P Trap Compression Washers

Those washers take more compression to work and on plastic the slip nut can break.

P trap compression washers.

Trying to mix combinations of washers on metal and plastic piping just doesn t work well. Use your wrench to unscrew the p trap from the fittings. I tightened the compression fitting as much as i could. This allows the washer to slip into the joint better providing a better seal.

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. 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. Only 12 left in stock order soon. A tapered connection requires a tapered poly washer.

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. Code likes only one slip joint washer on a p trap at its terminus. Look at the washers around the connections on the p trap. 99 10 00 item get it as soon as fri aug 14.

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. X 1 1 4 in. Slip joint washers are also known as p trap washers because slip joints are often used with p traps. Grumpyplumber dec 26 2007 9.

Follow the steps below to effectively replace the washers in your p trap. Rubber and plastic slip joint washers are usually tapered at one end. Its a good quality 17 ga trap with heavy brass compression nuts and the slip joint washers are very good quality as well. 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.

One of the things i liked was they carried a good quality 17 ga p trap. Both plastic and rubber p trap washers can be used with different pipe material such as pvc and. I was just at a job where i installed one of these 10 years ago and it still like the day i installed it. Do this by removing the trap from the trap arm and then take off the other side.

Flexible pvc rubber tubular drain trap with stainless steel clamps. The plumber s choice 1 1 2 in. Step 1 removing the old washers.