Had a leak under the kitchen sink. Thought it would be a simple P-trap replacement… Turns out it’s rusted badly and I can’t wrench it. Any ideas on how to remove this?
Photo taken from below after removing the P joint.
Take that cover off first, there must be a nut underneath. Use wd40 to loosen up the cover. But damn, that must be quite a leak.
The original crack was like the height of a quarter… after removing the P joint and putting a pipe wrench on it it just crumbled
Ours fell apart the same way. Make sure you clog it with a rag while you’re running to store for a new one and buy pvc.
Call the landlord.
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Yeah bought a PVC one but it turns out the P joint is shallower and it won’t line up with where the new horizontal arm would need to go into the wall
You might try putting a strap wrench on the decorative flange
I think you can cut off the excess to make it fit, if I understand your issue correctly.
It’s the opposite problem unfortunately… the pvc p trap is too short
@mllcb42 I don’t have one so I might try letting it soak in some wd40…most useless “decorative” ever made
Good lord. That’s what my angle grinder is for 
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Looks like standard size p-trap.
Also, I think you’ll break the rust easily, hit it on the side a few times and twist.
Amazing how cheap product is made today.
How did that metal become so worn out? Did you have opened bottles of cleaners down below the sink area?
Don’t mean to hijack the thread, but since I’m looking for DIY ideas as well… does anyone have experience with laying slabs for patios? I’m trying to create a small area in my front yard for parking a motorcycle and wanted to lay down some slabs for it, but the slabs will cost 250 dollars to get and I didn’t want to bed the slabs with cement, sand, and mortar.
What do you guys think? I made a rudimentary drawing in sketch up of the space I’m talking about. 
The space you see the motorcycle on is really the only space I’m working with. Everything is to scale. I can’t move the two minis (my neighbors park there) and I rent from a landlord. I don’t want to commit a lot of time and resources because this isn’t my property, but I still need a place to park my motorcycle.
The ground surface is all dirt and gravel which is why I’m trying to find slabs for it.
Let me know what you guys thinks.
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I bought my house new 5 years ago. They installed these toilets. 3 of them had the flapper died on me around the same 6 months period, 2 are showing signs of the wax gasket failing. I spent my entire weekend installing toilets 
Silly question but instead of patio pavers have you looked at those interlocking foam tiles that you can make like a gym floor? How wet does it get outside?
I was going to say, there are plenty cheap options that you can easily take with you.
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I wouldn’t use those with a motorcycle. The kickstand will sink into the foam and eventually the bike will topple over. There are pavers that are a similar concept though that’d probably work just fine.
Also, I need to be able to find these in Germany. I am not in the US and I struggle enough navigating German websites. The store OBI in Germany is just like Home Depot. I didn’t anything like the interlocking system on their website :(.
If your landlord would want a permanent “patio” I would just lay a 4" thick concrete pad with a bit of mesh on top of a bed of gravel a few inches thick. Thats the expensive option but it could make a nice outdoor area for future tenants so maybe the landlord would get onboard. Otherwise go with garden pavers on top of a few inches of gravel. Key is to control water so that it doesn’t pool on or under.
The ones I have are really firm and only 1/8” thick. But I get you.
I don’t ride now but I did have my motorcycle endorsement when I lived in DC. I have parked a bike before.