Help plumbing my new drain


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Old 11-18-13, 11:27 AM
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Help plumbing my new drain

Easy question I'm sure. My wife has me putting in a new bathroom vanity, and the drain kit has given me a simple drain, with a long metal tube 1 1/4. There are no threads on this tube, and it is all the same diameter. What should I be looking for in the plumbing section to correctly hook this up to the p-trap?

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Old 11-18-13, 12:12 PM
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You would use a nut and rubber or plastic washer and a compression nut. It is a friction fit. Slide on the nut then washer and tighten the nut on to the threads on the P-trap.

Back when most drain plumbing was brass I have seen people twist the threads off the P-trap when they removed the nut then be baffled because there were no threads on the P-trap. The brass pipes get old and corode and you can easily twist the threads off without realizing.

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Note you may need to cut the tail piece shorter. All brass you use a rubber washer. With a PVC trap you use plastic.
 

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Thanks! Last time I asked for advice at the local big-box store, they led me on a wild goose chase, and it helps to know what I should be using.
 
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Is your trap plastic or brass. If you want you can post pictures of what you have. http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...-pictures.html

Better to go to a hardware store for plumbing. Older the hardware store the better.
 
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I'm using a plastic trap. Does it matter for what I buy?
 
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I'm using a plastic trap. Does it matter for what I buy?
As I previously wrote:
All brass you use a rubber washer. With a PVC trap you use a plastic washer.
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