Replacing A Bathroom Sink Drain

Purchasing a new faucet gives you another opportunity to replace the bathroom sink drain.

Replacing a bathroom sink drain. Put the tailpiece washer into the flared end of the tailpiece then attach the tailpiece by screwing the slip nut onto the sink strainer. While this simple collar sits above the sink s drain to replace it you will need to have access to the plumbing below the sink itself. The sink drain starts as a tailpiece and may reach the p trap without additional parts.

1 turn off the water to the sink at the valves. Learn how to replace it. Most sink drains are held in place by compression between the drain s lip on the topside of the sink and a locknut on the underside.

Thankfully there is no. Tool dude tony walks you through the process step by step in this episode of how to fix sh t 101. It is an inexpensive and simple task to replace them.

Another reason to remove and replace the sink drain is to stop a leak from around the drain opening. After years of use bathroom sink drains can rust. Turn off the water and clear the area under the sink to prepare to replace your current drain pipes.

Does your sink have a pop up drain. Loosen and remove the couplings on either end of the p trap. Bathroom faucets often come with matching drain assemblies and if the kit includes a pop up stopper you have to use the drain assembly included in the kit if you want the stopper to work.

In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. Use a large wrench or channel locks to loosen and remove it. Support the assembly and carefully lower before dumping.

Replacing a drain assembly on a bathroom sink isn t all that tough. The locknut will be snug up against the underside of the sink. If not add a tailpiece to make up the distance cutting it to the needed length.