How To Install A Bathroom Sink Drain P Trap

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How to install a bathroom sink drain p trap. Learn how to replace it. 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. The p trap is the curved section of pipe at the base of the sink s plumbing. With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap.

Step 5 install the p trap. Step 1 slide two slip nuts over the waste line arm. Add a slip washer with the bevel facing the waste out connection. Then on the trap s tailpiece screw the nut and gasket onto the.

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. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. 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.

Does your sink have a pop up drain. How to install p trap to bathroom sink drain. When replacing a p trap you should use the same type of trap you remove. It should easily fit into place and the threaded ends should be wrapped with teflon tape.

Traps are made from abs black pvc white or brass either chrome plated or natural colored. Traps come in 1 1 4 inch standard bathroom sink or 1 1 2 inch standard kitchen sink inside diameter sizes. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom. How to plumb a bathroom vanity sink drain.

Now install the new p trap.