How To Install Sink Drain Pipe

If you re installing a brand new drain on an unused sink you can skip straight to preparing your plumber s putty for the area around the drain hole.

How to install sink drain pipe.

If you are looking for an easy step by step instructional on how to plumb a drain then this is it. Make sure the tailpiece fits your drainpipes as well and choose a brass tailpiece so it lasts longer. The p trap is the curved section of pipe at the base of the sink s plumbing. The waste drain two plastic or rubber washers and two slip joint nuts.

Does your sink have a pop up drain. No washers are required here. You simply slip a nut onto the waste drain and press it against the other pipe then hand tighten the nut. Measure the drain hole to make sure you choose a basket strainer that fits.

All of these parts typically come in the kit. Start by connecting the 2 black pipes. The tailpiece and waste pipe must be cut to length for installation. 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.

The continuous waste pipe connects the disposal s drain to the tee fitting. Learn how to replace it. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink.