In your home
Under Sink Plumbing in Las Vegas Kitchens
Dry everything under the sink, lay down paper, then run water and watch. Wet at the back wall is a supply line, wet under the basin is the trap or basket, and wet only when the disposal runs is the disposal.
Where it is in a valley home
Behind the cabinet doors: two angle stops on the back wall for hot and cold, flexible risers up to the faucet, the P-trap below the basin, and the disposal and dishwasher branch if fitted.
What usually goes wrong
- Angle stops seize or weep at the packing after years untouched.
- Slip joints on the trap loosen, or the washer inside sits crooked after a previous repair.
- The disposal's own body seal fails, which drips only while it runs and is often mistaken for the trap.
What to check first
- 1
Hand-tighten slip nuts on the trap first. They are meant to be finger tight plus a little, not wrenched.
- 2
Run the dishwasher and watch the branch separately, since that leak only appears on its cycle.
- 3
Check the sink basket at the drain, which weeps around the rim rather than dripping in one place.
Call us when the angle stop will not close, the leak is behind the cabinet wall, or the disposal is leaking from its body.
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