How To Remove Sink Drain Pipe Coming Out Of Wall

Let all water drain into the bucket.

How to remove sink drain pipe coming out of wall. Even if you have a valve or faucet coming from the tiled portion of the wall you can still access it from the wall on the other side. If the drain kit has one it will be located at the bottom of the p trap. Put a bucket under the p trap. Locate the large nut connecting the.

If there is not a clean out plug leave the bucket in place and proceed to step 2. Place the small bucket under the p trap and remove the clean out plug. As you suspect if the drain is plumbed correctly there is a vent pipe extending above the drain connection inside the wall. If you are looking for an easy step by step instructional on how to plumb a drain then this is it.

Turn off the shutoff valves under the sink before you remove the trap to ensure that no one can turn on the faucet while it s off. Or the old drain pipe can be abandoned in the wall and a new drain installed through the floor under the sink. Go into the crawlspace if the sink is at ground level and find the point at which the pipe passes through the bottom plate of the wall. This video shows how to assemble drain pipes under a sink.

This may be a bedroom closet or hallway that has a wall.