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    May 16, 2007, 09:55 AM
    Installing a kitchen sink
    I am installing a kitchen sink and the plumbing is leaking. I have tightened everything. It is leaking at the tail piece that comes directly out of the sink
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    May 16, 2007, 10:10 AM
    Did you install the flat rubber washer that's between the compression nut and the drain? Regards, Tom
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    May 16, 2007, 10:24 AM
    Hopefully you also used some plumbers putty on the top lip of the sink before you installed the new drain.
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