Installing Bathroom Sink Drain Trap

If you are looking for an easy step by step instructional on how to plumb a drain then this is it.

Installing bathroom sink drain trap.

In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. A p trap kit a trap adapter and a pop up or regular sink drain assembly. 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.

If not add a tailpiece to make up the distance cutting it to the needed length. There are 3 parts you ll need when installing a new sink drain. In this diy plumbing tutorial i ll show you how to install the sink drain namely the p trap. Does your sink have a pop up drain.

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. Learn how to replace it. This video shows how to assemble drain pipes under a sink. The p trap is the curved section of pipe at the base of the sink s plumbing.

The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall. You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain. 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. Once you ve loosened both nuts lift the entire p trap free from the plumbing.

Put the tailpiece washer into the flared end of the tailpiece then attach the tailpiece by screwing the slip nut onto the sink strainer. We initially show the p trap bac. Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up. With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap.

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