Plumbing Secrets Revealed – Hand Tighten Everything First
Here’s a little secret that I have learned over the years and I would like to now pass it on to anyone who is interested in fixing or installing plumbing traps or drains.
Hand tighten everything first. If you’re installing a new drain underneath your kitchen sink or repairing your bathroom sink trap, make sure that you hand tightened everything that you put together, first. You can always tight end up later, but snug it up for now.
These plumbing parts are designed to be hand tightened or in other words tightened them with your hands, until they fit snugly together. Now use your head here, if you’re a football player or a large man, your idea of snug and my idea of snug, might be two different things.
To put it simple, you don’t need to do what I would refer to as guerrilla tightening. There is no need to over tighten these things, using all of the strength that you could possibly muster. Simply put the plumbing drain trap and other parts that are required for the drain assembly, together and snug them up tightly.
Now you can test your drain, run some water through the plastic drain pipes and look for leaks. If you have any leaks, you can turn the water off and then tighten the plumbing drain parts a little more, or you can leave the water running as you start to tighten the plumbing drain parts, until the water isn’t leaking anymore.
This little secret, can save you a lot of frustration, especially when dealing with leaking plumbing traps or drains.
Click Here For Great Ideas and Plumbing Repair Books
Greg Vanden Berge is working on the internet to promote the education for creating simple to follow guides and home building books to help professional building contractors as well as the weekend warriors. He has just finished a Home Buyers Guide to take some of the frustration out of home shopping.
If you’re really interested in basement remodeling and repairs, you should click on this link Home Repair Advice. Get some great home repair advice that can make a big difference on any of your home remodeling projects.