How to Connect a Chrome Waste Pipe to PVC

How to Connect a Chrome Waste Pipe to PVC
Written By
Steve Sloane
Steve Sloane
Published: Jan 4, 2011
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Unthread and then remove the nut on the end of the chrome trap's bend by hand. Also pull off the plastic compression washer. Push the nut up onto the vertical PVC pipe running down from the sink's drain hole. Then push the compression washer also up onto the pipe. Loosen the nut holding the trap's bent section to its straight section, by hand.

  2. Push the end of the chrome trap's straight pipe into the trap adaptor which is connected to the PVC sewer pipe coming out of the wall. Then push the other end of the trap up onto the vertical pipe running down from the sink's drain hole. Turn the trap adaptor's nut by hand to tighten it to the P-trap.

  3. Tighten the nut around the vertical pipe from the sink's drain hole, to the other end of the chrome P-trap, by hand. Tighten the nut connecting the trap's bend to its straight horizontal section, by hand.

Tips

All nuts should not have to be tightened in place with pipe wrenches, but only by hand.

Photo Credits

sink and faucet image by MAXFX from Fotolia.com

Steve Sloane

Steve Sloane started working as a freelance writer in 2007. He has written articles for various websites, using more than a decade of DIY experience to cover mostly construction-related topics. He also writes movie reviews for Inland…

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