I could use some help figuring out how to remove the trap under my bathroom sink from the wall. It looks like all the connections from the trap are unthreaded connecting to the outlet/wall.
I've removed both the nut at the top of the p-trap and the nut at the bottom of the sink drain (probably wasn't necessary).
TIA
Cut it off.
That's all apparently built with cement-welded joints. There is no practical way to un-weld them.
I would cut the pipe immediately downstream of that coupler near the wall and cement on a male thread adapter hub (using purple primer and PVC cement). To that you can attach standard compression fittings to build up a new trap.
Protect everything from purple stains. It's permanent.
There are bits available to drill out PVC slip fittings. Have some, haven't actually used one yet. Not sure how reliable they are, especially if the end of the pipe is slanted or jagged; I would recommend caution and carefully keeping the drill straight.
If it were to start going wrong, e.g. drill motor jumps around and the bit wants to go sideways, back off and rig some sort of hard guide for the shaft. Might use a Dremel tool. And wear a mask, goggles, have a vacuum going to catch the little PVC shaving snowstorm.
I'd think that extra care and (as a brainstorm) possibly some 'filler' cement (mix clean PVC shavings with cement to build up the fitting if needed, thin layers then give it time to harden)? might be needed.
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