How To Replace Bathroom Sink Drain To Wall And Trap

Remember the drain trap the u shaped bend will have a small amount of standing water so have your bucket or bag handy.

How to replace bathroom sink drain to wall and trap.

Remove the old drain assembly from the top down. You can use a utility knife drywall saw or power saw to do this. To make sizing the new drain pieces easier keep the old drain parts for now. See below for a shopping list a.

Step 1 place the small bucket under the p trap and remove the clean out plug. Installing drain pipes from a sink to the wall outlet provided is a simple process and can be done by the individual who likes to save money. Cut open either the back of the cabinet or the opposite side of the wall to access the vertical portion of the drain pipe. If the p trap and all the drain lines connecting to the sink are metal it is usually best to replace the metal trap and connections to the wall drain with tubular polyvinyl chloride or pvc.

This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to replace a leaky glued together kitchen sink trap. We initially show the p trap bac. The curved pieces of drain pipe underneath your sink commonly referred to as p traps do a lot of dirty work.