On 6/22/2014 2:07 PM, trader_4 wrote:
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I agree. It's precisely my point. If it's not a standard length
nipple, buying one isn't going to work. And I wouldn't trust
the drain guy to have measured it correctly. Folks here are
assuming the reason it's not vertical is because some of the threads
on the end broke off. But these fittings are tapered. I think
you could take 1/2" off the end and it still would tighten up to
about the same length, no? Meaning it may never have been the
right length to begin with.

Maybe, maybe not (originally perfect length, that is)--we have no way to
know. I'm at least one who thinks from OPs original posting that it is
so that the threads twisted off in the trap when removed, yes. And, yes
NPT are tapered but once broke off the end, the remaining are larger and
unless he happened to have a 3" die set with him (what's the odds of
that if just the snaker-guy? ) he can't rethread so they'll snug up
quite soon...in fact, I'm somewhat surprised he was able to get it back
on, but appears to have done so.

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Yep, which is why I said if he can get a new P trap with a slip
joint in there, using a reducing bushing in the T, etc, that
would be much better/easier.

Which I also said quite some time ago...


But, I'm presuming the guy who did it can measure...it would surely have
been nice if our OP had put a ruler or some other fixed-size object in
there when took the picture...

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Maybe, but I'd leave it to the guy who's going to do it to figure out
the best solution, right size, etc. If you hand him the new nipple,
then the new P trap solution is out and if he tightens it up and the
vertical alignment is off, then Doh!

Well, I've not said anything against that at all, necessarily, only that
if the OP wants to just go back w/ the original, there's no real reason
not to imo -- I don't think any of the other "issues" raised are truly
significant in the bigger schemes of things. I'd guess it'll go another
40 yr before it clogs again unless OP is putting something down it that
shouldn't and then it'll clog just as well, anyway, if so...

As for the ruler wish, I was only interested in the true dimensions just
as a point of curiosity about it really being 3" drain there--that's
just remarkable if so it would seem...

I'm still wondering what the duct tape below the tee is all about.
He said something about that being put there with regard to a
previous snaking of the drain? I couldn't make any sense of that.
I hope he's not saying they made a hole in the pipe to get the
snake in, then covered it with duct tape....

Don't know, don't think I _want_ to know...

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