Plumbing kitchen sink strainer

The kitchen sink strainer basket provides a waterproof connection between the sink and drain pipe and also serves to trap food to prevent it from clogging the drain.
A leak under the kitchen sink could indicate that you need to replace the sink strainer. The first thing to do is to locate the source of the leaking water. If you find that it is coming from where the sink and drain come together, the kitchen sink strainer basket is the cause.
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Read on to find out more about how to remove and install a kitchen sink strainer.

Plumbing Kitchen Sink

plumbing kitchen sink and faucet is a way to give your kitchen a new look. A kitchen sink is a major component of an attractive and useful kitchen. There are many styles in various materials and colors, but all sinks have a faucet to supply hot and cold water and a drain to carry waste out. Once a kitchen sink is set, it is time to connect those pieces. Rough plumbing has 1/2-inch hot and cold water lines terminated at shut-off valves and a 1.5-inch drain line, usually extending out from a wall under the sink., but there are potential plumbing and installation problems to watch out for. This article explains them.

Kitchen Sink Plumbing Vent

 Plumbing code requires to vent every plumbing fixture in your house that contains a trap to keep your pipes from clogging and to protect your heath. Without vents, negative pressure in the pipes can empty P-traps and allow sewer gases into your home. Kitchen sink plumbing vent generally rise from kitchen sink drain line to join a main vent stack that extends through the roof.

Kitchen Sink Plumbing Parts

Before Talking about kitchen sink plumbing parts, you should know types of  kitchen sink plumbing pipes.
1- ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) (Black plastic pipe) ABS is better in cold weather.
2- PVC (chlorinated poly-vinyl chloride) (White plastic pipe) PVC is better for outdoors and warmer climate applications.
PVC pipes will generally last longer than ABS. But, many plumbers prefer to use ABS because it is easier to work with when it comes to gluing it, ABS does not require a primer and the glue set much faster.