Replacing a Kitchen Sink | Ask This Old House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner update a kitchen sink.
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Time: 1 hour
Cost: $150
Skill Level:
Moderate
Tools List for Replacing a Kitchen Sink:
Adjustable open end wrench
Adjustable pliers
Screwdriver
Putty knife
Oscillating saw
Caulking gun
Shopping List:
Sink
Faucet
Sink Strainer
Silicone Caulking
Plumber’s Putty
New Shutoffs (if needed)
New Drain Piping (if needed)
Steps:
1. Turn the water to the faucet off at the shutoffs under the sink.
2. Open the faucet to ensure the shutoffs hold. If they don’t, turn off the water at the water main.
3. Use an adjustable open end wrench to remove the supply hoses from the shut off valves.
4. Use adjustable pliers to disconnect the drain piping from the bottom of the sink.
5. Use a screwdriver to loosen the clips that secure the sink to the countertop.
6. Use a putty knife to gently release the connection between the sink and the countertop.
7. Dryfit the new sink in place and modify the opening as needed with an oscillating saw.
8. With the sink out of the opening, perform any repairs needed to the shutoff valves, or replace them.
9. Install the new faucet to the sink based on the faucet manufacturer’s recommendations. Install the water supply hoses while the sink is out too.
10. Turn the sink upside down and spread a bead of silicone caulking around the edge of the sink.
11. Set the sink into the countertop opening.
12. Attach new clips between the sink and countertop.
13. Modify drain piping as needed for the new sink.
14. Spread a bead of plumber’s putty around the sink strainer, set in place, and secure from underneath with a nut. Remove the excess putty that squeezes out.
15. Attach the flexible supply hoses to the shutoff valves and tighten with a wrench.
16. Compete the new drain piping to the sink strainer.
17. Turn the water back on and check for leaks.
Resources:
Richard installed the All-in-One Top Mount Stainless Steel Kitchen sink kit, which is manufactured by Glacier Bay and available at The Home Depot (www.homedepot.....
All of the supplies for this project, including plumber's putty, shut off valves, flux, solder, supply hoses, and PVC drain piping are available at home centers and plumbing supply stores.
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how many times I've seen this guy replace a sink is unbelievable
But we all keep coming back to watch every single one! Ha.
Foxxyman its been alot of times haha
Notice he always uses that same orange screwdriver, too? He must really like it.
@@TheOtherBill of course he likes it! he said it reminds him of Kevin.
mattallica 89 what episode he said that in?
This must take years of experience to be so good at.
Nothing like a PRO that makes it slide right through; I just love these guys!
PVC to ABS is a type of green glue to be used in that application, the mechanical fitting is probably less expensive though
Great sink! So easy when one has all the needed parts and tools. My project like this requires running across the street to Home Depot numerous times. At least it's just across the street. :-)
Moe of the Three Stooges once said in one of their shorts when they were playing plumbers, "We wouldn't be plumbers if didn't forget something."
1:28 LOL at the nice ninja move on the putty knife.
he makes it all look so easy ,good video thanks.I hate plumbing
great Job teacher
1:58 when she sees the new sink: 😮
Wonder if the ladies counter top gotten scrapped up when he stood up the sink on edge @ 2:13
Great job, I,’be done many myself.
AWESOME
This is exactly what I needed to know
I was surprised there is no garbage disposal. That would make it a little more complicated.
It would of been a good time to install one. However, I didn't see any outlets under the sink for power. So that's probably why they didn't install one.
"all cleaned out now" but he didn't wipe the edge of the pipe - surely the seal with the rubber coupling would have been quite poor?
Should have come here 1st
I think Richard would rather solder than install a sink, LOL...
Would plumbers putty work to seal around the sink instead of plumbers putty?
What?
No.
The woman is gorgeous
Jeremy Medlock - Check out her ring @ 4:39, someone decided they couldn't live without her!
I install sinks all the time.. He did an ok job for a 40 year plumber... I would have put the basket strainer on before dropping it in the top, just makes it alittle easier.., and if he wanted to switch to pvc on the drain, instead of using abs, he should have used a 2" to 1"1/2" abs reducer, not that no hub cuppling, and then use transition glue to go to pvc... I would have just kept it all ABS... Its inside anyway...
Transition glue is not always legal, it depends on the Jurisdiction.
@6:07 that is not ABS, ABS is black. That is grey PVC from the 1970s. In the 60s and 70s they mostly made PVC in beige but GSR and plastiline made grey PVC. That P-trap and the pipe out of the wall looked like Plastiline.
