It has to be there.
Kitchen sink p trap with garbage disposal.
Unfortunately the trap s water trapping ability extends to hair grease debris and soap scum.
With the next couple of pictures i will attempt to explain what is wrong with this installation.
If the disposal has a line to the dishwasher remove the plastic drain plug or knockout from the disposal inlet before mounting the disposal.
After replacing my disposal i needed to change the configuration of the rigid white 1 1 2 pvc piping for the new disposal and double sink configuration with minimal sink to drain height.
This was made by an amateur who learned some things is sharing them in an easy to understand way.
At first glance it looks almost normal when actually it is installed backwards.
It works by holding water at the bottom of the curve to block the gases from going the wrong way.
3 main problems explained.
Under a double sink it might look like the garbage disposal isn t connected to a p trap but if you follow the pipe you ll see that it leads to a p trap even though the trap may be on the other side of the cabinet.
When you attach the p trap also attach the dishwasher discharge tube to the inlet.
Those are the rules.
You will need a channel type pliers.
Large food particles like vegetable peels that become trapped in the curved pipe beneath the sink known as the p trap are another common cause of kitchen drain clogs.
Don t forget to plunge both sides of the sink.
After spending hours i could not create a leak proof arrangement until i found the snappytrap kit.
If the p trap is blocked or dry it would cause a sewage smell to emanate.
Installing a disposal on a.
The p trap is that curved pipe that you see beneath any sink in your home.
The cause of kitchen sink smells is often decomposing food in the garbage disposal or p trap but unless you re in the habit of dumping kitchen waste in the bathroom sink smells from that drain.
It blocks sewer gases trying to travel inside your house from the exterior systems.
Take for example this p trap connection at a garbage disposal.
The p trap is the curvy part of the pipe under the sink that resembles a p or a u.
Removing the p trap sounds difficult but is really not that involved.
If the p trap becomes only slightly clogged then you experience slow drainage in the.
I had 3 major problems that i.
A garbage disposal can be installed in either a single kitchen sink or on one half of a double sink with a strainer basket in the drain of the second half of the sink.
