Wednesday - January 01, 2020

Plumb Crazy: It’s Now And Official Project

Ok, I went to the hardware store and got all the bits and pieces needed. New sink trap, a nice flanged 12” long PVC downtube, and a little jar of plumbers putty. Gathered up a couple flashlights, a bit of carpet to lie on under the sink, and my giant C jaw Vise Grips. Then I figured out how the Insinkerator mounting flange was attached (the triangular pressure ring screws push against the underside of the sink, and pulls their sink trap attaching collar down tight by pressing against a big snap ring that fits into the lower end of their trap collar. Stick a flat screwdriver in there between the ends of the snap ring, give it a twist and the ring comes out and it all falls right apart. Use the screwdriver as a lever and scraper to pry the old paper gasket away and you’re good to go. It’s like watching this video in reverse, only without the cheesecake shots.). Then I did the plumber’s putty thing and got the new sink trap in, nice and centered and tight. Doing good. 

But it turns out that the main drain pipe is connected to the T fitting for the dishwasher drain connection that begins the P trap was originally offset so much because of the large diameter of the garbage disposer that the connecting tube inside and between them is barely an inch long. I need it to be about 3 or 4 inches long. It’s the same kind of flanged PVC 1 1/2” downtube that the sink trap uses. But I don’t have an extra one, so I have to drive 20 minutes back to Lowe’s, spend $2.88 on a 6 incher, and drive back. This makes this task an official project, because if a task doesn’t require at least two trips to the hardware store then it isn’t a project, it’s just a slapdash repair. Sure, I could probably, maybe, arc the downtube enough to make it go, but that would leave it under constant stress, which means it would either break or leak at some point. So one more trip it will be, and I’ll do the job right. That’s the proper man way to do it.

So I’m getting grubby with old pipe yuck and grit falling in my face, getting a sore back from lying under the sink, and starting to smell like old plumbing fixtures. She’s taking a nap on the couch with a cat or two on her lap. That’s the proper woman way to do it.

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And done. Leak tests seemed Ok. Running the dishwasher now to make sure. It’s just about in drain mode, so I’d better go check ... yup, bone dry. Good. Done. Now to clean up everything.

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