Home Depot Should STOP SELLING This P-Trap, Don't Buy It

i had to use the accordion pipe for my kitchen sink my house is 70 years old could not match to the drain pipe in wall only way i could make it work was the accordian

Way, way too verbose. We don't have time for that- just get to your point and make it in a fraction of the time that it took you.

Any updates on the washtub submersion?

This has nothing to do with plumbing lol. You look like my ex boyfriend lol. Your whole face look like my ex lol. Anyway! I love watching your channel. I myself as a female do all my own plumbing job at home 😂

The white ones suck, why would a clear be any different. These always leak. Solid sch 40 abs is better.

I had just ordered the clear P trap on Amazon after watching the initial video. Very glad to have found this. Thanks for updating, Jeff

Fernco and clear plastics, good fun! Seriously now, clear plastic piping is inherently brittle. Even UV resistant schedule 80 PVC is brittle. Most common problem is a result of impacts during shipment, which create stress points that will crack later on. Personally I can't stand any of this quick cheapo p-trap stuff. It certainly has its appeal, but the best thing about cheap is, it's cheap. I start with a trap adapter and go to schedule 40 PVC trap/street elbow and solvent cement the whole shebang. Twice the material cost but no leaks, bullet proof.

JEFF - Have you seen the newer version of the transparent "p-trap"? It's not really a p-trap. It's a bottle trap. "SinkGENIE ABS Plastic No Mess Easy Clean P-Trap" It looks like it's based on an inline commercial water filter like we used in our plant. 😆😅🤣 The new one DOES look better engineered than the one you demonstrated though. Probably works just fine now.

I can't find what pvc cement you use on any of your videos. Please advise.

If only they could perfect clear plumbing pipes...

Hi Jeff. Thank you for another great video.

It would be interesting to know if water temperature creates / accelerates these ABS p-traps failures. Years ago I purchased a blender that had a clear plastic lid insert that cracked almost in half after washing it - by hand - in hot water. Happened with two inserts. Perhaps the ABS p-trap hot water flush / leak test you perform - as shown in another video - inadvertently exposes a temperature sensitivity inherent in the clear, ABS plastic p-trap. Not saying you caused the problem, but perhaps your test exposes a pre-existing product weakness. Just a thought.

Just returned a p trap kit to home depot. Went to Menards and got everything I needed.

The white traps are made of polypropylene—not polyethylene. The clear traps are made of ABS. ABS pipe and fittings are hard — polypropylene is soft. The reason the ABS tubular traps split is due to their hardness, combined with the thin wall not being able to withstand the expansion and contraction associated with the varying temperatures of water going down the drain. The polypropylene traps will expand and contract without splitting. You don’t need to be an engineer to work that out. If you were a plumber, you would be much better at working out plumbing problems.

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I noticed a while back when my wife hred a handyman to install an exhaust vent for the kitchen he was installing accordian duct. I immediately told him it was illegal and he argued and showed me the package which stated Bathroom exhaust, kitchen vent. When I pointed out it was a marketing ploy he insisted it was approved for kitchen exhaust. When I challenged him to cite the code he went blank and refused to answer.
Long story short. I'm not physically able to cliimb into the crawl space to install the proper material but managed to do so without crashing the entire ceiling. It took me 10Xs longer than it used to but I eventually installed the proper ridgid vent duct with the old code distance from existing vent lines. In the end I passed all inspections and cinished off installing a coffer around the duct where I had to kick out around a rafter. It gives the home an impressive look having a coffered ceiling where the duct kicks out.
The bottom line is, how many illegal and code violation parts and materials are being sold by the big box stores and can there be something done to stop them from doing this? I know it's like stopping a handyman from using an oversized nail gun to install trim. But, most of the things being pushed by the big box stores become fire and safety hazards.

