Installing the new Bathroom Faucet Drain Assembly | Part 2

Before we install the new drain assembly for our bathroom faucet, we want to apply a little silicone sealant to the area around the drain at the bottom of the sink.  This will greatly improve the tight seal we need around the drain hole so we don't get a leak.   Using the silicone sealant now in the project means we have a much smaller chance of finding leaks later in the project and will save a great deal of time loosening and tightening trying to stop the leaks later.

Now lets grab the new drain assembly and go to town.  Most modern bathroom faucet kits come with all the components screwed together on the right order so you can see what order the nuts and washers will go in.  Unscrew the parts of the drain assembly and pay close attention to their order.  Put the top part(drain plug) in over the top of the sink and then screw the flange pipe coming in from under the sink.  Make sure you have the large nut, then metal washer(if you have one), then the rubber washer on the flange pipe in that order before connecting it to the drain plug. You also want to make sure the J-Unit plastic nut first then washer are around the flange pipe also before putting the flange pipe down into the J-Unit.  It is a good idea to put some silicone sealant around the threads of both large nuts here. This will help ensure there are no leaks.

If you put everything on the flange pipe here correctly, all you should have to do know is tighten everything up and test the flowing water through the drain pipe.

If you have any questions about this process or are stuck, please feel free to post a comment and ask a question.  We are happy to help and take a look at our bathroom faucets and kitchen faucets to add to your home.

Next, we will start with the fun stuff.  Installing the actual bathroom faucet.

Getting Ready to Install the New Drain Assembly of your Bathroom Faucet

Once you have the drain unscrewed from the flange on your bathroom faucet drain, you can continue unscrewing the J-Pipe.  This is probably a good time to put the water bucket under the J-Pipe as there is a little water in there which might spill.  Next Loosen up the white plastic nut around the J-Pipe in order you can remove the flange.  These are fairly easy to loosen as they have nice grips to grab onto.  If you can’t get it lose, you can always use your old friend the Vice-Grip. 

Most of the time when your installing a bathroom faucet, the flange is down pretty far into the J-Pipe so you might have to loosen up some of the other plastic nuts further down the line to turn the J-Pipe down and sideways to remove the flange. This is shown in the picture above.  If you can do what is shown in the picture, you might be able to get the flange pipe out without dumping the water from the J-Unit Pipe.

Also, when removing the flange from the J-Unit, make sure you retain the plastic washer just under the giant plastic nut. This part goes with the J-Pipe and remember which way it is facing on the flange as you will need to put this on your new flange. 

Alright, you are finally finished with the worst part of installing your bathroom faucet.  Clean up the drain whole around the sink, grab you new flange from your new faucet set and we will start on the actual install of the drain assembly of your bathroom faucet.

In the mean time if you are interested in a bathroom faucet for your home, you can find some on our website at TheKitchenFaucet.com

Installing a Bathroom Faucet | Introduction

A couple of tools you are going to need for this project are:

· Pipe Wrench

· Pillow(something soft to rest your back on)

· Vice Grips

· Big Screw Driver

· Water Bucket

There are actually two parts to installing a faucet which some people don’t realize until it is staring them in the face. Installing the actual faucet and we also have to install the new drain and flange shown here.

It doesn’t matter which part you tackle first, but personally I like to get the dirty work out of the way so I can enjoy the fun part later. So that is what we are going to do here. The professional way to remove this by using a Pipe Wrench to turn the bottom part of the drain, but most DIY’ers don’t need a pipe wrench on a daily basis. The Pipe Wrench can be easily substituted for a vice grip, which always comes in very handy for many projects. The Flange and drain are screwed together to create a firm grip around the actual porcelain sink. Grabbing a hold of the drain can be a little frustrating if you don’t know what your doing. Luckily you have me here to help.

Tomorrow we will start the steps for installing a new bathroom faucet. In the meantime, you can check out our wide variety of bathroom faucets at TheKitchenFaucet.com