@6:07 that is not ABS, ABS is black. That is grey PVC from the 1970s. In the 60s and 70s they mostly made PVC in beige but gsr and plastiline made grey PVC. That P-trap and the pipe out of the wall looked like plastiline.
Wow all that for free......🙃🙃🙃
No garbage disposal ?? 😛
Disappointed that you didn't install a p-trap with clean-out.
That isn't needed and this Video isn't about that
No garbage disposal?
That was my thought too!
Not everybody has one.
Suprigsingly a lot of people don't have one my self included and it's never caused a problem
There's no power line visible. Would require a massive increase in budget and time to get that done.
Oh, just replace those shut-offs! Don't repair them, REPLACE them with quarter-turns!
Holy shit, this is thie first time I see abs piping in the USA..should have stayed 2 inch and used metal tail piece from the basket strainer..and wear gloves
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The whole time he's talking about replacing the gate valve shut-offs that don't hold I'm yelling at the fact that they have a shut-off for a shut-off. So glad he took it down to just the one ball-valve per line.
Yeah had to do a double take on that, there's a shutoff valve for the sink connectors and oh wait there's a pipe shut off below that. Kind of wonder what the installer was thinking, maybe sink attached originally to those other shutoffs?
My guess is the original faucet was hard plumbed to the original lower valves. When somebody put a new faucets, rather than shut off the whole house, the just closed those valves, cut the pipe above them and added the new valves so they could connect the flex supply lines.
Personally I wouldve sweat Male adapters on and threaded stops onto them so in the future if the stop ever needs to be replaced its bam unthread clean then thread new ones on.
Same here. I was getting chest pains when I thought for a moment he was actually going to repair the gate valve!
Could watch Rich at work and explaining for an hour, he should have his own show.
He does, Its called this Old House
"lets not damage the laminate while taking the sink out" Then he stands the sink up , they have sharp edges, and you can hear it slide across the countertop at 2:14
@Joe T when you're changing out the sink, place it on the floor on the box it came in. Gloss mica scratches easily. Avoid a possible argument with the owner.
@Joe T ok.I was speaking from my 46 years aexperience as a plumbing contractor in Southwest Florida
They replaced everything and the kitchen sink.
I hate those double sinks. Each one is to small. The wide open single is all I ever would have.
When I silicone the sink in, I make sure there's enough on it to squeeze out all the edges, then wipe off excess.
In the house I grew up in, we had a double sink. One was deeper than the other and my memory seems to think they were larger squares as well.
But then, the house was built in the late 50's as well and back then, they made sinks as big as you needed them to be.
The modern smaller sink wells are most likely due to the industry operating under the delusion that: everybody has an automatic dish washer.
@@scotttovey, Back then, they probably were. The new ones suck in my opinion, just to small. Ever try washing a pasta pan in one of those doubles ? Pretty much impossible.
august You’re defensive.
Her new sink would be great for fitting in those big dishes, but it has no drain off area, so it would be an annoyance to wash dishes there at all! It'd bug me having a kitchen sink with no drain off.
Modern sinks come in all shapes and sizes, it's the smaller kitchens and countertops that often dictate smaller sinks, and all that space is now competing with half a dozen appliances that kitchens didn't use to have. We have a double sink which a stir fry wok can be washed in comfortably and it's only 2 years old, so they are definitely available.
As soon as he trimmed the worktop he should have sealed the open edge to make it watertight. If water gets past the silicone seal the worktop just swells up.
That's a great point. The edges should be sealed with a polyurethane of some sort and the silicone should be put on thick enough that when the sink is laid down, it squeezes out of every edge.
It wasn't stone/ granite?
@@Joseph1NJ nope, formica coated chip board.
@@Mike__B, Agree.
Brilliant. You should have your own show.
Great video on plumbing. It has so many details in such a short video.
You just knew those shut-off valves weren't going to work
They looked like they were installed during WWI.
6:12 Oatey Green ABS to PVC Transition Cement, Richard.
I cringe when people use them rubber connectors/reducers, so your saying he could have use pvc with a different cement?
Why not just do it in abs
ABS is the bomb. Far nicer to work with than PVC. Transition glue is what I use to go from PVC to my new ABS pipe. Works great.
@@SureShotImages I live in ontario canada. In all the homes I've lived in it's been abs for wast water and PVC for things like central vacuum and furnace/water heater vents
@@SureShotImages I live in ontario canada. In all the homes I've lived in it's been abs for wast water and PVC for things like central vacuum and furnace/water heater vents
My copper lines are vertical so question....can you install a compression valve onto a vertical copper water line?
Have you figured it out yet? personally, I think you should be fine using a compression valve
Personally, if you want to avoid soldering a fitting, look at Sharkbites. They don't distort the pipe like a compression valve would.
