Adding A Laundry Sink

Installing a utility sink may seem like a big job but it doesn t have to be.

Adding a laundry sink.

Here s how to do it. Drill through the studs. Placement of the utility sink within your laundry room is based both on where you want it and on. You may need pliers to attach these.

With your 5 8 inch. Don t forget about lighting. Then fit the faucet base through the deck holes in the sink and tighten the jamb. Tighten the compression nut on the tailpiece to secure the trap 8.

Instructions assess your layout. Open the valves to drain the pipes into a bucket. Everything else is just a luxury. If drywall is covering the wall behind the washer and dryer concealing the plumbing lines you will.

Turn off water and disconnect clothes washer hoses from hot and cold water pipes. Even though the faucet is in place you have to connect the new sink to the existing water. Do stick with the basics in order to get the best roi. In this video this old house plumbing and heating contractor richard trethewey explains how to add sink valves to laundry supply lines.

General ambient light is. Setting the sink start by threading the faucet spout into the faucet base and tighten the spout s retaining nut. Tighten nuts from below 9. Bond the water lines.

Attach flexible hot and cold water supply lines from the sink to your tee fittings. Turn the water lines back on and. Cut into existing hot and cold water supply pipes and solder in tee fittings 10. Set the sink into position inserting its chrome tailpiece into the pvc trap 7.

Place plumber s putty under faucet and install it to the sink deck.