Had leak at base of tub drain extension. Cracked at elbow which then had another straight piece to a 2nd elbow that went into bottom of an old drum trap(circa 1940's) . Drum trap then emptied out top into what appears to be a 1 1/2 or 2 inch pipe. That pipe angles over into main cast iron drain from under toilet about 3 feet away.
Managed to get the tub drain entension, the elbows and drum trap off.
Now the problem is from the bottom of the new tub drain extension to where the pipe that exited top of drum trap is a about 6 inch's higher, and approx 6 inch's over. The old set up looked like a rube goldberg set up.
Very tight confines between dining room ceiling and floor of bathroom above and tub drain extension comes down within 1/2 inch of a cross joist for house. Even if I can get a P trap installed it's still not going to be same height as existing old pipe that came out top of drum.
One optin I see is to install the p trap.. run it alonmg side of joist over to side wall of house( 1 1/2 feet. Then elbow it and rund 1 1/2 line down to basement and install a Tee or Y connection into the main 4 inch charlotte drain pipe. That would only require my covering the pipeing with a small additional piece of sheet rock in corner section of dining room.
Finally. I notice the 1 1/2 extensions from new tub kits when placed into 1 1/2 pvs pipes still has about 1/8 inch clearance. Is there a reducer piece I need for the connections. Or does the glue once applied melt the pipes together/
OK. Update. With a little creativity I was able to get the J trap connected and slid end piece into the original existing horizontal pipe. Had to cut off about 1 inch from the tail piece after the Tee but still plent enuff to fit into the connector of the trap. It is holding water so appears OK. NOW, if someone could help me with how to remove the old tub drain. I purchased a PO removal tool. However, in my current drain I still have a stem from the old pop up stopper( I got the actual stopper section off with no probvlem). I've tried turning the stem counter clockwise and clockwise for an hour and it just keeps spinning. Can't get the removal tool down into drain corrrectly with this stem in the way. Any suggestions?