On this video, This Previous Home plumbing and heating skilled Richard Trethewey explains how you can set up a utility sink.
Steps for putting in a utility sink
- Flip off water
- Minimize part from current drain pipe and set up a brand new Wye-fitting
- Assemble PVC pipe and fittings for brand spanking new drain/vent system
- Glue drain/vent system to current vent stack
- Tough within the PVC lure meeting
- Set the sink into place, inserting its chrome tailpiece into the PVC lure
- Tighten the compression nut on the tailpiece to safe the lure
- Place plumber’s putty below faucet, and set up it to the sink deck; tighten nuts from beneath
- Minimize into current hot- and cold-water provide pipes, and solder in tee fittings
- Set up copper wall anchors to carry new piping in place
- Connect versatile provide traces to the hot- and cold-water pipes, and to the tap
