How To Install Kitchen Sink Drain Assembly

Pinterent    Maret 19, 2024    Comment   

A shiny new sink, along with a new faucet and countertop, will jazz up a kitchen as much as new flooring and appliances, and for considerably less money. These days, it isn’t that difficult to install a new sink and faucet, thanks to fittings that simply screw or glue together—often without solder or torches.

The trickiest part of installing a new sink and faucet is connecting the sink’s drain—the pieces between the sink’s tailpiece and the waste line. Always start at the sink tailpiece and work down. This is where a swivel P-trap with a trap adapter earns its keep. It can swing side to side on two different axes and adjust up or down.

Before you head off to the store, Richard recommends drawing a “map” like the illustration here and checking the inside diameters of the tailpiece and waste line, usually 1 ½ inches. Then, instead of buying a kit, get only the pieces you need, including Schedule 40 PVC pipe to cut and fit as needed.

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If sink has a template, align it with the mark on the counter. Place its back edge 1½ inches from and parallel to the counter.

Adjust the sink to leave 1½ inches between its back edge and the backsplash. Be sure sink is parallel with the counter’s edge.

After using a straightedge to connect the marks, you’ll end up with a rectangular outline of the sink’s hole on the counter.

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Next, use a spade bit that’s slightly wider than the jigsaw blade (½-inch bit is usually sufficient) and drill a hole inside the radius at each corner of the cut-out lines.

Lower a jigsaw blade into a front hole and saw along the cut line to back hole. Repeat on the other side.

Lay a scrap of wood a few inches longer than the cutout across the sink area. Screw through the scrap and into the cutout waste to prevent it from falling or binding the saw blade.

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Feed the faucet’s supply tubing and tailpiece through the gasket that seals the faucet to the sink and then up through the hole (or holes) in sink.

With the sink still upside down, pack a thick roll of plumber’s putty under the strainer’s lip and push it up through the sink’s drain hole.

Slip the gasket, washer, and housing (if your strainer has one) onto the strainer and against the underside of sink. Dab pipe-joint compound onto its exposed threads.

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Fit the gasket onto the sink-drain tailpiece and attach it to the strainer with its slip nut. Tighten the nut by hand while holding strainer.

Cut and dry-fit lengths of PVC pipe to connect the trap adapter to the trap and the drain elbow to the waste line. Swivel the trap or slide it on the tailpiece to fine-tune the pipes’ lengths and alignment. Take the drain pieces apart.

Remove the aerator from the faucet and run the water full blast. Look for leaks at all connections along the supply and drain lines. In case of leaks, carefully tighten the nuts by one-eighth turns until the leak stops.

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Make sure the sink’s front edge is parallel to counter’s edge. Fill the sink with water to weigh it down and hold it tight overnight as the caulk sets.

Feed the faucet’s supply tubing and tailpiece through the gasket that seals the faucet to the sink and then up through the hole (or holes) in sink.

With the sink still upside down, pack a thick roll of plumber’s putty under the strainer’s lip and push it up through the sink’s drain hole.

Slip the gasket, washer, and housing (if your strainer has one) onto the strainer and against the underside of sink. Dab pipe-joint compound onto its exposed threads.

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Fit the gasket onto the sink-drain tailpiece and attach it to the strainer with its slip nut. Tighten the nut by hand while holding strainer.

Cut and dry-fit lengths of PVC pipe to connect the trap adapter to the trap and the drain elbow to the waste line. Swivel the trap or slide it on the tailpiece to fine-tune the pipes’ lengths and alignment. Take the drain pieces apart.

Remove the aerator from the faucet and run the water full blast. Look for leaks at all connections along the supply and drain lines. In case of leaks, carefully tighten the nuts by one-eighth turns until the leak stops.

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Make sure the sink’s front edge is parallel to counter’s edge. Fill the sink with water to weigh it down and hold it tight overnight as the caulk sets.