Rich, no disposal?
a nice job, but how long would it really have taken to clean the edge of the countertop from all the black stains?
"we dont want to crack the laminate"
Proceeds to slam the new sink on the laminate. Good show anyways!
Yea the pipe will be filled like that with no garbage disposal.
Only if they throw food down the drain. If they toss their scraps in the bin or compost or whatever and just rinse the dishes they should be fine.
Im more concered about that "mechanical connection" that will fill up on the bottom lip of the coupling and pipe and eat the rubber.
I've seen worse with no garbage disposal because people just stuff it down there !! lol.
Plumbers certainly earn their wages.
Right... $300 to swap a sink and 2 valves... GTFO
I laugh because Rich goes crazy with this solder I wonder if he gets paid for those jobs I was a charity or is it a charity work
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No sink but that one comes out that easy.
@6:07 that is not ABS, ABS is black. That is grey PVC from the 1970s. In the 60s and 70s they mostly made PVC in beige but gsr and plastiline made grey PVC. That P-trap and the pipe out of the wall looked like plastiline.
No Teflon tape needed on fittings anymore? Or did I somehow miss that being applied
The supply lines from the faucet have rubber O-rings. If you apply Teflon tape, you run the risk of incurring a leak.
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Where’s his little pad that goes on the floor and in the cabinet?
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Looks like a cheap project source faucet.
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Sealed the sink to the counter, but I didn't see him seal the faucet to the sink
My (similar) faucet came with a rubber gasket that sits between the two, and the manual said not to use caulking there. Perhaps it was under the faucet when he slid it in.
@@YuriyRusko that's because you don't use caulk, but plumbers putty, which is what he used to seal the sink to the counter
@@JustinSmith-ph1le Again, that depends on the specific faucet. If it has a rubber gasket, you can't use plumber's putty either.
@@YuriyRusko that's because you don't use the rubber gasket🤦♂️
@@JustinSmith-ph1le Ah, I see now. So the suggestion is to ignore manufacturer recommendations in favor of... your opinion?
GREAT JOB, HELLO KELLY
I would have had Kelly work the putty. :)
He didn't hook up the soap dispenser?
Could of just used Oatey® ABS To PVC Transition Green Cement.
the "ABS" was not even ABS, it was 1960s or 1970s grey pvc.
Does Kelly know sinks cant actually hear?
They can actually hear but they cant speak.
This might be older than 4 years ago. You can now glue PVS to ABS.
I couldn't get my lock nut loose, so a plumber told me he just uses a drill to drill into and then break loose. Presto.....
its soothing to watch richard do this i wasn't even paying attention justzoning out stoned. lol
Different for cast iron sink touching the backsplash? How to remove caulking at the backsplash?
Can you install a zero radius sink if the whole had rounded corners.... thank you whoever will answer my question.
3:38 I wish parts magically appeared for me. I have to make a 40 minute round trip to the box store. 😡
I'm replacing a double sink exactly the same as that one in my house because they're both just too small. Anyone know the brand on the new one? I like it.
Richard installed the All-in-One Top Mount Stainless Steel Kitchen sink kit, which is manufactured by Glacier Bay and available at The Home Depot :)
Thanks!
"I love it. This is great." [end show]
A garbage disposal is only $99 why she did get one?
I didn't see any power under the sink. So I guessing they had an issue with power.
Hopefully that old sink was taken to Re-store or similar since it appears there was nothing wrong with it.
Probably went to the scrapyard
current woke culture is everything must be brand new, no hand me downs. even see thrift stores posting up, "We accept NEW items only for donations"
I wish I could have a day to go around and do stuff like this with Richard. Is there a contest I can enter? I live in Victoria BC but I would definitely travel to meet up in MA if given the opportunity after covid-19!!
I’d like to replace my standard kitchen sink with a “farm house” or “apron” front sink. Can this be done with a standard cabinet? What kind of support will need to be built into the cabinet to support the weight of that style sink. I will also replace my countertops.
3...2...1... cue the critics
I'll go. It's "queue"
markgriz - No. It's a cue. A cue, in the sense that _Joseph1NJ_ used it, is a signal for something to occur. A queue is a line or list of things waiting for their turn to be dealt with.
This video is a cue, or signal, for the critics to start their critiquing. This video is not going to make critics form a line, also referred to as a queue.
"que" was how it was originally written before it was edited, so I thought he meant queue. But you are correct, cue makes more sense.
Ah... I didn't see the original spelling error. My apologies for explaining something you already knew, markgriz.
