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Disassemble and Drain P-Trap

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What happens here

Open the cabinet under the sink to access the P-trap. Place a bucket or bowl directly underneath the P-trap to catch any standing water or chemical residue. Using gloved hands, carefully loosen the nuts connecting the P-trap sections to the sink drain and the wall pipe. Allow the P-trap to drain completely into the prepared container. Observe the drained water for signs of chemical foaming, which indicates the presence of harsh chemicals. Once drained, fully remove the P-trap sections to expose the vertical drain pipe from the sink and the horizontal drain pipe leading into the wall.

Goal: Safely remove the P-trap directly beneath the sink to access the drain pipe and prevent messy spills, especially if chemical drain cleaners were used previously.

Tools and materials

  • Bucket or Bowl
  • Gloves

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Let's get to fixing. Small, small, small space. Look at how small that space is. Insane. It's like baby cab. Look, people use this stuff and it works, but man, I'm going to tell you like your plumber is never going to want to come in after you've dumped a bunch of chemical down the drain and it's stopped up and he's got a get down underneath here and get all this out. Little glove action. Crack your nut, turn it loose, let it drain. Okay, I am going to let this drain until it's done. I want no surprises. You see that water foaming? That means there's Green Gobbler in there, all right? Gobble, gobble. Got that just about drained right there. Yeah. I would say that that's a little bit of an issue. Get up in there right there. You can see that. Does not look pretty at all. I don't even know what's in there. So, I don't have my whole tool kit with me here. I'm going to pull the snake out. And we're going to try to get right back there. And we're going to see how funky Oh yeah, what is that? Oh my gosh. Now that we've got at least that first initial portion cleaned out.

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