Pvc Trap To Copper Drain

We offer many sizes of trap adapters to fit any type of trap and outlet drain piping you could possibly run into.

Pvc trap to copper drain.

I want to attach the sink s tailpipe to a pvc p trap and run pvc behind the wall down into the crawlspace where it will be joined to the existing 1 1 2 copper drainpipe that runs horizontally into the main soilstack a few feet away. Measure last piece of pvc pipe and cut it to size using a pvc cutter or hacksaw. Using drain cleaners as a first choice. Gwp pa the coupling would be in the crawl space under the kitchen not in the wall.

Dry fit no glue the pvc p trap and pvc pipes to ensure they fit together properly. Here is a 1 1 2 plastic p trap. If you want to solder a better solution than using a compression ring on the wall side would be to sweat on a copper x female adapter followed by a male pvc adapter and a pvc trap adapter. And the empty trap will allow sewer gas to flow into your home.

The easiest way to remove kitchen and bath sink clogs is to use a snake or a barbed drain cleaning tool. You can choose the easy to use flexible type or the conventional glue on type for plastic piping. Cast iron pvc abs steel or copper drain lines can easily be connected to your sink p trap. But too many diyers reach for the liquid drain cleaner first and they pour in way more than the recommended amount.

Better yet if you can find one just use a brass copper trap adapter like the following. As water drains down the steep slope at the wye it can create a siphon effect such that water will be sucked out of the trap. This isn t the best way though because you can t tighten the fitting if it leaks. One common method is to solder a female threaded fitting onto the copper pipe screw in a male threaded plastic fitting and finish up by gluing plastic pipe to the plastic fitting.

You can connect pvc or cpvc to copper in several ways. Connecting a trap to a vertical drain with a wye fitting and a 45 degree elbow seems like a good idea.