How to install lavatory legs

[Mcnattyp]

I bought some lav legs from the box store and they didn't come with instructions and I can't figure out how to use the parts. I've gone back to the store and looked in the other packages but they don't have instructions. I've been to Plumb Pak's website, and in their immense "installation instructions" section, they don't have instructions for these legs. So naturally, I turn to you fine plumbers for some help.

I should mention that my sink was bought used, so that's why I'm cobbling together this kit.

Here's a picture of all the various parts included in the kit, numbered and with descriptions to ease discussion.

I know that the eschutcheons (#1) go on top of the legs like normal, the #2 dohickies fit well into the holes on the underside of the sink, #7 slips into the legs and sits on the floor. But I'm baffled about everything else. Possibly all these parts don't need to get used?

 

[hj]

China sinks you do not use parts #6. Cast iron sinks you do not use parts #1 or #2. The other pieces are usually used for all sinks. Which ones don't you know where they go, since they are intuitive as to their locations.

 

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[Mcnattyp]

Thanks for the reply hj, but I still can't figure it out. I am mechanically inclined, which is why I've turned to this forum for help. I have a china sink. I just tried again to puzzle it out, but I cannot. Any more advice?

Thanks.

 

[Cacher_Chick]

It appears to me that the threaded rods combined with the hex nuts provide the height adjustment. The adjusters are to be hidden by the escutcheons.

 

[Mcnattyp]

Hm, I had thought the legs would just be cut to size since there is nothing special about either end. The factory end would be at the bottom with the feet while the cut end would be at the top with the escutcheon.

 

[Jadnashua]

To get a fit that is tight, but still able to be installed, it needs some adjustment. You assembly the leg so it is shorter than required to just fit it in, then turn it, which, if assembled properly, will cause it to get longer and lock it in place. Depending on the length of the tube and the height of the sink, you may need to cut the tube. The eschution hides the adjustment and allows the height adjustment. There was probably a picture on the package that showed it installed...that should give you an idea of how to assemble it.

 

[Mcnattyp]

Thanks for the reply Jim. Ok, I understand now that there will be threads visible and I'll need to crank some nut somewhere to get it to elongate to lock in place. But like I mentioned in my intial post, there are no instructions or pictures, and I went back to the store to check other packages for instructions to no avail, hence the mystery.

 

[Mcnattyp]

http://www.watts.com/pdf/1916062.pdf

 

[Jadnashua]

No, If you do it right, you shouldn't see any threads since that part will be inside of the leg and covered by the eschutions. On the ones I've seen, you don't use a wrench, you turn the body of the leg, either the eschution or the rod, and with the captive nuts on the shart, it gets longer or shorter depending on which way you turn it.

Thread a nut on the rod, see if it fits into the eschution's hex shape. That should give you a starting point.