decatur
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Long story short, using what I hope is appropriate terminology: the chromed-brass stub-out under my bathroom sink, soldered into what I think is a lead pipe stub into my cast iron waste stack, corroded away (in a 60s-era home.) After some research I realized I had to replace the stub out (no usable pipe left) and I used a blow torch to desolder and remove the entire piece.
I'm left with a 1 1/4" hole into the lead pipe. There was what looked like a small amount of putty behind the main solder joint buffering the brass pipe inside the lead stub (about 3" deep inside the wall line/old solder joint.) I scraped out the "putty" and I'm left with about 3" deep of slightly larger than 1 1/4" (lead?) pipe.
So my question is: what now? Should I clean it out and resolder some kind of metal stub? Or just shove a Fernco donut in it? If so, is there some kind of prep I should do first? I would prefer a reasonably long-term solution.
I'm attaching a pic in case it helps (sorry it was hard to get a good shot.)
I'm left with a 1 1/4" hole into the lead pipe. There was what looked like a small amount of putty behind the main solder joint buffering the brass pipe inside the lead stub (about 3" deep inside the wall line/old solder joint.) I scraped out the "putty" and I'm left with about 3" deep of slightly larger than 1 1/4" (lead?) pipe.
So my question is: what now? Should I clean it out and resolder some kind of metal stub? Or just shove a Fernco donut in it? If so, is there some kind of prep I should do first? I would prefer a reasonably long-term solution.
I'm attaching a pic in case it helps (sorry it was hard to get a good shot.)