Installing Bathroom Sink Drain Trap

You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain.

Installing bathroom sink drain trap.

This video shows how to assemble drain pipes under a sink. If you re installing a brand new drain on an unused sink you can skip straight to preparing your plumber s putty for the area around the drain hole. Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up. Put the tailpiece washer into the flared end of the tailpiece then attach the tailpiece by screwing the slip nut onto the sink strainer.

With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap. Over time they leak become corroded or get pl. A p trap kit a trap adapter and a pop up or regular sink drain assembly. The p trap is the curved section of pipe at the base of the sink s plumbing.

We initially show the p trap bac. To ensure water will drain properly and won t back up in the line a good rule of thumb to follow when installing pipe is a drop of 1 4 inch per foot. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom. The sink drain starts as a tailpiece and may reach the p trap without additional parts.

The curved pieces of drain pipe underneath your sink commonly referred to as p traps do a lot of dirty work. The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall. If you also want to see how i installed my wall faucet and vessel sink watch the video above. Once you ve loosened both nuts lift the entire p trap free from the plumbing.

Every drainpipe whether underground or in a wall must have some type of pitch and be sloped properly to allow wastewater leaving the home to drain out. In this diy plumbing tutorial i ll show you how to install the sink drain namely the p trap. Learn how to replace it. There are 3 parts you ll need when installing a new sink drain.

Does your sink have a pop up drain.