P Trap Compression Washers

Its a good quality 17 ga trap with heavy brass compression nuts and the slip joint washers are very good quality as well.

P trap compression washers.

Trying to mix combinations of washers on metal and plastic piping just doesn t work well. Rubber and plastic slip joint washers are usually tapered at one end. 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. 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.

Flexible pvc rubber tubular drain trap with stainless steel clamps. Both plastic and rubber p trap washers can be used with different pipe material such as pvc and. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. 99 10 00 item get it as soon as fri aug 14.

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. I tightened the compression fitting as much as i could. A tapered connection requires a tapered poly washer. Code likes only one slip joint washer on a p trap at its terminus.

Grumpyplumber dec 26 2007 9. Those washers take more compression to work and on plastic the slip nut can break. Do this by removing the trap from the trap arm and then take off the other side. Slip joint washers are also known as p trap washers because slip joints are often used with p traps.

X 1 1 4 in. 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 was just at a job where i installed one of these 10 years ago and it still like the day i installed it. Only 12 left in stock order soon.

Look at the washers around the connections on the p trap. The plumber s choice 1 1 2 in. I then redid it and installed ptfe tape around the plastic fitting. 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. One of the things i liked was they carried a good quality 17 ga p trap. Step 1 removing the old washers.