On Jan 26, 10:59*pm, Harold Lathom wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:20:02 -0800, RicodJour wrote:
Cut out the back of the cabinet neatly and you can
re-use the piece to patch it.

I thought about that but unless I cut a two-foot square section, how does
cutting around the nipple give me access for the pipe wrench?

It's hard to explain but I now have only 1/2 inch (or less) of threads
sticking horizontally out of the cabinet.

If I cut the cabinet 3/4" back, say, with a five-inch square - then the
only pipe wrench I can fit on the two-inch-diameter nipple is one that is
five inches long. That won't give me much leverage.

My pipe wrenches are about two feet long. So, I'd have to cut a two-foot
square hole in the cabinet around the pipe to give me the kind of access
you're suggesting. Right?

I do want your help so I hope I didn't misunderstand what you said.

To repeat, I had thought about cutting just a hole in the cabinet but
that hole needs to be as wide as my pipe wrench is long, right? For it do
to any good?

Or do I misunderstand the solution?

You wouldn't be using a wrench to take it out, so the access hole is a
lot smaller. My subsequent post explained the approach. You cut a
few relief cuts on the inside of the nipple running the long way,
being vary careful not to cut into the fitting threads, and then use a
chisel to cave in the nipple towards the interior.

Other people brought up a fix using a Fernco type rubber coupling with
the hose clamps, but with 1/2" of pipe exposed it'd only be on the
threads. You could clean up the threads, use some epoxy or silicone
to fill them in, then use the hose clamp, but it's still a kludge
repair. With only 1/2" of thread exposed, it won't be the best
connection. It might leak, it might not.

R