Connecting Sink Drain Stopper

This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to replace a faulty pop up sink stopper.

Connecting sink drain stopper.

Look down into the drain and pull up the pivot stopper bar which the pivoting rod is attached to with the control. Place a rolled out ring of plumber s putty around the sink opening. My sink has some small cracks in it starting at the drain and going outward into the bowl which have been sealed. Apply pipe joint compound.

Take a small handful of plumber s putty from its. Install the stopper place the stopper into the drain from the top and ensure the hole is facing the back of the sink. Lift the pivot stopper out of the sink drain. I m afraid that removing the finished flange will make it crack more.

Apply a thin layer of. Attaching the new sink stopper drain 1. Bathroom sink pop up stopper parts diagram. The sink stopper replacement starts by inserting the stopper into the drain.

If your sink pop up won t pop up or seat properly fixing it is quite easy usually just a matter of adjusting a few parts. Push the new sink drain into the opening and onto the putty. Water may leak or refuse to drain around a sink pop up for a number of reasons. Prepare the new pop up drain stopper.

The culprit is often a buildup of hair around the base of the stopper or the pivot rod mechanism. See below for a shopping list and tools su. Press firmly enough that plumber s putty squeezes out. Replace the nut you removed from the horizontal rod but tighten it only lightly just enough to hold the rod in place.

How to fix a sink pop up drain stopper. Disassemble the pieces of the new pop up assembly and unscrew and remove the. If it is stuck you may need to turn it a quarter turn before it will. I currently have no stopper in the sink because the stopper wouldn t stay open.

Slide the clevis the flat slotted bar over the pivot rod and then push that rod into the drain. Loosen and remove the p trap from the branch drain and sink drain tailpiece using. Returning to the bottom take the nut with the ball on the inside and thread it into the drain pipe. The problem is with my pop up mechanism.