P Trap Compression Washers

Its a good quality 17 ga trap with heavy brass compression nuts and the slip joint washers are very good quality as well.

P trap compression washers. When a p trap leak occurs it s usually because the nuts aren t tight enough the pipes are misaligned or a p trap washer isn t seated correctly. I was just at a job where i installed one of these 10 years ago and it still like the day i installed it. A tapered connection requires a tapered poly washer. Step 1 removing the old washers.

Grumpyplumber dec 26 2007 9. Those washers take more compression to work and on plastic the slip nut can break. Do this by removing the trap from the trap arm and then take off the other side. The beveled poly washers used on pvc traps and arms can be reused but you should still have a few spares on hand in case you lose one or discover the old one is cracked.

The compression nuts holding a sink trap to the tailpiece and waste arm are designed to be hand tightened and when you do it properly the trap is watertight. Use your wrench to unscrew the p trap from the fittings. I then redid it and installed ptfe tape around the plastic fitting. Keeney 400pvck 1 1 2 or 1 1 4 x 1 1 2 plastic pvc p trap with reducing washer tpr washers and sch 40 trap adapter white 2 4 6 out of 5 stars 3.

One of the things i liked was they carried a good quality 17 ga p trap. Flexible pvc rubber tubular drain trap with stainless steel clamps. Code likes only one slip joint washer on a p trap at its terminus. This allows the washer to slip into the joint better providing a better seal.

X 1 1 4 in. Rubber and plastic slip joint washers are usually tapered at one end. Follow the steps below to effectively replace the washers in your p trap. If you ll be disassembling a metal p trap and arm make sure you have enough rubber compression gaskets to replace the gasket in every joint you disassemble.

I installed a new p trap but it seems to have a very small leak from where the slip washer one of the angled ones joins the pipes. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. Both plastic and rubber p trap washers can be used with different pipe material such as pvc and. The plumber s choice 1 1 2 in.

Look at the washers around the connections on the p trap. Trying to mix combinations of washers on metal and plastic piping just doesn t work well. 99 10 00 item get it as soon as fri aug 14.