Need help from any of the plumbing experts

[munkey]

Why do you need to remove it? What exactly are you trying to do?

[007]

Originally Posted by munkey

Why do you need to remove it? What exactly are you trying to do?

There is a hole in the bottom of it now so it needs replaced. But the damn thing won't budge.

[Abba-Dabba]

cut it off, flexibile hose/coupler clamped on

anyone that charges you more than $50-60 for that simple job is taking advantage

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

cut it off, flexibile hose/coupler clamped on

anyone that charges you more than $50-60 for that simple job is taking advantage

Not much space between the wall and the fitting to a) cut it off and b) fit the coupler on to the existing pipe. You're going to have to rip out a lot of wallboard to gain access. If a plumber had that problem in his own home, he'd pay you $60 for that "simple job" in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by cdcox

Not much space between the wall and the fitting to a) cut it off and b) fit the coupler on to the existing pipe. You're going to have to rip out a lot of wallboard to gain access. If a plumber had that problem in his own home, he'd pay you $60 for that "simple job" in a heartbeat.

Exactly.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Not much space between the wall and the fitting to a) cut it off and b) fit the coupler on to the existing pipe. You're going to have to rip out a lot of wallboard to gain access. If a plumber had that problem in his own home, he'd pay you $60 for that "simple job" in a heartbeat.

I'd be surprised if you couldn't fit a blade back there to cut it off. At most it looks as if you may need to cut an inch maybe of wallboard around the existing pipe for extra space to reach a wrench in there to tighten the clamp on a coupler.

You guys seriously crack me up. You tools took a $50 fix and made it into a thousands of dollars plumbing job.