Thanks for this video! I just swapped out the transparent p-trap in my parent's kitchen with a white one. There was a slight leak in the transparent p-trap a few weeks after it was installed but it wasn't so bad that I had to reinstall it. This week the leak got so bad that I was mopping up water off the cabinet floor. I recalled watching this video last year and didn't even look for a transparent set to replace the broken one. Thank you!

I wonder if these are more delicate - a slightly thinner gauge or something - and, along with that, maybe they were subject to some accidental impacts when putting things into or taking them out from the cabinets under the sink.

Another great video

Clear plastic they use is VERY brittle. The white plastic is soft.

Yep, installed one and it lasted 6 months and then failed at the threads, but it wasn't from a crack that I can remember. Replaced with regular white and it's been fine for a year now. I haven't seen the clear ones available at my local HD for a while.

Have mine for over a year now and it's fine. It's together with a garbage disposal. This is the first time I ever put one in so I watched a lot of videos. Some good and bad advice out there so need to be extra careful with this one. I also don't pour boiling water or bleach down either.

It has clouded up with food particles over time. Haven't done anything yet to clear it up tho. If anyone has a suggestion let me know.

I never used one, seemed like a gimmick to me, I would think it is temperature related, hot, cold, hot cold, if the clear was better, all the pipes would be clear. I do like the Home Depot traps, they have the soft rubber gaskets that seem to seal very well

if they are banned...why do they still sell them?

how hot is her water?

You could do with better storybording, this video felt all over the place

What about people using bleach to clean/sanitize their sinks. Lots more chlorine in that than in tap water.

Hot water effects plastic

Bad plastic

With PVC pipe if the blade jumped a little at the start of the cut and gouged or scratched part of the pipe where a fitting has to be glued on, Will that be unacceptable to glue and create a bad glue joint ? It’s some shallow gouging about 1/8 inch wide near the end of the pipe on the top of the pipe. I had to cut it under a vanity for a new p trap. Was hard to get started with the cut. Not sure if I should buy a ratchet cutter and re do or glue what I’ve got to the p trap adapter

Never had a problem with them. Still have them in some places for yrs without issues.

So, Jeff it is better to buy a white one P TRAP.

IT MEANS DO NOT BUY ANY CHINA PRODUCT ITS TOTALLY BULLSHIT!!!

Can we use a grey color plastic pipes for drain lines in Florida to meet plumbing code

I watched this and then went and got it. Been struggling and need to see if my new setup works…..whenever I figure out the dishwasher drain. Today is day three of getting beat by the kitchen sink plumbing. Both sink strainers were leaking when we bought the house. Step one of my plan was to delete the garbage disposal and get rid of the universal tubing that is too long and just traps water everywhere.

I cannot figure out how to connect the dishwasher drain. They always go to the garbage disposal and now we don’t have that. Plumber came by today and quote was $600 for him to do it🤣

Great video and information, thanks for sharing

Very helpful

ABS isn't naturally clear; that seems just silly. Maybe they modified it or used something known as MABS which seems different for thermal and impact properties. Have you tried also placing the joint under stress or are you sure no joints were stressed at all in the original install?

crappy and worthless design, they leak all the time.

Just installed the flex trap the other day just save money on an ADA offset to save room under a sink. We shall see

Thank you so much for that video I was just about to go buy one only because they look cool.

I'm here with the same p trap, same problem. Ours cracked after 6 months.

I have re set the leaky sections of mine for a year. I'm done with it!

Where is the follow up video?

They still sell these at mine and they crack very easily.

I almost got this, got a white one instead. Lucked out, as that model is fine

Ya I saw this and thought how do they keep it from cracking, is there some new clear plastic that got invented that doesn't turn hazy, crack, and crumble after a few years? The answer is no.

I'm a plumber, never used them out in the field but purchased one from home depot (liked how it looked) and installed it in my bathroom sink. It's been installed over 4 years ago and have never had a problem with it leaking or any sort of failure. The instant I saw your video, I ran to check the p trap but it is still in perfect working condition...but good, informative video. 👍👌

Is this product from China joe's plumbing??????