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Thank you Havasu, I am going to pull it next weekend when I can visit him. Crazy how the mind works, but I actually dreamed it popped, took an hour to get back to sleep.

My brother called me late in the day to say his water heater had burst and asked me to help him change it out. he lives in the country, an hour outside of town with no traffic. I prefer copper but his house is only 9 years old and is done with pex. There is one joint I made from the old 3/4 to...

Thank you SHR, That was my original plan, out of fear of damaging the stack. The rep at a the big colored box store said take it all out, right to the wye, the cast is holding steady at 68 years of age and I don't want to temp fate too much. This is the last few feet of galvanized having...

With a few tips and some good advice, for which I am thankful, I am ready for step three of a drain replacement. The old (68 years old) 1.5 inch steel line is suffering from wall build up. I have changed the bathtub drain and vented the bath P trap, changed the bathroom sink and all the drain...

I spoke to a master plumber down the street last night about this and he said about the same as you Viking, adding that it could have been repositioned during the curing process. I made a test joint and after a short pause pulled the joint apart and repositioned it and tried to put it back...

I had a kitchen counter installer in about a year ago to install new kitchen cupboards. They sent a "plumber" to do the install, he used ABS over PVC. One of the joints has turned from yellow to white. I assume this will need to be cut out and replaced? What causes the ABS cement to turn...

Excellent, thank you!

I am almost ready to get this project going. It looks like I will have to move the cold and hot supply to reroute the drain and I have been waiting for some Uponor manifolds to arrive by mail. Phishfood, if I can't just unscrew the drain and have to resort to cutting it off, is it best to...

Thank you guys, never considered the Dremel approach, great tip. SHR, I bought dumbbell style tool, brought it home and looked at it and knew it was not going to cut the mustard. I like having two plans of attack with this drain, I know it won't be easy. Much appreciated.

I am about to replace all the drain work in my bathroom as it is fitted with S traps and a hodge podge mix of ABS and 70 year old galvanized. I will need to replace the bath drain and worry about getting a 70 year old drain out in one piece. Is the Ridgid internal wrench the best tool for the...