Had a buddy of mine put in a pedestal sink for me like 10 years ago. Replaced the faucet earlier this week, as well as the drain. The P trap came loose from the stub out. i inspect further and see that there is nothing holding this pipe in other than a pressure fit and maybe some old plumbers putty. Not positive if I had the p trap replaced with the sink, so it could be much older.

So basically my issue is, I have a slip nut stuck on the end of the pipe and don't know how to remedy the situation without cutting it off. This nut is obviously old and has had its fair Share of putty, as well as he good possibility of it being epoxied on (like the flange of my toilet is for some reason......) Is there any easy answer to my solution or do I just have to cut it off or cobble it back together like it was before? And if I do have to cut it off, what steps should I take afterwards to couple them together? Pedestal sink btw










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That nut looks like it will unscrew. Heat from a torch will soften putty and epoxy and you should be able to unscrew the nut. It takes a lot of heat, as an example, hair dryer heat isn't enough.

I'd make a careful cut with a sawzall , and peel it right off, assuming that it won't unscrew.

that is a normal set-up. as said, unscrew the brass nut CCW. put wrench on it an tap it gently with a hammer.

Just inside the nut is an ossified slip joint washer. Using an ice pick ot similar tool break the washer and scrape it out. Squirt in a little of your favorite loosen-it-up juice (or vinegar) and tap the nut lightly several times. Go have a beer. Come back and after tapping a few more times unscrew the nut. If that doesn't work, tap it lightly many, many times and then unscrew it.

the washer appears to me to be the old lead type washer ????

Oh really???? Lead huh? So maybe I shouldn't take a torch to the nut as I may melt the lead??? Or would I still be safe to? Bout to take another look here shortly and attempt to tackle this problem. Thanks for all the input so far, guys. I do have a sawzall available if need be... If I were to have to cut it, what would be my steps for connecting the two ends afterwards since there will be no threading? Not a plumber by any means, but at least a little handy... Gonna start with some deep creep and wrench first, but if that doesn't work I'm obviously going to have to take more drastic measures



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I was referring to making a cross cut on the nut itself. Just enough so that it can be split open and pulled from the pipe. A new nut is all that would be required. It appears that it is brass, if so it might unscrew.