Connecting Kitchen Sink Drain Pipe

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Connecting kitchen sink drain pipe.

Attach a shut off valve to a length of copper tubing. To avoid this cancel and sign in to youtube on your computer. Slip the trap onto the tailpiece and then position the trap s horizontal piece next to the drain line coming out of the. 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.

Install the tailpiece and continuous waste pipe. Cut and dry fit the horizontal drainpipe and the fittings for connecting the tub and the sink drains. The tailpiece and waste pipe must be cut to length for installation. Turn off the water to the sink cabinet and remove the cabinet doors for easier access.

Tighten the compressing fitting using two adjustable wrenches. Take a brass tailpiece and line up the threads with. Sink drain connections consist of large ring nuts that tighten against nylon washers and provide a seal. Now attach the one end of the pipe to the second outlet on the airgap stem the same way you attached the dishwasher pipe to the first outlet.

Start by attaching the tailpiece to the sink drain and tightening the slip nut and washer by hand. Attach a brass tailpiece to the bottom of the basket strainer. Cut the spare piping provided with the kit to the correct size. Place a rubber compression gasket inside of the drain pipe.

Use a measure tape to check the distance from the larger outlet on your airgap to the drain line for your kitchen sink. A rubber compression gasket is a small flexible gasket. The continuous waste pipe connects the disposal s drain to the tee fitting. Videos you watch may be added to the tv s watch history and influence tv recommendations.

A single trap can service more than one sink but adjacent drains cannot be farther apart than 30 inches. 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. Hold the top of the. If you have a.

The horizontal pipes connect to the trap with a double wye tee which has two y shaped inlets and one outlet.