Friday, May 27, 2016

How to Remove and Replace Bathroom Damaged Sink

Fig.1 Damaged Sink
By Gary Boutin

Tools and Supplies: 
Adjustable Pliers and Adjustable wrench
Basin Wrench
Crescent Wrench (Used for tightening fill lines)
Channel locks (Locks/unlocks the pipes fittings)
Electric Flashlight (See better under the sink)
Safety Glasses (Protects the eyes)
Pipe Wrench and Water Pail
Plumber’s Putty (Seals under the faucet/and pop-up flange)
Open-end-wrench for lag bolts (Under sink mounts)
Putty Knife (Break the bond from under the sink)
Screwdriver (Phillips, and flat)
Teflon® tape (White)
Utility Paint Scraper Knife

One of my friends had a huge party at his home, he called me up and wondered if a sink could be patched up. I guess he was hoping that I could put a band-aid on it. I told him that the only way to fix the damages was to replace it. Notice fig.1 above right the sink has a hole on the left side. The party was in full swing and one of the visitors using the bathroom dropped a full beer bottle into the sink, and instead of bouncing of the sides, the bottle fell through the sink. I brought my friend to our local hardware store to purchase a new sink.

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Turn off both cold and hot water stop valves that are underneath the sink, the first choice is to turn off the stop valves and if they are frozen, or if they turn, but the valves do not stop the water the next choice is the to off water at the main. Usually the main is located at the front of your home near the hose bib and you will need to turn off all the water to the house. If that fails the third and final choice is to turn off the water at the street main valve. You can get a special valve wrench at your local hardware store to close this valve. 
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Now the water is turned off, the next step is to remove the water fill lines notice from the sink shanks. Fig 2 shows two threaded brass (water shanks) pipes with black plastic nuts around them for the hot and cold faucet handles. Both of these flexible lines need to be removed even if you are replacing the faucet. The fill lines are still connected and need to be removed. Do not remove the fill lines from the stop valves because this will save you an additional installation step. If you can not reach the brass nuts use a basin wrench. A basin wrench is the easiest way to remove and tightened the nuts and it work on these mounting nuts too. You can find this tool at any hardware store.
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Now disconnect the gray pipe connected to the sink and the white pipe going to the p-trap. Place the pail underneath the gray/white pipe to catch water that may be in the pipes. Now the sink is almost free except that it is attached to the cabinet by several under mount clamps and screws. Not all sinks have these clamps. If you have the clamps look for at least eight clamps and use a flat head screwdriver to remove the screw and the clamp from the sink. Notice the white pipe, turn the white pipe connector nut counter-clockwise to unscrew the two pipes and take them apart.
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Next use a Razor Knife to help release the bond to the counter top.
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Use both two scraper and pull the sink out of its home. Use the faucet as a handle and it helped me remove the sink. and a The last step is to remove the damaged sink and to free the sink from the cabinet counter top. Notice 
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Now scrape the old silicone off the edges of the counter top. If the old silicone is left behind the silicone will be a barrier between the sink and the counter top and the new sink will not adhere to the existing counter top. Some installers just place sink clamps below to secure the sink to the cabinet.
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Now the old sink has been removed and a new sink is being installed. The new sinks is packaged in a large boxes, and this sink came with a template. The template is to aid the installer in getting the exact size for the new sink. You would place the template on the new vanity and use the template to cut the hole for the sink. But this vanity has the hole already in the cabinet. In fig.6 shows that silicone is placed at the edges of the sink to add adhesion between the counter top and the sink. The manufacturer will have detailed instructions on how to assemble the faucet you purchased.
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Place the faucet on the sink, attach the mounting bolts and turn over and place the sink in the vanity.
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Next insert the lift-rod into the faucet, connect the lift-rod strap to the pivot rod, slide one end of the spring clip onto the pivot-rod. Slide the other end of the pivot-rod and make sure the lift-rod opens and closes the drain plug.
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Place the faucet on the sink, install the old faucet (mostly new).
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Attach the mounting bolts, turn over and place the sink in the vanity.
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Attach the fill lines from both stop valves onto the water shanks. Being careful not to move the sink.
 
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Attach the sink flange from under the sink, and screw into the tailpipe. Once the nut is secured between the sink drain, the sink gasket needs to be tightened up with a jamb nut. 
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The bottom of the tailpipe will need to be secured with a coupling nut and that pipe will flow into the P-trap.
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Now re-check the installation. Apply more silicone to the outer edge area and seal the sink to the vanity. The new sink completed in its new home


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