much easier,
If i can do it with some threads fittings it would make it easier and give me peace of mind i could service it without cutting it out,
Okay...clue me in,
Thanks
b
I needed to replace the old rusty plugged up galvanized sink and tub drains
The catch i wanted to bust as little of the floor as possible,
The rectangle room has the old but good iron main drain toilet on top at one cornor,
Then the other cornor has the sink, the tub drain was T,ed into that sink drain, it goes to the side of the iron pipe behind where the toilet sits on it,
I got all the old pipe out wasnt easy, nice threaded 1.5 hole in the iron stand pipe to connect to, wasn't easy getting that rusted galvanized threads out of there,
My original plan was to cement the pieces and pipe ( pvc ) together as i assembled worked them into their space, in the floor,
But dawned on me with it cemented together it would have to be cut to do any service and getting it all together with some connection out of reach with cement would be a bit tricky, not impossible but difficult.
So can i use pvc threaded fittings on the pvc pipe and just screw sections together, no pressure just a tub and sink drain, is pink tape what to use on the threads, or is there a sealer for this some places will still be cemented together but for example screwing the tub drain pipe into the T with make it so much easier,
If i can do it with some threads fittings it would make it easier and give me peace of mind i could service it without cutting it out,
Okay...clue me in,
Thanks
b