Hi! You all had such good advice last winter when I was having drain problems that I thought of you all first about this. I am remodeling my small galley kitchen and trying to maximize space. Since my sink drain goes into the wall, I decided to try to get a drawer under the sink base. I checked with the manufacturer to make sure it would fit, but his info was a bit off. So now I have a pipe into the wall about 2 1/2 inches above the floor of the new sink cabinet. What can I do about a p-trap? Are there other configurations? Do I have to cut a hole in the floor of that new cabinet? Again, any ideas gratefully appreciated!

~Shawna

letmetellu

What would keep you from going into the wall and raising the pipe that is now coming out of the wall?
A solution that might work is to put an ell on the pipe coming out of the wall and then put a nipple into the ell to make it the height that it needs to be, then add another ell to make it point toward the center of the lavatory.This is not the best way to do it but it would work if no other solution was available.

speedball1

You have three options here. (1) Cut the cabinet floor to accommodate the bend of the trap or (2) open up the wall and raise the stubout as letmetellu suggests. Or (3) While I don't recomend it and I'm sure you'll have drainage problems on down the line you could build and install a "S" trap as letmetellu
has laid out in his post. It wouldn't be fair not to give you ALL the options. even the bad ones. good luck, Tom

shawna915

Thanks, guys! I had thought that maybe going into the wall might work, but wasn't sure. As this is over my level of confidence, I called a plumber and hope he agrees. I really don't want to cut into that cabinet's floor if there is another solution. And, while I'm glad to have all the options, I would never have gone along with an 'S' trap as a solution.

Now, about the drain in the wall. My condo is one floor on a slab, and the main drain is in the utility room and is about six feet away in a line along the wall. Is the pipe going to be going up or down in the wall?