Installing Bathroom Sink Drain P Trap

Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up.

Installing bathroom sink drain p trap.

We initially show the p trap bac. The job is easier than doing the rough in plumbing that produced the stub out but it still calls for care. The curved pieces of drain pipe underneath your sink commonly referred to as p traps do a lot of dirty work. It should easily fit into place and the threaded ends should be wrapped with teflon tape.

X research source 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. With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap. Does your sink have a pop up drain. Then on the trap s tailpiece screw the nut and gasket onto the.

Step 5 install the p trap. Traps come in 1 1 4 inch standard bathroom sink or 1 1 2 inch standard kitchen sink inside diameter sizes. A p trap kit a trap adapter and a pop up or regular sink drain assembly. 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. Over time they leak become corroded or get pl. When the p trap is placed in its right position slide the nut over the gasket and screw it down on the sink s tailpiece. Now install the new p trap.

Learn how to replace it. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. To finish plumbing the sink drain you have to connect it to that pipe via a p trap. Traps are made from abs black pvc white or brass either chrome plated or natural colored.

In this diy plumbing tutorial i ll show you how to install the sink drain namely the p trap. You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain. When replacing a p trap you should use the same type of trap you remove.