The horizontal pipes connect to the trap with a double wye tee which has two y shaped inlets and one outlet.
Kitchen sink drain pipe. You ll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you haven t already. Kitchen sinks have a strainer fitted into a strainer body that s inserted down through the sink hole and sealed to the sink with a bead of plumber s putty. The steps for installing the sink drain will depend on how different the new sink is from the old one as well as what other components are being installed. A single trap can service more than one sink but adjacent drains cannot be farther apart than 30 inches.
Beneath the sink the strainer body connects to the drain s tailpiece and the rest of the drain plumbing. Measure a half cup 170 g of baking soda in a measuring cup and pour it down your drain coating the sides of the drain pipe. A sink drains by way of several components. In spite of appearances the entire assembly is actually simple and.
A garbage disposal if there is. Get free shipping on qualified kitchen drain drain assembly drains drain parts or buy online pick up in store today in the plumbing department. Boil 1 cup 236 58 ml of water in a pot. Pour 1 2 cup 170 g of baking soda down your drain.
Continue to heat the pot until the water boils. In the most basic system the sink drain opens to a vertical length of pipe called the tailpiece which connects to the p trap assembly that consists of a curved pipe and a horizontal extension. To install a kitchen sink drain you ll need a drain assembly kit that fits your sink pliers a basket wrench plumber s putty and a brass tailpiece to attach the basket strainer to the main drainpipe. This is a very common repair because they rot out quickly.
The material that you most commonly see under a kitchen sink is this. So today i m going to show you how to fix a kitchen sink drain. Kitchen drain pipes may look complicated to install and tempt you to call a plumber. Horizontal drain pipes connecting the sink drains to the trap must have a minimum slope of 1 4 inch per foot toward the trap.