A p trap whether installed in your kitchen or in your bathroom is there to keep sewer gases from backing up out of your toilet sink or bathtub.
Bathroom sink p trap dimensions.
It is actually an appropriate size for bathroom sink considering that the duty is smaller as well.
You will need a 1 5 trap adapter and a 1 5 plastic tubing p trap sometimes called trim trap.
Options include pvc or abs plastic adapter and true blue premium washers for superior sealing.
This size is actually half as big as one on your kitchen sink drain.
That way bathroom faucet manufacturers can provide the right sized drain with their faucet.
Then make a note of this measurement.
Fig 53c you can eliminate the s trap if you have the space fig 53c.
However the universal plumbing code stipulates.
Be sure to check so you get the right size replacement at your local store.
This size is precisely the diameter of the pipe instead of the length.
The drain line connects to the sink via a p trap a curved piece that prevents sewer gas from entering the bathroom and a tailpiece a straight piece that extends from the sink drain to the trap in most cases a standard tailpiece is the right length to reach from the sink to the trap but in the case of a high drain line or an unusually low sink the tailpiece can be cut to fit.
After installing new bathroom faucets the drain is usually replaced.
Traps are made from abs black pvc white or brass either chrome plated or natural colored.
Here s how to connect the plumbing under your bathroom sink.
Most bathroom sink drain openings are 1 1 4 inches although 1 1 2 inches and 1 5 8 inches are also common sizes.
Using a pipe wrench unscrew the p trap s connector and twist the p trap until you can slip a measuring tape across its opening.
We recommend using the flex p trap 1 1 4 kit.
Trim trap kits come with two different sizes of washers.
According to the international residential code the maximum vertical distance between the sink drain and the entrance to the p trap is 24 inches.
You ll use the 1 5 x 1 25 slip joint washer to connect the p trap to the lav s 1 25 waste outlet.
In p trap with threaded adapter 1 1 2 in.
If you add 1 inch to the p trap s length the water seal will increase with 0 5 inches.
For g 8 inches minimum e 5 g e 3 inches the length of the flex p trap will be 12 inches and the water seal s 3 5 inches.
However most of the bathroom sinks use 1 inch drain pipe.
Traps come in 1 1 4 inch standard bathroom sink or 1 1 2 inch standard kitchen sink inside diameter sizes.