Installing Bathroom Sink Drain Trap

The curved pieces of drain pipe underneath your sink commonly referred to as p traps do a lot of dirty work.

Installing bathroom sink drain trap.

Learn how to replace it. A p trap kit a trap adapter and a pop up or regular sink drain assembly. If not add a tailpiece to make up the distance cutting it to the needed length. This video shows how to assemble drain pipes under a sink.

We initially show the p trap bac. Over time they leak become corroded or get pl. 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. 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.

There are 3 parts you ll need when installing a new sink drain. Does your sink have a pop up drain. In this diy plumbing tutorial i ll show you how to install the sink drain namely the p trap. The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall.

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. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom.

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 p trap is the curved section of pipe at the base of the sink s plumbing. The sink drain starts as a tailpiece and may reach the p trap without additional parts. Once you ve loosened both nuts lift the entire p trap free from the plumbing.

If you also want to see how i installed my wall faucet and vessel sink watch the video above.