Need some help fixing my kitchen sink drain...
So apparently a previous plumber really screwed up.
In my diagram, they made the blue circled part too long, which put pressure on the red circled elbow and that broke. Plumber was there years ago and don't go into the crawl space often.
Apparently the plastic nut that is supposed to sit above the floor got shoved through so nothing is supporting the drain above the floor. The drain separated below the sink now but that should be an easy fix once the rest is secured.
Since the blue circled part was too long, it caused a negative flow and clogged up the horizontal lower part.
How would I best proceed to secure the drain above the floor?
I'm thinking about cutting off the lower horizontal part to make it a bit shorter to allow a positive flow out and eliminate the clogged part.
I'm a noob as far as plumbing goes.
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as far as the floor, the easiest thing would be to get some sort of fiber panel, run the pipe through that and then seal the floor around it (especially if there's just a crawl space/ground beneath)
that said you should generally not take on your own plumbing jobs unless you already know what you're doing
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
You should also be able to buy a collar that goes around the pipe and has "wings" that sit on the floor and support the pipe above the floor (if that makes sense).
Shop around for a pro with a solid BBB rating that is properly bonded and licensed.
Also, apparently the hole in the floor is smaller than the nut so it wasn't pushed through. Not 100% sure the hole is big enough for the 2 inch pipe to drop it through from the top. Segment might be too long to angle it in anyway.
Switching it up with 2 45 degree elbows. Shortening the part going into the ground.