Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Extending piping for faucet

Hi, great forum.

I tried searching for my question but unable to specifically find an answer.

I installed a new bathroom sink but the drain piping is further away from the old set up by about 8". The old piping is copper ? (see pic) anyways do i hacksaw the piping coming out of the wall and connect a longer piping ? Sorry i'm not a plumber expert but just familar with connecting things.

Hope this picture turns out.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/ichiroms/P1030100.jpg

Thanks

The bell against the wall should pull away from the wall and expose another nut under it which holds the wall pipe inside another drain pipe with threads on the end. If you can loosen it, the entire assembly should pull directly out of the wall. IMO I would replace the drain system with pvc, and add an extension to the packaged wall pipe. Sometimes this joint can be glued onto the wall pipe. You can buy a kit that will have everything you have there, with the exception of the tubing extension, which you will have to buy separately.

Hey Thanks for the quick reply Larry,

Umm I've pulled away that bell and the piping is welded onto the .... umm piping that is coming out of the wall (old house) I'll try to get a picture of it soon. That is why i was concluding to hacksaw the piping and hoping that there is a way to connect a extention kit to it.... Any other suggestions are greatttly appreciated.

Kam

I would add one thought to Larry's advice. Be sure to maintain adequate slope for good drainage when you extend the drain pipe. Good luck with your project.

Hopefully it is just soldered in. You could break the solder by heating it, but be careful, since it is so close to the wall. If you don't feel safe doing it, don't. The only problem with cutting the pipe is the ID of the stub won't allow for a pipe to be slipped into it. You may even be able to chisel out the stub after you cut it off. Just a few thoughts to try.

Thanks Larry for replying.

I'll see if I can heat up the solder and remove the old piping. If not then I guess i'll cut it and chisel it out. I'll post again with my outcome.

Kam

Hey Larry or Wirepuller38,

Currently, I cut off the old piping that was joined to the (galvanized pipe ?) and thinking that I should of tried blowtorching the joint to see if came off. crap. Anyways, at this point, do I just try and solder the extended pipe from the j pipe onto the galvized pipe ? Just making sure if this is the best way of doing this. Check out the pictures as it would probably explains my situation more. Thanks for all the help.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/ichiroms/P1030105.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/ichiroms/P1030106.jpg

kam

You can buy a rubber connector that will go over the pipe in the wall (you may have to cut away some drywall) and the new pipe you are putting in. All the HD's and Lowes, etc will have them...measure the diameter of your pipe and take it to the store...very easy to use.