James McCoy
New Member
So my kitchen sink was fully backed up and I went to inspect it and found some leaky pipes underneath which made plunging pretty pointless as the pressure just spewed out the joints. I had a mix of PVC, metal and ABS connections with one of those accordion/bellows type fittings as well.
The disposal backs up into the other sink and vice versa at this point. The disposals plug is still in and the dishwasher drains into the non disposal sink. To be clear, this is how it was when we purchased the house. I’m very handy and capable when it comes to building and automotive, but know very little in terms of plumbing.
I did some brief homework and ended up replacing both p traps with new PVC that connects to the pre existing ABS. After plunging I got it to drain very very very slowly, but nowhere remotely close to what is should be.
Every diagram and tutorial I found elsewhere didn’t have pipes that looked like the way mine are so I came here for some knowledge.
my biggest question is basically, is this plumbed right? Everything else I saw anywhere had either the disposal tied over to the other side for a main single outlet, or tied into a Y of some sort. My setup seems really counterintuitive since everything just kind of goes from one side to the other and seems to slope in only one direction and not perfectly horizontal.
I really don’t know what I’m looking at, but I think I need to snake at this point and am not sure if I should take that plug off the top of the ABS “T” or what, or change the whole setup in general.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The disposal backs up into the other sink and vice versa at this point. The disposals plug is still in and the dishwasher drains into the non disposal sink. To be clear, this is how it was when we purchased the house. I’m very handy and capable when it comes to building and automotive, but know very little in terms of plumbing.
I did some brief homework and ended up replacing both p traps with new PVC that connects to the pre existing ABS. After plunging I got it to drain very very very slowly, but nowhere remotely close to what is should be.
Every diagram and tutorial I found elsewhere didn’t have pipes that looked like the way mine are so I came here for some knowledge.
my biggest question is basically, is this plumbed right? Everything else I saw anywhere had either the disposal tied over to the other side for a main single outlet, or tied into a Y of some sort. My setup seems really counterintuitive since everything just kind of goes from one side to the other and seems to slope in only one direction and not perfectly horizontal.
I really don’t know what I’m looking at, but I think I need to snake at this point and am not sure if I should take that plug off the top of the ABS “T” or what, or change the whole setup in general.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.