How to Replace a PVC Sink Trap | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to replace a leaky, glued-together kitchen-sink trap. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Replace a PVC Sink Trap:
- foil pan, used to catch water drained from trap
- assorted 1 1/2-inch-diameter PVC pipe and fittings, for assembling a new sink trap
- PVC primer and cement, for gluing together PVC pipes and fittings
- paper towels, used to indicate leak
Tools for How to Replace a PVC Sink Trap:
- pliers, for removing threaded plug from bottom of existing sink trap
- reciprocating saw, used to cut out existing sink trap
- drill and special PVC cutterhead, for cutting out section of PVC pipe from inside of existing drainpipe
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