I have a slow draining/clogged bathroom sink. All the pipes are glued so I can only unscrew the very top part, which only allows me to lift the sink stopper about an inch. Stopper isn't fully removable either. How would I go about taking this apart? Where would I have to cut to fix the clog and what pieces do I need to replace it?

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the white nut will unscrew as will the black nut. the trap can then be lowered out of place.
so, as you are looking down from above... the white nut will unscrew counter clockwise. the black nut will unscrew clock wise.

I haven't been able to get the black nut unscrewed. Any advice on a tool to help with that?

heat it with a hair dryer and use a big channel lock pliers.

Now Packy is a more experienced plumber than I and I have never tried the blow dryer.

I have found on more than one occasion that some plumbers don't wait for the glue to dry and assemble the p-trap (big nut) before glue has dried and it runs down in the union nut(big nut) and it is glued together.

If you get it apart the trap will most likely have to be replaced because the threads will get screwed up.

yes, an actual tool, you want the next size down

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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

My old kitchen sink trap was ABS but the
threads were solvent-welded anyway. It didn't
have to be; it was as available as any trap
in a sink cabinet. I cut it off, replaced
it with slipjoint, which has worked well.

Hair dryer trick worked! I was able to take it apart and unclog. Thank you for the tips.



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