Installing Kitchen Sink Strainer
Turn the sink upright and set it into the countertop hole.
Installing kitchen sink strainer. You will need plumbers. Youll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you havent already. Measure the right sized length and width of the previous strainer to avoid this situation.
For the steps on how to install when new and to replace when worn out then go through this article and find out more. If it doesnt sit in the right place it becomes useless. A sink basket strainer is simple enough for anyone to understand.
A video on how to replace a kitchen sink strainer basket. You will need plumbers putty for this project. How to replace a sink basket strainer.
Press the kitchen sink strainer firmly down into the putty add the rubber gasket friction ring and locknut under the sink and retighten the locknut. The pipe should slope downward slightly toward the tailpiece. Roll plumbers putty between your hands into a rope the size of a pencil and wrap it around the lip of the kitchen sink drain opening.
Let the straight end of the pipe extend past the tailpiece. To install a kitchen sink drain youll need a drain assembly kit that fits your sink pliers a basket wrench plumbers putty and a brass tailpiece to attach the basket strainer to the main drainpipe. Temporarily install the tailpiece onto the sink strainer using a slip nut and washer as applicable.
When worn out it needs to be replaced as soon as possible. This will be used to wrap a seal around the base of the new sink strainer. Temporarily connect the curved end of the continuous waste pipe to the garbage disposals drain outlet using a slip nut and washer.