The good news is that is a simple set up since wall tube is compression rather than welded. The piece from disposal to tee is a "tail piece",from j-bend to wall is a"wall tube" (combined with a j-bend,the two are a "p-trap). Your shopping list = 2 tail pieces,1 wall tube,5 cone washers,1 tail piece washer,1 extension tube,1 strainer basket and plumber's putty. That look's like Insinkerator brand disposal,pick up a new gasket for outlet.

Thanks Jake and Klem!

They talked me into buying a new garbage disposal and cord. Do I only need the gasket instead? I think my disposal may be ten years old, maybe less. (I have not yet unboxed the new disposal.)

Kinda hard to judge that stuff from one pic and what you said. I'm not going to try and talk you out of replacing a 10 year old disposal.

Hi, just now working on this. New counter was installed and I put the sink and drain in (yay me!). Now I am trying to connect the drain pipes. The new drain holes are closer to the wall and the wall piece below is too long to accommodate the p trap. I push the j pipe all the way in to the bend, and I need to push it in another inch, but it won’t go because the wall pipe reached the bend in the j.

Do I need to do something to the wall pipe configuration? If so, please give me some words to google because I haven’t mastered the vocabulary.

Or can I do something with the pipes under the drain to remove that inch? The pipe coming out of the drain is almost directly in line with the wall pipe.

I think the pipe in the pic above is too long. I’ll show the attempted assembly in another photo so you can see the problem.

EDIT: Here is my attempt to assemble. The t pipe(?) that connects to the drain pipe needs to scooch back about an inch. I can cut it to length.

OT: Just saw that there is another “Jane” active on this forum. Please note that we are not the same people/projects.

Hi,

so the easiest answer is probably to angle the pipe to the left and then add your trap.

Thanks Jake. I don’t understand. Can you post a pic or a drawing? U pipe has to be vertical, I assume. J pipe from wall can’t pivot. Do I add a pipe somewhere? Something like a Z maybe? Or an elbow?

EDIT: OK, i have an idea of how to do it by adding another J (elbow?), but then the drainage would take an extra horizontal 90 degree turn before it exited through the wall pipe. Is that legit?

Jane-

You just need to angle the pipe coming from the wall to the side (so it takes a bend when it comes out of the wall). Then you will have room to bring the connection back to the sink pipe. It's hard to describe in words, but something like this:

It will take a little fiddling, but it's not that hard once you think outside the box :-)

I would upgrade to schedule 40 PVC pipe for your sink traps. I transitioned all of the traps in my home to these and also install these whenever I am helping friends and family. Never had leaks again AND the interior diameter in schedule 40 is wider than what you see in those standard thin sink traps that you can buy cheaply at the local store. The attached video explains a lot.

Sink Trap Repair Video >> https://youtu.be/CR7dqWNfMlQ

Flannel Guy DIY - Youtube

Thanks everyone! I got it. I just had to add an elbow (and learn quite a few things). My sink is usable now.

Great! Glad you were able to fix it.