@@StoneE4 thank you
Put a garbage disposal in there
Nice sink
I'm wondering what it cost to drop the hit and cold water turn offs, then having a plumber return to hook up faucet , drain and garbage disposal?
I'm asking because we were having countertops installed, and they stopped because undermount sink would not clear hot/cold shut off valves. So we hired CPI pmumbing, cost us.around $700. And now we're told another $1100. to connect faucet plumbing, drain and garbage disposal...:-(
Thus plumbing in our new 2004 home is costing us an arm and a leg. Wish you did a video on hooking up faucet, drain, and garbage disposal...:-(
There's plenty of quality TH-cam videos that would help you do the install yourself. Especially videos on Sharkbite fittings. No need to solder; you just push them on and you're done. Just be sure to follow the recommended install advice.
Why do they have two shut offs for each line right under the sink
The Kohler logo on the strainer was crooked. Nice attention to detail.
The trusty oscillating tool. Rich Trethewey is Da Man!
Hi
Helped me out
Why is there a total of 4 shutoff valves underneath that sink?
Awesome, now she needs her counter top replaced.
Is it recommend either way to apply caulk to the underside of the sink or directly to the countertop? I’ve seen it done both ways, I’ve done it both ways, but curious to know if there is a “right” way to do it
How long did it take Richard to saw through that pipe lol
Video editing is great and easy to follow along.
Where did u get those yellow pliers?
I dont think i have seen a shut off to a shut off like that nefore
That was nuts, I had to rewind and look again! Went from red handles old style to oval chrome etc
You used a dry wall knife to cut pvc 🤣
and he called the old style PVC drain ABS.
They never tell you how long this all took
I never used to quarter-turn shut off they rely on an o-ring to seal. And melt when you solder them will leak the next time you shut them off. Any valve without a packing up I won't use.
I'm no plumber and have installed 3 of them at my house. No problem whatsoever. I wouldn't sweat a valve with the packing unless I remove the valve stem. I'm paranoid of melting the oil rings in those. The 1/4 turns use a metal ball--tough to cook with a torch.
@@AStanton1966 The 1/4 turn valves have a chrome plated brass ball but on both sides of the ball there are 2 plastic seats against it. At least that's how a 1/4 turn valve I once opened was inside, there might be different kinds though.
@@flat-earther I just did a half bath remodel and had a leak on a newly installed 1/4 turn. The worker at the hardware store said that I may had over heated it. I never had a problem with one before--I'm blaming cheap Chinese parts. Anyway, I swapped it out for a Sharkbite 1/4 turn because I didn't feel like screwing with a torch with the vanity in place.
This Old House! You guys should do a video promoting the trades or more accurately do a Q&A about the trades like how much it starts or averages where you can work etc.
What kind/brand of shut off valves did you use?
Those were 1/4 turn ball valves. They probably label them as 1/2" 3/8" sweat. I just replaced the shut off on a toilet with one. And I'm no plumber. You don't have to take them apart to sweat them with a torch. You can also use compression fittings where you need no torch. And you can also use Sharkbite fittings. You just press those on after a little prep and they are home owner friendly.
I suddenly feel like I can replace my sink by myself
I couldn't. Not because of the technical difficulties. But when I saw that drain on video I almost threw up. Luckily YT can't transmit smells yet.
That's why I'd call somebody else to do it - just so I don't need to touch drain.
when replacing the sink is it a good idea to replace the faucet or keep the original faucet?
Depends if the faucet is in good condition and a name brand that replacement parts can be found, in that case it could be reused. If you have a older off brand one that would be the time to replace it.
It's always better to start with a fresh palette in my opinion. Plus the kitchen faucet tends to take a beating. So it's a good idea to swap it out if there are a lot of hours on it.
Where are they located where they use pvc over abs for sewer or plumbing
In the usa
I live in Canada and at my house it's all abs, abs is stronger and more resestint to temperatures, nothing wrong with pvc but i prefer abs in Ontario where I live they're both very common and you can bye them at the home depot
Beautiful
It’s amazing how people use those old style shut offs after about a year you’ll never be able to shut them.
was that a gay commercial at the end?
6:20 abs to pvc transition glue though?
@6:07 that is not ABS, ABS is black. That is grey PVC from the 1970s. In the 60s and 70s they mostly made PVC in beige but gsr and plastiline made grey PVC. That P-trap and the pipe out of the wall looked like Plastiline.
@@jacksplumbingvideos7147 _"That P-trap and the pipe out of the wall looked like GSR."_
In your other comment you said they looked like plastiline?!
@@flat-earther I gave the trap a closer look and I could tell it was plastilne, the way both manufacturers put the markings on the fittings was similar.