P Trap Compression Washers

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.

P trap compression washers.

Do this by removing the trap from the trap arm and then take off the other side. Rubber and plastic slip joint washers are usually tapered at one end. Those washers take more compression to work and on plastic the slip nut can break. 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.

One of the things i liked was they carried a good quality 17 ga p trap. 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. I tightened the compression fitting as much as i could. This allows the washer to slip into the joint better providing a better seal.

Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. X 1 1 4 in. Use your wrench to unscrew the p trap from the fittings. 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.

Look at the washers around the connections on the p trap. 99 10 00 item get it as soon as fri aug 14. The plumber s choice 1 1 2 in. I then redid it and installed ptfe tape around the plastic fitting.

Trying to mix combinations of washers on metal and plastic piping just doesn t work well. A tapered connection requires a tapered poly washer. I was just at a job where i installed one of these 10 years ago and it still like the day i installed it. 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.

Only 12 left in stock order soon. Flexible pvc rubber tubular drain trap with stainless steel clamps. Slip joint washers are also known as p trap washers because slip joints are often used with p traps. Grumpyplumber dec 26 2007 9.

Step 1 removing the old washers. 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. Follow the steps below to effectively replace the washers in your p trap.