Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - removing a bathroom sink.
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08-28-01, 08:51 PM
We are remodeling & will be moving the water softener to a utility room that has a washer & dryer,a toilet,& small sink. The water softner is going to be where the sink currently is. How do we remove the sink & close off the pipes? We need to have it removed before the company comes to move the softner. There are no turn off valves visible. Will they use the pipes to connect the softner? We are on a crawl. Do we need to do the closing off under there? Thanks for any help you can offer.
Mike Swearingen
08-28-01, 09:26 PM
What type of pipes do you have? Galvanized (pipe wrenches for unscrewing and teflon tape on the threads)? Copper (soldering)? White plastic PVC and CPVC (cutting and gluing)?
The water softener needs to be installed connected as the first fixture in the main house cold water supply line...cold water main line IN to the softener bypass valve, and cold water line back OUT of the bypass valve to re-connect to the main cold water supply in a loop.
You will not need the sink water lines. I would turn off the main house water valve, and cut and cap both water lines off under the house. Or, since they are both probably off of Ts in the hot and cold lines, and you may be able to remove the Ts and install straight couplings in those lines, especially if the lines have some to-and-fro play in them.
Softener connections are pretty simple...cold water main line loop, a drain, and a 110v electrical outlet.
Have them install a ball valve cut-off on the incoming main line up near the IN line of the bypass valve that is easy to reach, which will give you a handy whole-house water cut-off in the utility room.
They can use the holes in the wall or floor of the sink water lines for the main water line in and out, but will have to enlarge them from 1/2" to 3/4".
They can use the drain from the sink. Leave it in place, including the trap, but you can remove the sink tailpiece with the sink (it should just slip out by loosening the slip nut), and they can plumb it from there.
They can plug the softener in to any nearby outlet.
If you have any more questions, just come back on this same thread, and ask. We'll be glad to help you.
Mike
The water softener needs to be installed connected as the first fixture in the main house cold water supply line...cold water main line IN to the softener bypass valve, and cold water line back OUT of the bypass valve to re-connect to the main cold water supply in a loop.
You will not need the sink water lines. I would turn off the main house water valve, and cut and cap both water lines off under the house. Or, since they are both probably off of Ts in the hot and cold lines, and you may be able to remove the Ts and install straight couplings in those lines, especially if the lines have some to-and-fro play in them.
Softener connections are pretty simple...cold water main line loop, a drain, and a 110v electrical outlet.
Have them install a ball valve cut-off on the incoming main line up near the IN line of the bypass valve that is easy to reach, which will give you a handy whole-house water cut-off in the utility room.
They can use the holes in the wall or floor of the sink water lines for the main water line in and out, but will have to enlarge them from 1/2" to 3/4".
They can use the drain from the sink. Leave it in place, including the trap, but you can remove the sink tailpiece with the sink (it should just slip out by loosening the slip nut), and they can plumb it from there.
They can plug the softener in to any nearby outlet.
If you have any more questions, just come back on this same thread, and ask. We'll be glad to help you.
Mike