This article was co-authored by David Balkan and by staff writer, Christopher M. Osborne, PhD. David Balkan is a Professional Plumber, CEO of Balkan Sewer and Water Main Service, and President of Balkan Sewer and Drain Cleaning. As a hands-on owner of these companies for over 40 years, David is knowledgeable about water service lines, sewers, and drain line issues. David is a Committee Chairman of the Master Plumbers Council and has sat on the Executive Committee of the Sub Surface Plumbers Association of New York for over 30 years. His knowledge and solution-oriented approach contributed to Balkan Sewer and Water Main Service being the largest and most trusted service in New York City and the recipient of the 2017 Angie’s List Super Service Award.
Washing hands, filling glasses and pots, rinsing produce, doing dishes — the kitchen sink sees a lot of action. So, a clog, a leaky faucet or drain, or some other problem can be a real disruption to your daily life. There are lots of ways a kitchen sink can break, and at least as many ways to fix one. Some will require a plumber’s expertise, but you can handle many of the common issues yourself. You can even fix the problem by ripping the sink out and starting fresh!
This article was co-authored by David Balkan and by staff writer, Christopher M. Osborne, PhD. David Balkan is a Professional Plumber, CEO of Balkan Sewer and Water Main Service, and President of Balkan Sewer and Drain Cleaning. As a hands-on owner of these companies for over 40 years, David is knowledgeable about water service lines, sewers, and drain line issues. David is a Committee Chairman of the Master Plumbers Council and has sat on the Executive Committee of the Sub Surface Plumbers Association of New York for over 30 years. His knowledge and solution-oriented approach contributed to Balkan Sewer and Water Main Service being the largest and most trusted service in New York City and the recipient of the 2017 Angie’s List Super Service Award. This article has been viewed 45, 871 times.
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To fix a clogged drain in your kitchen sink, use a rubber spatula to push 1 cup of baking soda into the drain. Then, pour 1 cup of white vinegar down the drain to create a reaction to help loosen the clog. When you've given the baking soda-vinegar mixture about 5 minutes to work, pour 4 cups of boiling water down the drain to clear it. If you’re fixing a leaky drain, try tightening the locknut or bell washer to see if that does the trick. If not, you’ll need to remove and replace the sink strainer to fix your kitchen sink. To learn how to repair a leaky faucet in your kitchen sink, keep reading!® FREE Encyclopedia of Building & Environmental Construction, Diagnosis, Maintenance & Repair No ChatBot Pledge: The accuracy & trustworthiness of every article or Q&A is researched by human experts.
Using photographs and text we show how to diagnose the source of water found under a leaky kitchen sink. We repair the link by repairing or replacing leaky sink trap and drain parts or by replacing a leaky sink strainer assembly.
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Sink basin or sink strainer leaks occur at the drain assembly of all types of sinks due to improper installation, loose parts, missing gaskets or sealant, or from corrosion.
Watch out: But unless you look closely under the sink - a pose that requires crouching and crawling about - you may not see the real source of trouble. If you miss a corroded leaky sink strainer assembly you may find yourself replacing traps or drain piping that were not the problem.
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Above: yellow leak stains and water droplets on the white plastic sink drain and trap parts looked as if the drain parts were loose or damaged, maybe cracked. They were not. The problem was the sink strainer. To see it one has to bend over or nearly crawl under the sink and then look up - taking care not to get rusty crud in one's eyes.
Put a bucket or deep plastic bin under the sink drain so that you can catch the water that will spill out of the P-trap when you remove these parts.
Remove all of the white plastic parts (or equivalent at your sink) that you see in the photos above. These parts should un-screw by hand if they're plastic or you may need to use a large goose-neck slip-joint pliers.
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Watch out: Take care to keep all of the drain parts as you will either re-use them (if they're in very good shape) or you'll take them to your plumbing supplier to be sure that you purchase all of the necessary parts to install new drain components at the end of the strainer replacement procedure we give below.
Sure if the strainer assembly were pretty new and is un-damaged, you might be able to un-screw the large round strainer nut by tapping it counter-clockwise with a hammer and a screwdriver.
OK with that warning out of the way, try tapping the protruding lugs on the large round strainer nut - yellow arrow in the photo above. Tap the nut in the direction of the yellow arrow. When that lug breaks off, try the next one. Try tapping at several spaced points around the nut to see if you can loosen it. Try spraying some WD40 or Liquid Wrench on the corroded nut threads.
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OK so let's get a grip on things. The strainer nut isn't loosening. Instead the wole sink strainer assembly is rotating when you tap on the nut to try to turn it. Here's how your assistant can grab onto the strainer assembly from above you go back to pounding from below.
I use a pair of Vise Grip pliers. Unless your assistant is incredibly strong you'll need two Vise Grips. The first pinches down on the cross member of the sink strainer drain opening - see the close-up photo just below.
The second Vise Grip pliers grabs onto the first one at an angle so that your assistant can hold the strainer assembly from above you go back to pounding to try to turn the sink strainer lock nut from below.
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Watch out: don't get rusty crud in your eyes while working below the sink. You risk abrasion, cuts, or a nasty eye infection. I'd say wear goggles but you won't, or if you do you won't be able to see what the heck you're doing. Instead keep your head out of the way of falling debris.
Yeah I know. On a really badly corroded kitchen sink strainer assembly the whole shebang may be rusted together. So we continue with Plan B. You may still need your assistant to hold the strainer from above.
Using a hammer and a small 1/2 cold chisel or even a large crummy old big flat-bladed screwdriver, cut through a thin portion of the sink strainer lock nut.
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In the photo above, I'd cut through the thin area of the sink strainer nut pointed to by the red arrow. I'm hammering mostly at right angles against the nut, I'm no longer trying to turn it. If you click to enlarge the photo you'll see the tips of our Vise Grip pliers nosing down through the strainer basket.
With the outer flange of the sink basket assembly nut cut, I was able to drive my screwdriver between the threaded side of the strainer nut and the basket assembly side - photo just below.
Don't worry about damaging the frozen sink strainer basket nut or basket itself - you're going to throw all of these parts away and install a whole new sink strainer assembly.
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Once you've cut both the flange and the threaded portion of the sink basket nut you'll be able to pry the nut off of the sink strainer basket, as I illustrate just below.
With the strainer nut removed you will push the strainer basket up from below or just pull it off with your still-attached Vise Grip pleirs. Only if some idiot who installed the old sink strainer assembly used an adhesive instead of plumbers putty will we have trouble with this step.
I used a dull flat bladed screwdriver to scrape off the nasty old plumbers' putty to begin preparing the sink to receive the new sink strainer assembly.
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Inspect the under-side of the sink around the drain opening and scrape off any plumbers putty or rust crud that may be under there too.
Above, using a paper towel, I'm wiping both sides (the porcelain side you can see and the cast iron under-side of the sink around the drain opening.
Below I'm using
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