I raro i te totohu o te kīhini, ka kite koe i tētahi kōpikopaipaTirohia i raro i tō totohu kaukau, ā, ka kite koe i te paipa piko kotahi. Ko te ingoa ko te P-Trap! Ko te P-Trap he piko-U i roto i te waikeri e hono ana i te waikeri o te totohu ki te puna waikeri kāinga, ki te pūnaha waikeri ā-rohe rānei. Me pēhea koe e mōhio ai ko tēhea P-Trap te mea tika māu? Hei whakatau i te rahi tika, me wehewehe koe i waenga i ngā totohu kaukau me ngā totohu kīhini. I te wā e whakatau ana koe ko tēhea rauemi hei whakamahi, arotakehia ngā rauemi o nāianei ka tāruatia ki roto i tō P-Trap whakakapinga.

Kōwhiria te P-Trap tika
Me whakatau koe ko tēhea P-Trap hei whakakapi. Ko ngā mahanga momo-P o te totohu kīhini he rahi paerewa 1-1/2-inihi, ko ngā totohu kaukau ia he mahanga momo-P rahi paerewa 1-1/4-inihi. Kei te wātea hoki ngā mahanga i roto i ngā momo rauemi rerekē pērā i te kiriaku, te ABS, te parahi (chrome, te taiao rānei) me te PVC. Me whakamahi i te rauemi o nāianei ina whakakapia te P-Trap.

Me pēhea te tāuta i te P-Trap
I a tātou e hikoi ana i roto i ngā kaupae hei tāuta i te P-Trap, kia maumahara ko te hikupaipame hono tonu ki te paipa totohu, ā, me hono te taha poto o te piko ki te paipa. He rite tonu ngā mahi ahakoa te rahi, te rauemi rānei e whakamahia ana e koe (Tērā pea ka rerekē te tikanga hononga i runga i te rauemi.)

Hipanga 1 - Tangohia te waikeri tawhito
Tangohia ngā wāhanga o nāianei mai i runga ki raro. Tērā pea me whakamahi he pliers hei tango i te nati paheke. Tērā pea he wai kei roto i te piko-U, nō reira he pai ake te waiho i tētahi peere me tētahi tauera ki te taha.

Hipanga 2 - Tāutahia te pūwero hou
Ki te mea kei te whakakapi koe i te P-Trap i roto i tō kīhini, whakatakotoria te gasket o te paipa hiku ki te pito pūwero o te paipa hiku. Āpitihia mā te whakawiri i te nati paheke ki te tātari totohu.
Ki te mea kei te whakakapi koe i te P-Trap o tō wharepaku, kia mōhio koe kei te pito te putanga o te waikeri totohu, ā, kua whai urunga kē ki te P-Trap. Ki te kore, tāpirihia he parirau o muri kia tika ai te roa.

Hipanga 3 - Tāpirihia ngā T-pieces mēnā e tika ana
I ētahi wā onge, me tāpiri pea he T-piece. Ka whakamahia he tī para ki te totohu me ngā peihana e rua hei hono i te paipa hiku. Honoa ngā hononga ki ngā horoi paheke me ngā nati. Kia tino anga te piko o te gasket ki te wāhanga miro o te paipa. Tāpirihia he hinu whakahinuhinu paipa ki te gasket paheke. Ka māmā ake te tāutanga, ā, ka piri pai te urunga.

Hipanga 4 – Tāpirihia te Ringa Mahanga
Kia maumahara kia anga tonu te anga o te mīhini horoi ki te paipa miro, ā, kia mau te ringa mahanga ki te paipa.

Hipanga 5 – Tāpirihia te MahangaTukeki te Ringa Mahanga

Me anga te piko o te gasket ki te tuke. Tāpirihia te piko o te mahanga ki te ringa mahanga. Whakakīia ngā nati katoa ki te whakamahi i tētahi takirua pliers hononga paheke.

*Kaua rawa e whakamahia te rīpene Teflon ki ngā miro me ngā hononga kirihou ma.

Whakamahia tō P-Trap
I muri i te tāutanga o te P-Trap, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te totohu me te kore he raruraru. I roto i te wā, me tiaki e koe tō P-Trap kia pai ai tana mahi, kia kore ai hoki e puta he turuturu. Ahakoa kei te tāuta koe i te P-Trap ki runga i tō totohu kaukau, ki tō kīhini rānei, koinei te taputapu paipa e hiahiatia ana e koe.