Adding A Laundry Sink

Cut into existing hot and cold water supply pipes and solder in tee fittings 10.

Adding a laundry sink.

Tighten nuts from below 9. Attach flexible hot and cold water supply lines from the sink to your tee fittings. While stylish laundry rooms are becoming increasingly popular spending a lot of money on a designer laundry room won t get you a very good roi. Tighten the compression nut on the tailpiece to secure the trap 8.

Set the sink into position inserting its chrome tailpiece into the pvc trap 7. Then fit the faucet base through the deck holes in the sink and tighten the jamb. Instructions assess your layout. Installing a utility sink may seem like a big job but it doesn t have to be.

You need a washer dryer sink and a bit of storage. Placement of the utility sink within your laundry room is based both on where you want it and on. In this video this old house plumbing and heating contractor richard trethewey explains how to add sink valves to laundry supply lines. Here s how to do it.

Do stick with the basics in order to get the best roi. Turn off water and disconnect clothes washer hoses from hot and cold water pipes. Don t forget about lighting. Place plumber s putty under faucet and install it to the sink deck.

Bond the water lines. If drywall is covering the wall behind the washer and dryer concealing the plumbing lines you will. Drill through the studs. Everything else is just a luxury.

Turn the water lines back on and. Connect the water lines. Setting the sink start by threading the faucet spout into the faucet base and tighten the spout s retaining nut. Open the valves to drain the pipes into a bucket.

You may need pliers to attach these.