Bathroom Sinks: How Bathroom Sink Plumbing Works
72Bathroom Sinks are as important as kitchen sinks. In this section of Home Improvement, I explain how a bathroom sink works with bathroom sink plumbing diagram.
Most bathroom sinks are smaller in size as compared to kitchen sinks and are available in all shapes and sizes.
Bath sinks can be set into counters on top of bath cabinets or wall-mounted. They are also available as freestanding pedestal models. I have seen many of these and they are truly beautiful. Some of them offer storage but these are little expensive.
Here is how a bathroom sinks works.
How Bathroom Sink Plumbing Works
The drainpipe that fits in a bath sink usually is fitted with a pop-up stopper that raises and lowers when we pull up or push down on a handle that protrudes through or behind the faucet body.
The Sink drain has a flange sealed to the sink hole with plumber's putty. The flange is fixed into the drain body with screws, which is tightened to the underside of the sink bowl with a locknut. The tailpiece attaches to a drain trap with slip-joint couplings.
Flexible supply tubes carry water from shutoff valves at wall to threaded tailpieces on the faucet base.
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