View Full Version : J trap to P trap gap
 
 jimhooker
Feb 29, 2008, 06:57 PM
I just installed a new granite countertop and sinks in my master bath.  The new sinks are lower than the old ones, causing the J trap to be about 1-2 inches lower.  What do I do to fill the gap between the J trap and the P trap?
 hkstroud
Feb 29, 2008, 09:40 PM
Review this post.  This was a kitchen sink, but the problem is basically the same.  Note the difference in the normal trap  and what I found at Home Depot.
 
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/plumbing/waste-disposal-pipe-back-pitched-178738.html
 speedball1
Mar 1, 2008, 06:00 AM
I just installed a new granite countertop and sinks in my master bath.  The new sinks are lower than the old ones, causing the J trap to be about 1-2 inches lower.  What do I do to fill the gap between the J trap and the P trap?
No problem! Since the bottom of the lavatory pop-up has a 4" tailpiece simply cut the tailpiece back and install the trap in the normal fashion. Good luck,  Tom
 jimhooker
Mar 1, 2008, 01:39 PM
OK, here is what I did.  The lavatory assembly is a Pegasus (Home Depot).  The stand pipe and pop-up assembly are a "new" design, with a large adjusting nut on the standpipe assembly, about 1" to 1-1/2".   This drops the pop-up ball joint about the same amount.  This did not allow me to be able to cut the standpipe back.:( 
 
So, what I did was to use the old standpipe, trimming it back about 1-1/4".  Everything went back together like a snap after that.  The new assembly looks great.  I used a little CLR to clean up the lime and soap scum on the old pop-up assemblies and they look like new.  As they were Pegasus as well as the new ones, all the branding matches as well.
 
Jim:)
 speedball1
Mar 1, 2008, 02:11 PM
Congratulations! On working around the problem.  Tom