I need to remove an old pipe and need ideas as to how to remove it.
The 50-year-old 2-inch diameter threaded galvanized pipe that horizontally protrudes about a half inch from the cabinet under the kitchen sink is leaking where it meets the 10-year-old plastic pipes that drain the kitchen sinks and garbage disposal unit.
The threads are all screwed up so I want to replace the nipple.
I can only see the last 1/2 inch of that threaded nipple but it appears to go through the 3/4" thick kitchen cabinet into the wall about two inches (or so) and into a T fitting where the vertical up pipe goes to a vent on the roof while the vertical down pipe goes to the crawlspace drain pipes.
The problem is how best to remove the four-inch long (I assume) nipple when only 1/2" of it sticks out of the cabinet attached to the wall.
One option, of course, is to rip out the cabinet, but, that's a LOT of work to replace a two-dollar four-inch-ling two-inch-wide nipple!
Is there an easier way to get the 50-year-old nipple out?