How To Install A Bathroom Sink Trap

Pull off the trap.

How to install a bathroom sink trap. How to install a bathroom sink drain s trap. Tool dude tony walks you through the process step by step in this episode of how to fix s. Again not too tight as you don t want to crack anything. Before you install a bathroom sink turn off the water supply and remove the old sink.

With your pedestal sink on the wall you can install the p trap. Replacing a drain assembly on a bathroom sink isn t all that tough. How to install p trap to bathroom sink drain step 1 slide two slip nuts over the waste line arm. Be sure to save the two washers that are part of the slip nut connection.

Set the new drain into place inside the sink basin. 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. Materials you will need. Disconnect the water supply lines drain arm and trap.

In some instances however the drain pipe rises up the other end of the p. The u shape of this pipe is the trap that retains enough water to prevent sewer gases from entering the bathroom. You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain. Then remove the old vanity and sink photo 1.

You can adjust the p trap sliding it up and down on the pipe that leaves the sink drain. The old trap will have some gunky water in it so place the old trap in the bucket. Add a slip washer with the bevel facing the waste out connection. You can reuse them with the new trap.

Connect a trap bend to the trap arm attach the trap bend to the trap arm using slip nuts and washers. Next put a thin bead of silicon around the lower lip of the sink and set the sink in place. The first thing you need to do is shut off the water to the bathroom sink. Tighten all the nuts with a pair of slip joint pliers.

Then on the trap s tailpiece screw the nut and gasket onto the drain stub. The other end of the p trap can slide into and out of the fitting on the wall. Loosen the slip nuts with groove joint pliers unscrew the nuts by hand and slide them away from the connections. Make sure the drain is perfectly flush with the bottom surface of the sink before you continue.

Add clips to secure the sink if required then add the. Insert the bottom of the drain into the open drain hole. One should face the waste out and one should face the p trap. It s probably screwed to the wall and may require some additional effort to break it free from the floor too.