Under The Kitchen Sink!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:49 am
Hi guys, need some input here!
Okay, so I've made the mess under my kitchen sink last for last 8 years. It's now time to change the waste pipes out! They're failing fast. No wonder, they are a mess of ABS and PVC.
Most is ABS, is original. The disposer line was jerry rigged into the ABS, using pvc. That's the point that's failing right now. But, the ABS P Trap is starting to go also. Dishwasher and disposer were ummmm 'retrofitted' Brand new disposer installed a few months ago.
Common sense tells me to cut it all off after the P trap, going to the drain line and rebuild with ABS only.
Am I wrong or right? Any thing new out there that will make the job easier? The kitchen sink has been the last nightmare I've had to tackle in this home that was jerry rigged! Plumbing is one of our last major projects! Pex will be coming, but we have buffalo board for a belly. That means that it will take 4 days to install the lines, and a month to fix the belly!
All other waste lines are ABS. All info is welcome! The olny thing I have done to this sink is install shut offs. I can't even begin to describe the mess the former owner made under that sink! It's a nightmare!
Maureen
Okay, so I've made the mess under my kitchen sink last for last 8 years. It's now time to change the waste pipes out! They're failing fast. No wonder, they are a mess of ABS and PVC.
Most is ABS, is original. The disposer line was jerry rigged into the ABS, using pvc. That's the point that's failing right now. But, the ABS P Trap is starting to go also. Dishwasher and disposer were ummmm 'retrofitted' Brand new disposer installed a few months ago.
Common sense tells me to cut it all off after the P trap, going to the drain line and rebuild with ABS only.
Am I wrong or right? Any thing new out there that will make the job easier? The kitchen sink has been the last nightmare I've had to tackle in this home that was jerry rigged! Plumbing is one of our last major projects! Pex will be coming, but we have buffalo board for a belly. That means that it will take 4 days to install the lines, and a month to fix the belly!
All other waste lines are ABS. All info is welcome! The olny thing I have done to this sink is install shut offs. I can't even begin to describe the mess the former owner made under that sink! It's a nightmare!
Maureen