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Kitchen sink p-trap problem
The stainless steel sink is dual bowl, with a garbage disposal (not shown) connected to the right drain. These two photos show the layout of the plumbing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90278919@N00/16272219299/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ The center of the left bowl's drain was about 3/8" too close to the entrance to the p-trap. https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ So I attempted to shorten the horizontal pipe from the output of the 90-degree elbow to the y-connection at the rear wall. I ended up with this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ Note the 1/16-1/8" inch gap at the output of the elbow. The item with the bar code is a repair coupling. After priming and doping the pipes, you slide it over the junction of the two pipes being joined. Obviously, at the left end there is nothing for it to grab on to. The repair coupling is 1.5" long. If it were, say, 1.0" I could probably cut back the pipe it's on enough to allow gluing an short extension - maybe with 1/2" visible - onto the output of the 90-degree elbow. Then the coupling could slide over 1/2" of each pipe. I'm horrible at cutting 1.5" PVC pipe with a hacksaw and getting square cuts, so what I just suggested would be a challenge for me. Can anyone think of a different approach? Thanks, R1 |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem
On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:16:42 -0500, Rebel1
wrote: The stainless steel sink is dual bowl, with a garbage disposal (not shown) connected to the right drain. These two photos show the layout of the plumbing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90278919@N00/16272219299/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ The center of the left bowl's drain was about 3/8" too close to the entrance to the p-trap. https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ So I attempted to shorten the horizontal pipe from the output of the 90-degree elbow to the y-connection at the rear wall. I ended up with this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ Note the 1/16-1/8" inch gap at the output of the elbow. The item with the bar code is a repair coupling. After priming and doping the pipes, you slide it over the junction of the two pipes being joined. Obviously, at the left end there is nothing for it to grab on to. The repair coupling is 1.5" long. If it were, say, 1.0" I could probably cut back the pipe it's on enough to allow gluing an short extension - maybe with 1/2" visible - onto the output of the 90-degree elbow. Then the coupling could slide over 1/2" of each pipe. I'm horrible at cutting 1.5" PVC pipe with a hacksaw and getting square cuts, so what I just suggested would be a challenge for me. Can anyone think of a different approach? Thanks, R1 See above response. |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem _ SOLVED
Thanks to Gordon Shumway's brilliant, creative reply to my original
post, the problem is solved. Kidding aside, actually it was rather simple. Shorten the existing pipe going into the rear Y and install a new one from the 90-degree elbow until it meets the old one. Here's a photo without the repair coupling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90278919@N00/16279441860/ With the repair coupling in place, here's how it looks before cementing everything: https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ I first cemented the new extension into the 90-degree elbow and waited a few minutes for everything to set. After priming and cementing both pipes and the coupling, I slid the coupling onto the rear pipe and pushed the front pipe into the coupling. Note that repair couplings do not have a lip in the middle, so you can easily slide them along the pipes and twist them. They are a little looser than the ones with the center lip, and they are not designed for high pressure. After connecting everything, I turned on the water. For a second or two, it came out full force, then became a dribble, regardless of whether I chose hot or cold. I thought I had kinked the pull-down hose when reinstalling the faucet, but it was okay. Turned out to be debris on the input to the aerator. I don't know where it came from. The faucet is less than one month old, and I didn't do any work on the water supply side. Maybe just operating the water shutoffs loosened crud that had built up over the 15 years since the house was built. To deal with my problem of not being able to make square cuts on PVC pipe, I spent $20 at Lowe's to buy a specially designed 1.5" PVC ratcheting cutter. http://www.lowes.com/pd_150935-21365...ter&facetInfo= The trick is making the cut equally around the circumference and not trying to use a hacksaw and cutting directly from the top straight to the bottom. Must cut around the circumference and rotate the pipe as you progress. With the pipe cutter, you must have enough room to rotate it around the pipe in one direction. You can't rock back and forth to make the cut. I lucked out in having the clearance with the sink in place. R1 |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem _ SOLVED
