Replacing A Bathroom Sink Drain

Learn how to replace it.

Replacing a bathroom sink drain. If not add a tailpiece to make up the distance cutting it to the needed length. The locknut will be snug up against the underside of the sink. Sink drain assembly plumbing pliers flat head screwdriver only necessary if you need more torque to get the old drain out plumber s teflon tape plumber s putty some drain assemblies require this around the flange basin towel scissor wet wipes.

Does your sink have a pop up drain. It is an inexpensive and simple task to replace them. Loosen the locknut that holds the drain in place.

Turn off the water and clear the area under the sink to prepare to replace your current drain pipes. Replacing a drain assembly on a bathroom sink isn t all that tough. The sink drain starts as a tailpiece and may reach the p trap without additional parts.

Another reason to remove and replace the sink drain is to stop a leak from around the drain opening. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. 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.

Loosen and remove the couplings on either end of the p trap. Purchasing a new faucet gives you another opportunity to replace the bathroom sink drain. Use a large wrench or channel locks to loosen and remove it.

Put the tailpiece washer into the flared end of the tailpiece then attach the tailpiece by screwing the slip nut onto the sink strainer. Thankfully there is no. 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.

Clean the pipe threads on the sink drain piece. 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. 1 turn off the water to the sink at the valves.