Needs new sink

My nephew will be changing his kitchen sink,
the old one, a Kohler tile-in, had a finish that had exploded off of the cast iron part.
So, he's looking at new sink, new disposer, I should be able to clean this layout up a bit.

The old drain looks interesting, Please, don't do this at home.
Look and laugh, but please, Don't do this!

Whats wrong with that??? I see it in a lot of homes...

For some reason they never want to get it fixed either!
So the disposer expires at an early age...
So it smells a little funky...
So it drains a little slow and clogs frequently...
What's wrong with that???

I saw one where the water level in the "Trap" was about 2" from the bottom of the sink!

Lately I have been seeing quite of few of identical set ups, that you just got to sigh and shake your head

Looks like kind of a shallow cabinet. The sink goes right up to the wall.

Edited to add: not to mention the cutout on the sill - looks like a problem situation to me. Why would someone put an expensive tile top on substandard cabinets?

Oh yeah, that'll drain

That bowl of wastewater kinda makes me thirsty!



If I had a dollar for every plastic nut that's cracked into 2 from becoming brittle, I'd be independently wealthy.


I did a kitchen sink rework involving two disposers, 3 bay sink. They *and it was inspected* routed the farthest sink from the trap almost 20".


When you run the center disposer the air movement comes through the far right sink.

Indirectly this over time will cause smells unless you do a total rework.

Rework meaning opening the wall and getting the main drain turnout closer to the center of this equation, which kills the trap to vent maximum distance.


Bad situation all together.

Being a novice, and with only replacements under my belt, is the solution to have a separate trap for the disposer so the exit height is maintained, or to dig into the wall and redo the exit height? Please excuse my ignorance.

The solution is to get a disposer waste and toss the ell that comes with the disposer. (That's only useful for single basin sinks, usually.) The sink in the photo has an unnaturally close pair of strainer holes - a new sink may or may not have them - but further apart would make it easier to line the tailpiece from the waste with the wall piping.

The confabulation in the photo would indicate that the installer didn't have much of a clue.

Made my day! Running service I too see em like that far too much.
Bless them for trying!