Installing A Bathroom Sink Stopper

Does your sink have a pop up drain.

Installing a bathroom sink stopper.

Learn how to replace it. If you need any help or would prefer a professional to do the job bring in the friendly team at whitten plumbing. On a bathroom sink it s often necessary to remove the retaining nut and extract the pivot rod first. Then go beneath the sink to reconnect the angled pivot rod to the extension bar and tighten all of the nuts.

Screw the tailpiece into the strainer and tighten it with a pair of adjustable. Usually there is a plastic washer on each side of the plastic ball. But depending on how the sink was installed or your particular fixture it can get a bit more complicated. Brought to you by the makers of plumbcraft plumbing repai.

Screw the retaining nut back onto the sink drain to secure the pivot rod. Insert the pivot rod into the opening in the side of the tailpiece from under the sink. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink. Learn how to easily replace your bathroom sink pop up assembly in this easy to follow how to video.

You may have to twist the stopper to unhook it from the pivot rod. Push the pop up stopper down into the drain opening inside the sink making sure the hole in the linkage is facing toward the back of the sink. Test the replacement pop up drain plug by pulling up on the stopper rod lever connected to the faucet. It is usually very simple to pull out the stopper and rocker arm linkage.