Plug Still Stuck?<\/strong><\/h2>\nDid you try to get the cleanout plug off with the pipe wrench, tapping on the handle as well, and it still did not budge? If the hammer didn\u2019t help and the plug still has not moved, there are a few other things that you can try. If it comes to the point where you are trying these to get the PVC cleanout plug off, there is a very good chance that the plug will just need to be replaced.<\/p>\n
Sometimes if it is just the nut broken and not the plug itself, you will only need to replace the nut. However, after using the amount of force required for some of the options below, you will most likely need to replace the plug if you did not need to already.<\/p>\n
The first option, as mentioned above, is using a screwdriver on the edge of the plug and tap the handle with a hammer. This one may take some time since you want to tap around the entire edge before deciding that it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Another option to try is heating the PVC cleanout plug with a hairdryer. Especially in the colder months, the plug may just be frozen, though this is a good thing to try year-round. Using a hairdryer, on the high setting should be perfectly fine, the plug should hopefully come right off.<\/p>\n
One last thing you can try is tapping the clean-out out plug with a hammer. Instead of tapping the hammer on a pipe wrench handle or screwdriver handle, you will only be using the hammer and using it directly on the plug. The idea is that the hammer will loosen the threads inside to make the plug come off much easier than before.<\/p>\n
All of these can be tried in any order and can be done whether the cleanout plug is broken or not.<\/p>\n
If you STILL aren’t successful in getting the cleanout plug off, this last option is the last resort! Use a power saw to cut the pipe. This requires more work and much more precision than any of the above options.<\/p>\n
Digging down to the pipes, you cut both sides of the pipe. With the pieces of pipe that you have now removed, use them as a guide for the new pipes that you will then be putting in. You will then put the pipe in place and use a new cleanout plug to connect them. This should only need to be done if the broken PVC cleanout plug will not come off even after you have tried everything above.<\/p>\n
Because this option is much more hands-on, it may require a person with more expertise at this point. If you do not feel like you are able to do this process with a power saw and working more directly with the pipes, it would be a good idea to get a professional involved at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whether leaking, clogging, overflowing, or a mystery to you, dealing with broken and clogged pipes is not something that anyone wants to deal with. And figuring out what is wrong, where the problem is, and how to fix it takes a lot of time and gets annoying quickly. Luckily, dealing with a broken PVC cleanout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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