How To Hook Up A Bathroom Sink Trap

Put a thin bead of silicone around the bottom lip of the sink and set it into the hole.

How to hook up a bathroom sink trap. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom. Over time they leak become corroded or get pl. Clean up any excess silicone or smooth a line. A trap bend or p trap which forms a water filled block to prevent sewer gas from coming up through the sink drain.

Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up. Whether it s because you need to move your sink during a remodel or because your new sink just doesn t quite fit the sink drain may end up being offset from the drainpipe in the wall. We initially show the p trap bac. You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain.

Put the sink in place and caulk it. A trap arm which is connected to the downstream end of the p trap and then to the drain line that leads to the main drainage line. With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap. A p trap is the curved section of plumbing connecting a sink to the drain pipe behind the wall.

A tailpiece which connects to the bottom of the sink strainer. How to hook up a p trap to a bath sink. Replacing a p trap is a small job that may seem more complicated when you have to mix plumbing materials to get the job done. The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall.

It is called a p trap because it resembles the letter p.