Rebel1 wrote: Thanks to Gordon Shumway's brilliant, creative reply to my original post, the problem is solved. Kidding aside, actually it was rather simple. Shorten the existing pipe going into the rear Y and install a new one from the 90-degree elbow until it meets the old one. Here's a photo without the repair coupling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90278919@N00/16279441860/ With the repair coupling in place, here's how it looks before cementing everything: https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ I first cemented the new extension into the 90-degree elbow and waited a few minutes for everything to set. After priming and cementing both pipes and the coupling, I slid the coupling onto the rear pipe and pushed the front pipe into the coupling. Note that repair couplings do not have a lip in the middle, so you can easily slide them along the pipes and twist them. They are a little looser than the ones with the center lip, and they are not designed for high pressure. After connecting everything, I turned on the water. For a second or two, it came out full force, then became a dribble, regardless of whether I chose hot or cold. I thought I had kinked the pull-down hose when reinstalling the faucet, but it was okay. Turned out to be debris on the input to the aerator. I don't know where it came from. The faucet is less than one month old, and I didn't do any work on the water supply side. Maybe just operating the water shutoffs loosened crud that had built up over the 15 years since the house was built. To deal with my problem of not being able to make square cuts on PVC pipe, I spent $20 at Lowe's to buy a specially designed 1.5" PVC ratcheting cutter. http://www.lowes.com/pd_150935-21365...ter&facetInfo= The trick is making the cut equally around the circumference and not trying to use a hacksaw and cutting directly from the top straight to the bottom. Must cut around the circumference and rotate the pipe as you progress. With the pipe cutter, you must have enough room to rotate it around the pipe in one direction. You can't rock back and forth to make the cut. I lucked out in having the clearance with the sink in place. R1 Congratulations, on a job well done. But tell us, how did you get the cut off end of the pipe out of the elbow it was glued into? were you able to pry and break it out or did you buy one of those special "drill bits"? Or maybe just buy a new elbow of the same type, cheaper than a drill bit. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem _ SOLVED
On Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:24:28 -0500, Rebel1
wrote: Thanks to Gordon Shumway's brilliant, creative reply to my original post, the problem is solved. Snip I knew you would be lost without my expertise! ;-) |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem _ SOLVED
On Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:33 -0600, Gordon Shumway
wrote: On Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:24:28 -0500, Rebel1 wrote: Thanks to Gordon Shumway's brilliant, creative reply to my original post, the problem is solved. Snip I knew you would be lost without my expertise! ;-) Big head I would suggest he dry fit the parts and align them before he glued... |
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Kitchen sink p-trap problem _ SOLVED
On 2/7/2015 4:50 PM, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Rebel1 wrote: Thanks to Gordon Shumway's brilliant, creative reply to my original post, the problem is solved. Kidding aside, actually it was rather simple. Shorten the existing pipe going into the rear Y and install a new one from the 90-degree elbow until it meets the old one. Here's a photo without the repair coupling: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90278919@N00/16279441860/ With the repair coupling in place, here's how it looks before cementing everything: https://www.flickr.com/photos/902789...n/photostream/ I first cemented the new extension into the 90-degree elbow and waited a few minutes for everything to set. After priming and cementing both pipes and the coupling, I slid the coupling onto the rear pipe and pushed the front pipe into the coupling. Note that repair couplings do not have a lip in the middle, so you can easily slide them along the pipes and twist them. They are a little looser than the ones with the center lip, and they are not designed for high pressure. After connecting everything, I turned on the water. For a second or two, it came out full force, then became a dribble, regardless of whether I chose hot or cold. I thought I had kinked the pull-down hose when reinstalling the faucet, but it was okay. Turned out to be debris on the input to the aerator. I don't know where it came from. The faucet is less than one month old, and I didn't do any work on the water supply side. Maybe just operating the water shutoffs loosened crud that had built up over the 15 years since the house was built. To deal with my problem of not being able to make square cuts on PVC pipe, I spent $20 at Lowe's to buy a specially designed 1.5" PVC ratcheting cutter. http://www.lowes.com/pd_150935-21365...ter&facetInfo= The trick is making the cut equally around the circumference and not trying to use a hacksaw and cutting directly from the top straight to the bottom. Must cut around the circumference and rotate the pipe as you progress. With the pipe cutter, you must have enough room to rotate it around the pipe in one direction. You can't rock back and forth to make the cut. I lucked out in having the clearance with the sink in place. R1 Congratulations, on a job well done. But tell us, how did you get the cut off end of the pipe out of the elbow it was glued into? were you able to pry and break it out or did you buy one of those special "drill bits"? Or maybe just buy a new elbow of the same type, cheaper than a drill bit. Jeff No, it's a whole new 90-degree elbow. If you go to a hardware store, HD or Lowe's, it's part of the p-trap; you just discard the p-trap and use the elbow. If you go to a plumber's supply house, I believe you can get the elbow with the proper threads alone. |
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