As shown in the picture, the p-trap underneath my bathroom sink is not aligned with the drain. I'm not exactly sure how to fix it. There is not a lot of excess pipe—I don't think I would be able to cut any of the PVC pipe that is coming out of the wall and still have enough pipe for a coupler...
Thanks for any insight!
That's a mess.
Options to fix it properly in a way that won't cause more trouble later are to cut off the fitting at the wall, use a hub-saver (example) to clean the old pipe out of the glued fittings, and glue in a longer section of pipe. You have to allow (as whoever glued this up evidently did not, unless this is a new sink without the outlet in a different place than the old one) for the pipe going further into the fittings when glued than it does when dry-fit.
Or do the same thing but instead of a longer piece of pipe, cut the trap slip-fit adapter and a short piece of the pipe from the upper end of this glued trap and glue that into the hub you clean out at the wall, then use a slip-fit trap you can actually adjust.
Minor misalignments can be corrects with either a 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/4 in. Flexible PVC Rubber Tubular Drain Trap with Stainless Steel Clamps or an Expandable, Flexible, P-Trap - Universal Fit 1-1/2 in. or 1-1/4 in.
This is not an endorsement, just examples.
I prefer the first solution because the interior is smooth and less likely to clog. It has less range, but your pic looks like it should work. Measure to be sure.
