How To Set Up A Bathroom Sink Drain

Set the new drain into place inside the sink basin.

How to set up a bathroom sink drain. Sink drain basics conventional sink drains generally consist of three parts. Make sure the drain is perfectly flush with the bottom surface of the sink before you continue. Measure the height of the drain opening in the wall from the floor of the cabinet using a tape. The hot line and cold line are spaced 8 inches apart from left to right.

Drop stopped into sink from top slide short end of rod into the opening on the tailpiece making sure that the opening for the ball is facing toward the lever for the pop up. Connect a p trap to the drain tailpiece which is the straight pipe that extends down from the drain. Insert the bottom of the drain into the open drain hole. Connect the drain parts push the pop up drain tailpiece assembly up through the drain opening from under the sink as high as you can.

Apply firm pressure all around the top of the flange to seat it securely in its bed of putty. We initially show the p trap bac. Tailpiece pipe runs between the sink and the p trap and extension pipes run between the p trap and main drain inlet. Tailpiece p trap and extension pipe.

Here we show you how to perform your plumbing p trap installation when the bathroom sink drain doesn t line up. While holding the drain piece in place fit the drain ring into the opening from the top of the sink and thread the ring onto the drain tailpiece as far as you can by hand. If you are looking for an easy step by step instructional on how to plumb a drain then this is it. The bathroom sink s water lines are roughed in 3 inches above the drain.

From the center of the drain measure 4 inches to the left and 4 inches to the right. In most double basin sink installations the basins separate tailpieces join before they enter a shared p trap.