Connecting Kitchen Sink Drain Pipe

Connecting the drainpipes 1.

Connecting kitchen sink drain pipe.

Tighten the compressing fitting using two adjustable wrenches. Slip the trap onto the tailpiece and then position the trap s horizontal piece next to the drain line coming out of the. Place a rubber compression gasket inside of the drain pipe. Turn off the water to the sink cabinet and remove the cabinet doors for easier access.

The horizontal pipes connect to the trap with a double wye tee which has two y shaped inlets and one outlet. The tailpiece and waste pipe must be cut to length for installation. Cut the spare piping provided with the kit to the correct size. A single trap can service more than one sink but adjacent drains cannot be farther apart than 30 inches.

A rubber compression gasket is a small flexible gasket. If you have a. Use a measure tape to check the distance from the larger outlet on your airgap to the drain line for your kitchen sink. A 3 inch horizontal pipe is shown but your inspector may permit a 2 inch pipe insert a street elbow into the y and hold the other pieces in place to mark for cutting.

Sink drain connections consist of large ring nuts that tighten against nylon washers and provide a seal. When one or more of the nuts loosen or crack the seal is ineffective and the pipes leak as. Videos you watch may be added to the tv s watch history and influence tv recommendations. To avoid this cancel and sign in to youtube on your computer.

Attach a shut off valve to a length of copper tubing. Attach a brass tailpiece to the bottom of the basket strainer. Cut and dry fit the horizontal drainpipe and the fittings for connecting the tub and the sink drains. The continuous waste pipe connects the disposal s drain to the tee fitting.

Reattach the trap to the tailpiece and into the drain line. The drain tailpiece is a straight pipe that connects to the sink strainer and runs down to a tee fitting below the sink basin without the disposer. Take a brass tailpiece and line up the threads with. Start by attaching the tailpiece to the sink drain and tightening the slip nut and washer by hand.

Install the tailpiece and continuous waste pipe.