Bathroom Sink Pipes Not Lined Up

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Bathroom Sink Pipes Not Lined Up

Author: bbowman (CA)

Hello there,

So I attempted to install a bathroom vanity/sink for the first time myself. All went well, however when I went to hook up the plumbing with the pipe coming down from the sink the p-trap and that pipe were not lined up. See pic below. I have read about flexible piping, would using that work? I don't want to bend the plastic pipe coming from the sink as I don't want to break it. I was so close to getting everything done on this project, then ran into this problem. Thanks for the help!! -Brady

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Re: Bathroom Sink Pipes Not Lined Up

Author: steve (CA)

#1 Loosen the nut and remove trap.
#2 Pull escutcheon away from wall and loosen nut @ #3.This will allow the wall tube to pull out from the wall.
To line up the sink tailpiece and the trap requires the wall tube to pull out a little and the trap to rotate. There are washers at 1, 3 and 4 that should be inspected/replaced and then reassemble the wall tube and trap. Hopefully the tailpiece extension at #4 can be lowered, to insert into the top of the trap, otherwise the extension needs to be replaced with a longer one. There's also a washer at the top of the extension that needs to be checked.

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Thanks so much.
Author: bbowman (CA) Awesome, that worked. Thanks so much. It didn't even cross my mind to just loosen the one on the wall and pull it out a bit. I thought to myself "duh". Thanks again, saved a trip to the hardware store. Edited 1 times.
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