Double Sink Drain Pipe Installation

In this video we show you how to install dual kitchen sink drain plumbing pipes under kitchen sinks.

Double sink drain pipe installation.

You ll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you haven t already. You simply slip a nut onto the waste drain and press it against the other pipe then hand tighten the nut. Continuous waste center outlet for a double bowl sink. In order to reconnect the sink without the disposer not a disposal you need a continuous waste horizontal pipe a flanged tailpiece out of the new sink drain fitting and a dishwasher connection tailpiece between the strainer s tailpiece and the waste pipe.

Video of the day volume 0. See how a double bowl sink can be installed to properly drain into only 1 drainage outlet. Temporarily connect the curved end of the continuous waste pipe to the garbage disposal s drain outlet using a slip nut and washer. The two sink bowls can be used alone or simultaneously to help further cooking and cleaning in one space.

Dual kitchen sink plumbing can be quite tricky and you h. Purchase pvc drain pipes. Two tail pipes two j tail pipes one t connector one p trap one j waste pipe seven slip nuts and seven washers. Next find the washer that will fit onto the drain under the sink.

The tailpiece and waste pipe must be cut to length for installation. To install a kitchen sink drain you ll need a drain assembly kit that fits your sink pliers a basket wrench plumber s putty and a brass tailpiece to attach the basket strainer to the main drainpipe. Temporarily install the tailpiece onto the sink strainer using a slip nut and washer as applicable. No washers are required here.

You ll note one of them is much too loose but the other one fits just right. The disposer does not need that trap but the s trap has to go. While these two sink bowls have separate drains both drains hook up to the same waste. You can install a double sink drain in more than one way but the most common method is to extend a horizontal drain arm with a 90 degree elbow from each sink to a tee fitting that connects to the trap.