PLUMB CRAFT Complete Bathroom Drain Repair Kit

Everything I needed, just as described. This kit is simple but has connectors that I thought would have come in a different deluxe kit but did not.

FIXED THE PROBLEM I HAD ...

It came within five hours. It had both fittings for one and a quarter and one and a half so it made adapting to a sink which can come in 1 1/4 easy. It took about three minutes to re-install the drain. Perfect!

Very lightweight plastic. Unsure if it would stand up.

I don't know why the plumber chose a chrome-plated brass S trap for the bathroom sink. The zinc can leach into the drain water, rotting the brass until it crumbles. When mine crumbled, Amazon had a plastic one delivered within 36 hours. It seemed flimsy, but when I looked into it, I was pleased. It seems to be polypropylene. It doesn't need to be as thick as PVC because it's less brittle. It can't be painted or glued because almost nothing will stick. Maybe that will keep a trap free of gunk. I thought the included extension complicated the installation needlessly. I changed my mind when I went to insert the pipe into the floor connection. Pushing the extension in made the pair of pipes shorter so I could get them under the sink. Then I extended it to the height I needed. To avoid persistent leaks due to deformed pipe ends or washers, I left all the nuts a little loose so I could align one connection by turning or sliding another. When all looked well aligned, I turned the nuts hand tight. Then I put a coffee can under the trap. After 72 hours, the pipes and the can were still dry. Success! On the old brass trap, the bottom of the upper bend was 2.5” above the top of the bottom bend. That’s typical of S traps I’ve seen. Pulling the water out of the trap would require enough suction to lift the water 2.5”. The PlumbCraft trap is much taller. The bottom of the top bend is 5” above the top of the bottom bend. That means it would take twice as much suction to empty the trap. I’ve never seen a trap that went dry that way, but I have smelled sewer gas from unused showers, sinks, and toilets after evaporation dried traps. The PlumbCraft holds more water than others I’ve seen, so it would take longer to dry up from disuse. It would probably be similarly advantageous when installed as a P trap. I don't know why they all aren't made this way.