Kitchen Sink Strainer Installation

You will need plumbers.

Kitchen sink strainer installation. How to replace a kitchen sink strainer ask this old house duration. Kitchen sink strainer basket abst35 pss polished stainless steel finish duration. The plumbers putty will be your gasket under the basket strainer.

This old house 317785 views. If you can move the drainpipe out of the way you can insert the pliers handles up into the strainer grate from the bottom to get a better handle on it yourself. Click the links to see hwats in dustins toolbox you can do it.

Slip the gasket washer and housing if your strainer has one onto the strainer and against the underside of sink. If the entire basket spins insert the handles of a pliers into the strainer grate from above and stick a screwdriver between the handles to hold it still. Once the old sink strainer is removed take some plumbers putty and roll it out into a one foot length.

Reach over the front of the sink or have an assistant hold the screwdriver from above. There may be minor variations for your model of strainer but they should be easy to figure out. Slip joint pliers or spud wrench to unscrew the kitchen sink strainer locknut.

Your basket strainer most likely comes with all the parts threaded on. I show the steps to install a kitchen sink basket strainer. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to replace your kitchen sink drain basket strainer stopper.

Dab pipe joint compound onto its exposed threads. Blue bath quality home kitchen and bath 38467 views. Note the order these parts were threaded.