| Within the last decade, do-it-yourself home | | | | breeze. You simply need to connect your pipes |
| improvement projects have become more and more | | | | together, and then utilize washers and bolts to |
| popular, as people have realized they do not always | | | | connect the pipes between the sink and the floor or |
| need professionals to complete a job for them. One | | | | wall drain. You can also utilize pipe thread compound |
| area where this is especially true is with plumbing | | | | when putting PVC drain pipes together. It acts as a |
| installation of drains in your home, particularly with | | | | lubricant initially and helps you to fit the pipes |
| sinks. | | | | together. It then turns into a seal and prevent |
| Most sinks in your home can be found in either your | | | | erosion of the pipe from all the water. |
| bathroom or your kitchen, thus you will most likely be | | | | Of course when buying your pipe and doing the |
| installing sink drains in one of these two areas. If you | | | | plumbing installation, it is important that you invest in |
| are doing drain plumbing installation in the kitchen you | | | | good pipe and quality workmanship. The pipe should |
| will use a 1-1/2" drain, while in a bathroom you will | | | | be strong enough to withstand pressure from water |
| most likely use 1-1/4". Usually the drain will be made | | | | and not burst, and it should be strong enough to not |
| from PVC plastic, but some older drains are brass | | | | break when getting bumped or kicked due to its |
| and chrome. | | | | location under the sink. In addition, you should take |
| Besides determining what size of drain you need, you | | | | the time to ensure that you have properly and |
| will also need to determine what type of pipe you | | | | securely connected all pieces to prevent any water |
| need. Sinks in homes can either drain vertically or | | | | leaks. |
| horizontally, with most horizontal drains being found in | | | | While plumbing used to be something you called a |
| homes built in the last ten years. For a horizontal drain | | | | professional for, more and more individuals are finding |
| you should purchase a P-trap, while vertical drains | | | | they can do it themselves, and you can too by |
| should use an S-trap. You probably also will have to | | | | learning a little bit about it. One of the best places to |
| purchase additional straight pipe if the sink is far from | | | | start learning is through plumbing installation of drains |
| the floor or wall. In addition, if your kitchen or | | | | or water lines in your home. These are relatively |
| bathroom has two sinks that need to drain, you will | | | | easy to complete, especially if you know what type |
| need to purchase a T-junction to allow both sinks to | | | | and size of pipe to purchase. Once you've mastered |
| empty water into the same drain. | | | | a project like this, you can move on to bigger and |
| Once you have the pieces of pipes you need for | | | | better things such as installing a new bathtub or |
| your specific drain, the plumbing installation is a | | | | shower. |