How To Replace A Kitchen Sink Strainer
First though you need to locate the source of the leaking water and make sure there isnt a different source such as a leaking pipebut if you find that the leaks source is the joint where the sink and drain come together a faulty sink strainer is the cause.
How to replace a kitchen sink strainer. Once the old sink strainer is removed take some plumbers putty and roll it out into a one foot length. How to replace a sink basket strainer. Place the sink strainer with the plumbers putty attached into the drainage hole in the sink and press down hard.
This video will show you how to remove and replace a kitchen sink strainer. Replacing drain pipes under the kitchen sink and check for leaks at the p trap and where the strainer drain meets the bottom of the sink and make sure there is no water leak at the rubber gasket. Replace a leaky kitchen sink drain strainer test for the kitchen sink drain leak.
I show the steps to install a kitchen sink basket strainer. If the tissue picks up any water youve got a leaky basket strainer and its time to learn how to remove a sink drain. This will be used to wrap a seal around the base of the new sink strainer.
A sink basket strainer is simple enough for anyone to understand. The plumbers putty will be your gasket under the basket strainer. Fill up the sink with water and touch a facial tissue between the bottom of the kitchen sink drain and the sink.
A video on how to replace a kitchen sink strainer basket. You will need plumbers putty for this project. Kitchen sink strainers often rust out underneath the sink.
A leak under the kitchen sink could indicate that you need to replace the sink strainer.