How do you remove a bathroom sink tailpiece?
Loosen the nut connecting the tailpiece — the straight section of pipe that connects the sink to the P-trap — to the drain body on the underside of the sink. Unscrew the tailpiece using a wrench or pliers. Pull down on the pipe to break it free.
What should I do if my bathroom sink tailpiece does not line up?
If the tailpiece will not line up with the trap, move the trap into its original position, tighten the collar with the pipe wrench and obtain a flexible tailpiece extension for your drain. The size is typically 1 1/4-inch in the outer diameter of the plastic pipe.
Why does drain tailpiece not line up with trap?
After installing a new bathroom sink, the drain tailpiece doesn’t line up with the trap coming out of the wall. I’ve seen flexible accordion hoses for this, but I think that violates code ( P3002.3.1 ).
Can A P trap be installed under a sink?
Plumber’s tips on how to install P Trap. You are installing p-trap pipes under your sink, and your P trap doesn’t line up to the waste drain pipe under your bathroom sink, because you are remodeling and installed a new vanity whose sink tail pipe does not line up like the previous vanity sink drain pipe.
How does the tailpiece of a plumbing sink work?
By the way, I have a flexible accordion piece from the old sink, which fits on the trap, but it has male threads on top, so it connect to the tailpiece. So I don’t understand how those flexible pieces are supposed to work anyway.
If the tailpiece will not line up with the trap, move the trap into its original position, tighten the collar with the pipe wrench and obtain a flexible tailpiece extension for your drain. The size is typically 1 1/4-inch in the outer diameter of the plastic pipe.
After installing a new bathroom sink, the drain tailpiece doesn’t line up with the trap coming out of the wall. I’ve seen flexible accordion hoses for this, but I think that violates code ( P3002.3.1 ).
Plumber’s tips on how to install P Trap. You are installing p-trap pipes under your sink, and your P trap doesn’t line up to the waste drain pipe under your bathroom sink, because you are remodeling and installed a new vanity whose sink tail pipe does not line up like the previous vanity sink drain pipe.
By the way, I have a flexible accordion piece from the old sink, which fits on the trap, but it has male threads on top, so it connect to the tailpiece. So I don’t understand how those flexible pieces are supposed to work anyway.
