Kitchen Sink P Trap Installation

To install a kitchen sink drain you ll need a drain assembly kit that fits your sink pliers a basket wrench plumber s putty and a brass tailpiece to attach the basket strainer to the main drainpipe.

Kitchen sink p trap installation.

With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom. 3 main problems explained. You ll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you haven t already.

The trickiest part of installing a new sink and faucet is connecting the sink s drain the pieces between the sink s tailpiece and the waste line. Always start at the sink tailpiece and work down. When replacing a p trap you should use the same type of trap you remove. I had 3 major problems that i.

The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall. How easy is it to install a kitchen sink. The curved pieces of drain pipe underneath your sink commonly referred to as p traps do a lot of dirty work. We initially show the p trap bac.

Traps are made from abs black pvc white or brass either chrome plated or natural colored. Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up. Over time they leak become corroded or get pl. Traps come in 1 1 4 inch standard bathroom sink or 1 1 2 inch standard kitchen sink inside diameter sizes.

The near vertical drop allows the waste water draining from the sink to enter the trap with a lot of speed so that the trap self scours. If you install the p trap backwards you don t get the velocity. You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain. The shape of the p trap when installed this way takes advantage of the brachistochrone property of the cycloid shape.

Standard sinks have 1 2 3 or 4 holes on the rear lip for a faucet and additional components. This was made by an amateur who learned some things is sharing them in an easy to understand way.