Waste Arm Question

You have pretty well identified the situation. The trap arm is tubular brass with chrome plating.

It is difficult to remove enough chrome plating to get good soldering, especially on a piece stuck in the wall:-)

There are rubber couplings one could use, but they will look ugly.

The best fix in this situation (IMHO) is a "repair trap". It has a slip coupling on the inlet side and you just cut the existing tube the proper length to extend the trap outward to line up. A good supply house will have them in 1 1/4" size.

If you do decide to solder, there is a 1 1/4" brass/chrome solder coupling but it may be hard to find a supplier.

Before you get too involved, press on the existing tube (especially the bottom side) to feel for spongey brass, indicating it has rotted out.

In some parts of this land, slip couplings aren't permitted on the trap inlet, if that would concern you... Jim

Hey, thanks for your reply! That does sound like the best fix... Funny how I have been researching this situation for a coupla weeks and never came across this fix!

Here's what they look like:

Thanks! I'll also look into this adapter...and I thought that this drain issue was going to be my biggest problem when swapping the sink n vanity!