Spunger1
New Member
Hey guys,
This is only my first or second post here but I've lurked for some time now and have found all the information on this site to be great. I'm trying to do as much as I can myself as I'm cheap (I feel I can do this!) and plumbing has always been a learning experience for me.
I installed our new vanity and hooked up all the connections. Things were going great until I hooked everything up and had leaks galore. On one of the metal chrome pipes coming off of that piece from the wall there was no washers or anything just metal to metal. On the section that I had to connect to the PVC extension there was a reducing washer of some sort and it sealed but not tight enough to stop a leak. I had bought both a 1 1/2 and 1 1/4 drop down tube from that piece coming out of the sink drain.
I did put plumbers putty under the faucet and under the drain and tightened up that pipe for the drain. I had zero leaks there. I have not gotten a basin wrench yet to hook the water lines up, that's next on my list.
My question is......is it easy to just replace the P trap there and the rest of the pipes with PVC? I am wondering what do I need to go from that cast iron/galvanized piece sticking out of the wall to make it so I can connect PVC to the rest of the system? I read a lot about the Fernco connectors and I can look into those if that's what I need. I just want to get all the pipes under there changed out to something that won't leak.
This is only my first or second post here but I've lurked for some time now and have found all the information on this site to be great. I'm trying to do as much as I can myself as I'm cheap (I feel I can do this!) and plumbing has always been a learning experience for me.
I installed our new vanity and hooked up all the connections. Things were going great until I hooked everything up and had leaks galore. On one of the metal chrome pipes coming off of that piece from the wall there was no washers or anything just metal to metal. On the section that I had to connect to the PVC extension there was a reducing washer of some sort and it sealed but not tight enough to stop a leak. I had bought both a 1 1/2 and 1 1/4 drop down tube from that piece coming out of the sink drain.
I did put plumbers putty under the faucet and under the drain and tightened up that pipe for the drain. I had zero leaks there. I have not gotten a basin wrench yet to hook the water lines up, that's next on my list.
My question is......is it easy to just replace the P trap there and the rest of the pipes with PVC? I am wondering what do I need to go from that cast iron/galvanized piece sticking out of the wall to make it so I can connect PVC to the rest of the system? I read a lot about the Fernco connectors and I can look into those if that's what I need. I just want to get all the pipes under there changed out to something that won't leak.