How To Install A Bathroom Sink Drain Pipe
Does your sink have a pop up drain.
How to install a bathroom sink drain pipe. Putting in a sink drain is a simple home improvement project that anyone can complete in less than half an hour. Learn how to replace it. Slide the nut up and.
First decide whether youll be installing your new drain in your bathroom or the kitchenthe process is nearly identical but the parts youll need differ slightly. Drop the strainer into the hole in the bottom of the sink with the tailpiece extending down. Usually there is a plastic washer on each side of the plastic ball.
Slide the rubber gasket up the tailpiece and fit it around the hole in the sink. Youll note one of them is much too loose but the other one fits just right. A few tricks and tips to make your bathroom installation a whole lot easier.
Next find the washer that will fit onto the drain under the sink. This video shows a new bathroom sink plumbing install from when the tailpiece stopper supply lines and faucet has been installed to the finishing of p trap connections. Insert the pivot rod into the opening in the side of the tailpiece from under the sink.
See how to connect the pipes and fittings to the kitchen sink sink. You simply slip a nut onto the waste drain and press it against the other pipe then hand tighten the nut. Push the pop up stopper down into the drain opening inside the sink making sure the hole in the linkage is facing toward the back of the sink.
In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. You should be able to feel the tip of the pivot rod slide through the opening in the stopper linkage inside the drain assembly. Once youve gotten this far assembly is as easy as applying plumbers.