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1. Ash Furrow (ashfurrow@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 11:23:55 UTC Ash Furrow

   Our bathroom sink needs a new drain tailpiece so I thought I’d do some DIY plumbing. Turns out our PVC trap is glued into the wall instead of attached with a slip joint, so I would need to saw it open and replace the trap too.

   This is the exact thing my dad knows about and I’m looking forward to getting some advice/being lent tools.

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   • Ash Furrow (ashfurrow@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 11:24:15 UTC Ash Furrow

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     All our drain traps are like this, whyyyyy

     Apparently it’s technically up to code, but all the plumbers I found online hate it too.

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   • gudenau (gudenau@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 11:24:22 UTC gudenau

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     @ashfurrow Oh yeah, that's fun. It isn't particularly hard to do at least!

   • Ash Furrow (ashfurrow@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 11:24:22 UTC Ash Furrow

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     • gudenau

     @gudenau also we’ll need a reciprocating saw and I don’t feel like buying one 😂

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   • TeMPOraL (temporal@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 11:24:36 UTC TeMPOraL

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     @ashfurrow Oh, so slip joints are favored by the plumbers?

     Also, "sink trap", thanks for the term.

     Holy hell, this is what I was complaining about here the other day, but for the opposite reason: why on Earth do they do it like this? See attached image, now that I know the term.

     In my case, I have something like this, and it's really hard to fit it so it doesn't fall out. And the whole thing runs close to an electrical outlet. I always thought using friction fitting here was dumb.

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