Re: Sink drain in basement
Being a retired pipefitter, I know how to do this, done it many times before, on that note, Where are you located? It would be easier for me to come over, and do it then explain it to you. Well, I'll try, just remember drain water has to go down. That being said, you need to cut the tailpiece on the sink as short as you can, leaving room to get the collar, & trap on. Then (as a trial, no gluing until the very end!) run a random length of pipe off the trap, towards the black drain pipe at a down pitch of 1/4" to the foot (or more) to an approximate spot on the middle of the black drain pipe, somewhere between the upper, & lower 45degree elbows, and mark it with a pencil sideways, & up, & down (that will be the approx. center of the drain ("Tee- Y") that the sink drain pipe will slip into. If it's too low, & runs into the lower 45degree Elbow, you have to move the whole assembly up (chock the sink legs up permanently) till you're high enough to make the connection, it looks pretty tight to me? Once you determine the right height, you have to cut out a section of the black pipe, to allow for the size of the Tee -Y (minus the slip in length of the top, & bottom of the black pipe). From the pics, it looks to me like you need a 3" pipe size Tee, with maybe a 1 1/2", or 2", Y section, depending on your trap size piping?) Ok now, once you put your Tee-Y in loosely by hand, turn it to face the sink drain piping, and measure what length pipe you need to go from the trap to the Tee-Y, (including the slip in dimension), Finally, fit it all together by hand, and once you are happy with the fit, take it apart, and glue it all together now, carefully, 1 piece at a time, and you're done! any questions, just ask away.good luck, Mike
