Not everyone speaks of plumbing. To make matters even more complicated, there are some plumbing component terms that are not self-descriptive at all. When you need to purchase for a piece, call a plumber or look for something up, it will be simple if you are aware of the names of those parts being involved.









Basic pieces of the bathroom For example, the bathroom sink had several basic pieces that may leak, blocked or break. Everything from these is massively available and is just easy to replace when needed. But you have to know what the things you need to ask for during shopping of the particular parts.

Drain Tailpiece

This is the direct area of the pipe that links to the base of a sink drain fitting. When the sink had the pop up drain its lever rod of a drain assembly links to the port at the back of a tailpiece. Normally, the tailpiece connects to a drain fitting with the slip nut--the threaded ring which may be loosened and tightened by hand or by the gentle persuasion from the channel-type pliers. Beneath the nut is the tapered plastic washer which will create the watertight seal.





Drain Pipe

This is connected to the plumbing system of the household. It is connected to a trap arm with still one more slip-nut joint. The slip nuts are just what make the sink plumbing maintenance so simple. Most drainpipes for the bathroom sinks had 1 1/2" in diameter, even though they may be larger or smaller.





P-Trap





This is composed of two parts: the trap arm or 3b and the U-bend or 3a. These two curved areas of the pipe allow the sink to be linked, ultimately, into the sewer line. This curved trap is the simple safety feature which holds the standing water that avoids sewer gasses from uprising and out of the sink drain. Its U-bend remains bottom is filled with water and so that gasses cannot pass through. Every time you run the water down a drain, its old water in its bend is being flushed out and has been replaced with the new water.

Shut-Off Valves





Supply Tubes These are those small valves that are usually metal but at times plastic, located between the received water supply pipes with the supply hose or tubes which connect to the tailpiece on the faucet of the sink. Most have the football-shaped, oval handle that you rotate to close or open the valve. Also known as shut-off that stops valves that permit you to shut off the supply of water at the sink, instead of shutting down the water to your entire house. These are seen in twosome: one valve restrains the hot water; while the other rules the cold water. Lots of shutoff valves used compression fittings so that they may be installed on the water pipes and without soldering, however, you can be able to turn off your water to your house to change the shutoff valve.