How to Replace & Install a Kitchen Sink / Cast-Iron to Stainless-Steel

this home is up for sale and the homeowner asked me to switch this sink out for a stainless steel the buyer requested a new sink be put in as part of the agreement they did not like this with little rust spot down at the bottom I got a whole video on how to get rid of that so if they just cleaned off that rust the buyer probably wouldn't have had a problem they wouldn't have to do this whole project but it is what it is so we're gonna take out the sink and put in a new one looking underneath there's a lot of things we have to disconnect here here here here here here here and probably somewhere else and underneath you can see how the sink is clamped to the countertop with these screws so here's an atom tip these valves are notorious for dripping once you've messed with them so don't shut them off here don't turn off the water by spinning these handles go to the main shutoff valve for the house and turn on the water off there and that way you'll stop yourself from having to replace these because once they start dripping you're just gonna have to swap the whole part so save yourself that trouble once you've shut off the water drain any remaining water that's left in the pipes and then you disconnect the hot and cold lines get some rags ready because you will have water still in the pipes unplug the disposal and take note of this you see how the pipe leading from the disposal is slanted downwards make sure you keep that slant it can't be sloping towards the disposal because it will mean that the disposal will say full of water and it'll rust out quicker so when you're hooking it back up make sure there's a slight slant away from the disposal this hose that the top is the drain from the dishwasher and take it off all of these drain connections are meant to be done by hand you do not use a wrench on these this is a neat tool that I'll tell you more about it at the end of the video but what it does is help you lift and attach the disposal it's like a wrench and a holder at the same time insert couple screwdrivers or even the wrench they give you into these slots and give it a quarter turn hold on to it because it will fall disconnect these and this is going to be full of water that's the p-trap and it's gross water as well so get a bucket ready okay this pipe is going to lead right into the sewer so to stop the funk from getting into your kitchen shove a rag in there and we're undoing these clamps once you loosen it it'll fall off its gonna be several all the way around with the clamps off you can pull out the sink and depending on the amount of silicone yours might be a lot tougher to get off do a little cleanup around the edge this is the sink they want to put in for me I would have spent more money on it it's really thin so it's gonna dent easier it's also flimsy when you move the handle of the faucet it's gonna flex the sink I recommend spending more money but is what it is before you do anything dry fit it in make sure it all fits fine next up is plumber's putty we're gonna take a chunk of this it's kind of like play-doh so we're gonna make a ring put it around the drain and use a lot it's gonna squish out and fill in all the little cracks and voids so that the water doesn't leak out now this stuff does make grease marks on the stainless steel but you just clean that off later rubber gasket paper gasket metal nut first tighten it by hand and then you can use a wrench while you're tighten it look straight down make sure it's all lined up you don't want it off-center flip it around and you should see the plumber's putty losing out on all sides if it's not you probably didn't put enough so you're gonna tighten this and then let the putty is out and then tighten it again and let more putty come out do that a while until it feels like it's really snug and tight and can you spot the mistake I made there's no food that's going to go through this drain let's see how it's blocked so I have to remove this later not a big deal but it's just easier to do all these attachments and parts while it's on the kitchen floor not when it's up under the sink and you're working upside down this is a different style of clamps I'm getting them all ready before I put the sink on the counter here I put a bead of silicone and the base plate so the water doesn't leak underneath out under the sink this is the nut that secures the faucet next step you're going to want a hundred percent silicone with a stainless steel sink you're going to use clear and we're putting a generous bead all the way around the edge normally do the silicone last I just forgot a couple connections here these are new water lines the old ones were too short so be prepared you probably need new water lines ok now carefully put the sink in act kind of quick because it's easier to clean off the silicone when it's still fresh tightening the new clamps hook them back up the hot and cold now I'm loosely fitting these pipes back together I'm not going to tighten anything now the problem is this sink is a little higher than the last the base of the sink it's not as deep so this pipe here is probably gonna be a problem I'll have to get a couple more parts I'm just loosely fitting everything together Here I am putting on the correct drain this one's for a disposal and this is the hard part you have to snap on a metal ring this is a lot easier when you're doing it with the sink on the kitchen floor it also helps if you have an assistant pushing down from above it keeps the drain from moving here's this disposal lift tool again goes on like that and it makes it easy to pick up and attach give it a twist and make sure it's all the way tightened all right timeout for just a second I'm editing this video and I want to make sure this part is absolutely clear and I don't think it is from the footage that I filmed so I'm gonna explain it right now when you're tightening this there's a little lip on the threads okay you want to make sure you get this part right because if it's not totally connected all the way past this little notch right there there's this little lip so when you're putting on your connection it comes up onto this Ridge there's three of them it spins you're turning it turning it and it's gonna go over this little bump right there and once it's over that tiny bump then it's locked in let me show you my current disposal under my sink this part is on the disposal this part is the sink mount okay it might be hard it's gonna want to stop before it goes all the way over the lump so you can get some pliers and squeeze that together if you need to and that way you were gonna make sure that it is secure all right back to the video yeah now that it's hooked up I can see this is too short I'm gonna need a longer piece luckily I had a little extension and now the pipe from the disposal seems to be a little bit too long so I'm going to cut that off loosely attach everything together don't make it really tight yet just once everything's at ease and all put together then you can tighten it securely this brass one you can use a wrench everything else do by hand you can plug in the disposal and put back in the dishwasher drain and we are done again you can see those greasy fingerprints from the plumbers putty stainless steel sink cleaner and you can get all that cleaned up so what do you guys think it looks like fun huh it's actually not so bad and if any of you have tips something maybe I have missed or you got another way of doing things go ahead leave them in the comment section because a lot of people read those and you can help other people out I wanted to do a giveaway which I don't think I've ever done on this channel disposal with actually it's to expose a lift they sent me several others to give away to the viewers so if you want one of these and you want me to mail it to you I'll do that if you go to my Instagram on my what do they call this main page channel page on YouTube there's a little Instagram icon right here click that follow me on Instagram and then send me an email with your address so I know where to ship it to and I'll ship them out until I run out of these and if it's something you guys want and I think this is a disposal lift comm I don't know anything about them they are not a sponsor I get no kickback there's really nothing in it for me but they were nice and sent me some that I could hand out to you guys so tell me what to think if you liked the tool or not it's kind of Handy I don't know the price and I don't know how much I'd pay but it is helpful some people use car jacks getting the disposal because you're almost straight arm lifting some of those disposals and they are heavy so it is handy but depending on the price I don't know how worth it is but you guys can check it out and the next video we will be doing a sponsored video we're going to be doing the Lowe's garage makeover clean-out I'm going to be finishing the rods walls and putting in a little workspace so that'll be a lot of fun and thank you to Lowe's for helping this channel and that is it I'll see you next time guys take care I'm on the jobsite and I'll send Colin shows up at the back door wandered off from home how'd you find me you left mom's gonna be worried about you

Channel: AdamDIY

Views: 846,662

Keywords: Home repair, DIY, AdamDIY, how-to, kitchen sink, replace a kitchen sink, stainless steel sink, remove, replace, install a kitchen sink, disposalift, garbage disposal, hook up pipes under the sink

Id: aLlbfTkenTs

Length: 10min 27sec (627 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 27 2018