How to change a bathroom drain?

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How To Replace A Bathroom Sink Drain Assembly - YouTube
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Replacing Bath Tub Drain : 6 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables
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How to Install a Bathroom Sink Drain | Repair and Replace - YouTube
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Here are the steps to change a bathroom sink drain:
  1. Disconnect the drain pipe by loosening the nut underneath the sink using pliers or a wrench. Place a container underneath to catch any water. Remove the rubber gasket
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  2. Unscrew the drain flange from the sink. You can use pliers, a drain key, or a wrench to loosen it by turning counter-clockwise. Pull out the old drain
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  3. Clean the sink opening of any old plumber's putty or debris using a scrub pad or putty knife5.
  4. Apply a ring of fresh plumber's putty around the sink drain opening. Roll a snake of putty between your palms and place it around the hole, overlapping the ends2
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  5. Insert the new drain flange into the sink opening and press down firmly to seat it in the putty. Tighten it by turning clockwise with pliers or a wrench
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  6. Wipe away any excess putty that squeezes out around the flange.
  7. Reconnect the drain pipe to the bottom of the flange and tighten the nut with pliers or a wrench. Make sure the connection is tight and sealed with Teflon tape if needed
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  8. Test the drain by filling the sink with water and checking for leaks. Open and close the drain to ensure it operates smoothly2
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The key steps are removing the old drain, cleaning the sink, applying plumber's putty, installing the new drain, reconnecting the pipe, and testing for leaks. With the right tools and a little care, you can easily replace a bathroom sink drain yourself
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References

1. How To Replace A Bathroom Sink Drain Assembly - YouTube2. Replacing Bath Tub Drain : 6 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables3. How to Install a Bathroom Sink Drain | Repair and Replace - YouTube4. How to Replace a Bathroom Sink Drain - YouTube5. How to Install a Tub Drain: 10 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow



Author: Ettore



Key insights

  • The necessity of using a receptacle to catch water when removing the old drain to avoid making a mess.
  • Removing the old drain can be a messy and gross process, but it's important to clean it out thoroughly before installing a new one.
  • Replacing a bathroom sink drain involves removing the bottom bit and sliding it through, so be prepared for that process.
  • People use plumber's putty at this point but these have these nice silicon gaskets which don't really require plumbers putty but do what you want.
  • Sometimes unexpected problems arise during a sink drain replacement, like needing to pick up an extender from the store.
  • Cutting the extender and adding the nut back on is a crucial step in replacing a bathroom sink drain.
  • Testing for leaks is crucial when replacing a bathroom sink drain.

Timestamped Summary

  • 00:00 Use big pliers to remove old drain, catch water with receptacle, and use Teflon for metal connectors to install new drain.
  • 00:52 Remove old drain by loosening nuts, catching water, and cleaning out before replacing with new drain.
  • 02:03 Remove old drain, clean sink, and install new faucet.
  • 02:45 Use silicon gaskets instead of plumber's putty, add Teflon, and clean before re-adding the drain.
  • 03:13 Extend the drain pipe with an extender from Home Depot to properly fit the u-pipe.
  • 03:47 Replace bathroom sink drain by cutting, adding new parts, and tightening without stripping.
  • 04:42 Replace the bathroom sink drain and test for leaks and functionality.

Video Full Text

  • 00:00 So in the previous video I installed this faucet right here and a lot of people were asking about the drain because it did not show that so here's the follow-up video to that video showing you how to install this drain. So the main thing you'll need is a nice set of pliers they need to be big pliers. These are oftentimes called plumber's pliers and it's crucial for fitting pipe removing the old drain and installing the new drain. So you will need a nice pair of pliers like this you'll also want some sort of receptacle because when you remove the old drain there's that u-pipe that drips down water. So you want to catch it somewhere so you don't smear all over and make a big mess and lastly you'll need some Teflon. If you're doing metal to metal connectors you're going to want to use a little bit of this to really get a good seal. So the first step is to clear out everything from onto the sink so that we have a nice area to work with all right.
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  • 00:52 Now. Our space is nice and clear and we can get started we're going to go ahead and loosen up this nut. This nut and this nut back here and so that we can remove the old drain make sure that your container is lined up underneath foreign as you can see a whole bunch of water spilled out so I'm glad we were able to catch it. This is also a good opportunity to clean this out because it's probably pretty gross from Decades of use all right. So this is the grossest part by far I had to go get gloves because the top was screwed really tough in but I finally was able to unscrew it and now we can go ahead and remove the old drain. So ah there we go here's the old one now. It's absolutely gross all right before throwing out. This old drain.
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  • 02:03 We're gonna need this bottom bit to connect to that u-pipe so make sure you save this. I'm just going to go ahead and wipe off any debris that we have up here get this all cleaned up. This is what it looks like from up top. You can see. It's really gross so. I'm going to go ahead and wipe. It all down first all right now we're ready for the new faucet. So we're gonna go ahead and remove this bottom bit and just slide it through oftentimes.
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  • 02:45 People use plumber's putty at this point but these have these nice silicon gaskets which don't really require plumbers putty but do what you want. Now. We have to go back and re-add this bit. Actually I skipped the step. We're going to add a little bit of Teflon so let's clean. This bit out all right. There.
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  • 03:13 We go that's mounted up there. We're going to come back later and make sure it's really tight with the plumber suppliers. But we're going to fit the u-pipe right now all right. So I bumped into a small problem where my drain is just barely too short for the pipes I had to go to Home Depot and pick up this extender right. Here it's going to fit right here and it's going to give us the couple extra centimeters that we need to get this fitted properly first.
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  • 03:47 I'm going to have to cut it a little bit though so let's do that all right so now that we have cut our extender. We're gonna add the nut back on here like so and then we're going to connect this bit and now we can tighten this properly all right. So the extender came with a new cap which we're gonna throw up. So we're gonna add this right here and then add this underneath. Now these plastic bits you don't want to tighten too hard or with your pliers because you can strip like these corners but you can get a good amount of leverages with your fingers and then this bit down.
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  • 04:42 Here. This is fine you can ah and there we go we added the extender. It's all snug. All that's left to do is run the water and test it so let's go. Let's uh fingers crossed for no leaks and there's no water dripping foreign yep. No wetness nothing and then now we can also test out the the plug that works and that's it thanks for watching guys.
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