How to Replace A Kitchen Sink Drain Strainer, Repair Leak

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Is your kitchen sink drain leaking water underneath? No need to call the handyman, in this plumbing tips video we show you how to install kitchen sink drains and also how to fix a kitchen sink drain leak and you’ll do it yourself. We’ll show you how to take apart the whole kitchen sink drain assembly with the drain strainer and repair the leak DIY once and for all.

The kitchen sink drain assembly consists of the removable sink basket and the kitchen sink strainer, which is the bottom part of the drain assembly, and it has the flange on it. If you want to know how to remove kitchen sink drain flanges, just watch this video.

✅ Kitchen sink drain tools/pipes in this plumbing tips video:
Superior Tool 3-Way Sink Drain Wrench: https://amzn.to/2XozbZp
Superior Tool Universal Sink Drain Wrench: https://amzn.to/2BSSuRv
PF WaterWorks Transparent P-Trap: https://amzn.to/2Ey8vhs
Keeney Sink Strainer with Post Basket: https://amzn.to/2BSAbvo

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How to fix a leaky sink

To fix a leak under the sink, you need to put a pan down under the p-trap plumbing to catch the water that will gush out when you open up the p-trap nuts. Then you remove the long drain pipe from the bottom of the kitchen sink drain by unscrewing the retaining nut.

Leak under kitchen sink

Is your kitchen sink leaking under rubber gasket? Then you can repair the leaky sink by using a universal drain basket wrench to remove the drain nut, then you pull the gasket and the cardboard friction washer, and push up the kitchen sink drain assembly from below, and it will pop up through the top side of the kitchen sink.
Now there will be no more leak under kitchen sink, and that is how to remove kitchen sink drain flanges.

Next you install the new kitchen sink drain flange, and go underneath to install the rubber gasket, then the cardboard washer, and finally the drain basket nut. Be sure to use one of the wrenches we link to below to tighten the kitchen sink drain basket nut.

Replacing drain pipes under the kitchen sink and check for leaks at the P-trap, and where the strainer drain meets the bottom of the sink, and make sure there is no water leak at the rubber gasket.
Then install all the kitchen sink drain plumbing, including the P-trap.

Now you know how to fix a leaky sink

And that folks is how you fix a leaky sink. So now you can be a hero to any of your friends with a leaky sink, after you see this plumbing tips video. That is how you fix a kitchen sink drain leaking water.