Hello ppl,

A chopstick slipped down the sink. prompting P-trap removal to retrieve it (in lieu of a trap plug).

The sink"s tailpipe nut is a cinch to remove by hand. The trap's nut is another story. Facing it, I noted the slip nut's *top* faces down; the bottom, up onto a bevel (see image).

ABS can be brittle, so I want to avoid overtorquing the fitting when I go wrenching to remove it, which brings me to the pt of this post: in which direction?

The picture is blurry, but this is my feeling.

could be either way depending on manufacturer

depends on which piece 'captures' the nut

need a better pic to be certain

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your outlet pipe is different but this is how your trap body connects to the outlet pipe you have.
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.... PROBABLY connects


or it 'might' have the threads on the trap itself


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I based my opinion, that the open end of the nut is facing up, on what looks like a square corner outer edge and also what appears to be a shortened rib.

steve... looking at your picture, now i'm not so sure which way it turns?

steve is probably correct

but

a better pic would ensure certainty

but

by now the OP has in fact unscrewed the nut so it is a moot point



MERRY CHRIST MASS

and/or

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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

I agree with steve, it is just an upside down nut, so wouldn't it be just like any other nut, you are tightening as the nut is rotated HIGHER, you are still tightening clockwise looking up. Isn't this called LA PATTERN TRAP?