Fix Leaking Sink Drain Trap

Is your kitchen sink drain leaking water underneath.

Fix leaking sink drain trap.

Add a t fitting if necessary step 4. Connect a trap bend to the trap arm. We uploaded an improved version of this video here. Using slip joint pliers disconnect the slip joint nuts that hold the trap to the tailpiece and drainpipe.

Attach new tailpiece step 3. Have a towel or a bucket ready to collect any leakage. Find replacement washers that are the exact same size and slide them onto the ends. No need to call the handyman in this plumbing tips video we show you how to install kitchen sink drains.

One cause of a leaking p trap is a failed washer. You may need to turn on the water to see where it drips or even fill the sink and let the water stand for a few minutes before the leak appears. If you can t stop leaks by tightening these off kilter connections you may have to disassemble the entire trap and rebuild it with extra lengths of pipe to make the connections straight. Remove the old drain pipe step 2.

Start at the top and work down. Https youtu be tqf11on2xea which is shorter and we removed the overpowering background music so you can. Check the piping and drain line for any loose fittings. Put on your nitrile or vinyl gloves to protect your hands from.

Attach a trap arm step 5. Replace this by removing the p trap and taking off the washers which are fitted to the threads at each end. Lay out the replacement pipes on the floor next to the sink to see how they fit together. Sometimes the sink drain doesn t line up perfectly with the waste outlet in the arm and because of the offset the p trap connections aren t straight.

To fix a leaky sink trap start by placing a bucket beneath the trap. Kitchen sink drain diagram be ready for water to pour out of the disconnected pipe momentarily. Remove the tailpipe nut beneath the sink.