This isn't a huge problem, but I would like some comments. I installed a SS double sink in my kitchen about 5 years ago with a garbage disposal on the right sink. The left sink is the one that leads to the main drain, & is seldom used. Plastic pvc trap & connections are used (the hand tightened type) after the metal tail piece that comes out of the sink drains. So, after washing both sinks, I notice alot of water in the cabinet under the sink. The problem was that all the plastic pipe nuts were loose, & the plastic tailpiece extension coming out of the left sink was almost disengaged.
For a permanent corrective action, should I use all metal piping in this application? In the original piping before I changed the sink & added the disposal, I noticed the original plumber liked to use pipe dope on the threads of the plastic piping. Was his intent that the pipe dope would act as a thread locker? I should add the disposal really "roars" when a full sink of water is draining, but calms down when just facet water is just running. I assume over time (5 years) the disposal vibration is loosening the fittings.
What do you guys think?
Thanks, FJK
For a permanent corrective action, should I use all metal piping in this application? In the original piping before I changed the sink & added the disposal, I noticed the original plumber liked to use pipe dope on the threads of the plastic piping. Was his intent that the pipe dope would act as a thread locker? I should add the disposal really "roars" when a full sink of water is draining, but calms down when just facet water is just running. I assume over time (5 years) the disposal vibration is loosening the fittings.
What do you guys think?
Thanks, FJK