Plumbing – Is the sink P-trap too low

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Just put a new sink in and was not lucky enough to have the plumbing line up. I have it roughed in and wanted some insight/opinions on whether this will work, or what I need to do to fix it. I have a slope leading from the disposal to the trap, but with the new larger sink, my p-trap is about 2" lower than it previously was. I used a J-bend to meet the drain tail piece to the drain tube. It seems like I am fighting gravity a bit too much now as the distance between the p-trap and the drain tube is quite large. Will this setup work or do I need to approach it a different way? enter image description here

Best Answer

Bring your Ptrap up or your Sanitary Tee down.

AS noted by others you can cut the tail of the piece where it goes into the top of the Ptrap shorter ( thereby bringing the Ptrap up ), This will allow you to have the down hill slope you need for the disposal. You may need a longer tail piece from the bell on the basin into the tee from the disposal.

OR

I think this is the better option because your sanitary tee is a little too high.

You could cut your drain pipe shorter so the sanitary tee is lower.

Use a regular Ptrap ( non flexible, there is no need for the debris catching flex connection here ).

You also need to mount your air admittance valve properly. It is not high enough, put it as high up as you can in the space between the bowl and the back of the cabinet.

If you put it on a threaded connection just above the san tee you will be able to pull it out to change it if necessary.