Help plumbing my new drain
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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?
Thanks!
Michael
Thanks!
Michael
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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.
Note you may need to cut the tail piece shorter. All brass you use a rubber washer. With a PVC trap you use plastic.
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.
Note you may need to cut the tail piece shorter. All brass you use a rubber washer. With a PVC trap you use plastic.
Last edited by ray2047; 11-18-13 at 12:42 PM.
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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.
Better to go to a hardware store for plumbing. Older the hardware store the better.