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.



- Plumbing Faucet:

 Set the kitchen sink upside down on a padded sawhorse or counter before fixing it. Feed the faucet's supply tubing and tailpiece through the gasket that seals the faucet to the sink and then up through the hole (or holes) in sink. Screw the mounting nuts and washers to the underside of the sink deck. Make sure the faucet can swing in a full arc across the sink before tightening mounting nuts.

- plumbing kitchen sink strainer

 With the kitchen sink still upside down, pack a thick roll of plumbing putty under the strainer's lip and push it up through the sink's drain hole. Slip the gasket, washer, and housing (if the strainer has one) onto the strainer and against the underside of sink. Dab pipe-joint compound onto its exposed threads. Thread the locknut onto the strainer by hand, then tighten it with pliers while holding the strainer in place. Fit the gasket onto the kitchen sink-drain tailpiece and attach it to the strainer with its slip nut. Tighten the nut by hand while holding strainer.

- Installing kitchen sink:

With kitchen sink still upside down, squeeze a bead of silicone caulk around the underside of the sink's lip. Turn the sink upright and set it into the countertop hole. Check that the front of the sink is parallel with the front edge of countertop. Adjust it, if necessary.

-Faucet connection:

 Connect your faucet to shut-off valves using acorn-head supply tubes or braided stainless steel hoses. Attach the sprayer hose to the faucet's threaded tailpiece.
If the shutoff valves under your kitchen sink don’t work or you don’t have any, you’ll have to turn off the water supply to the entire house while replacing the sink. This could cause domestic strife, especially if the job turns into a half day or longer project, so make sure the valves work before going to the home center.
To test the valves, close them and turn on the faucet. The faucet may drip for a minute or two, but if the drip continues, the shutoff valves are leaking. Repair or replace old valves. If you’re buying new ones, use quarter-turn ball type shutoff valves. They’re more reliable and less likely to leak at the packing nut.

-plumbing kitchen sink drain:

 Assemble the trap adapter onto the sink-drain tailpiece.
Cut and dry-fit lengths of PVC pipe to connect the trap adapter to the trap and the drain elbow to the waste line.
Swivel the trap or slide it on the tailpiece to fine-tune the pipes' lengths and alignment.
Take the drain pieces apart.
Clean off the cut ends with a utility knife.
Coat them and their mating pieces with PVC primer. Let dry. Swab PVC cement on both ends being joined.
Immediately push pieces together. Hold for 30 seconds.
Reassemble and hand-tighten all threaded connections.