Upgrade your outdoor living space by adding a kitchen.
Learn how to install plumbing with our step-by-step instructions.
Most people want a grill for outdoor cooking, but adding plumbing can create an entire outdoor kitchen.
A small sink helps with food preparation and reduces trips in and out of the house.
Agas barbecue unitthat’s built into a tiled countertop gives the cook plenty of convenient prep space.
The drain runs into a dry well.
When building the unit, construct the cabinets and countertops to resist weather.
If you have freezing winters, install plumbing that can be drained in the fall.
Be sure you canshut off waterfrom inside the house.
The drain line shown here runs to a simple dry well and needs no venting.
Set aside a day to run plumbing and a gas line for the sink and barbecue.
Slope the pipes slightly to help them drain.Install shutoff valveswith drain plugs at the lowest point.
Attach the pipes firmly with two-hole clamps every 4 feet or less.
Sweat male threaded adapters to connect with the supply tubes for the sink.
Step 3: Install More Pipes
Install a PVC drainpipe and adapter for the sink trap.
Some barbecues may require a gas regulator.
plant the sink and trap.
Dig a trench to it that slopes down and away from the house.
execute the drain line1-1/2-inch PVC probably will be acceptablein the trench.
Check that it slopes at a rate of at least 1/4 inch per foot.
Set the can in the dry well hole; its top should be 2 inches below grade.
Mark where the pipe will enter and cut a hole for the pipe.
Among the options for supply pipes, PEX and CPVC are easy to run.
You may want to run perforated drainpipe underground.
This will allow some water to percolate out along the way to the dry well.
Plain copper and chrome-plated tubes are long-lasting but require careful measuring, cutting, and bending.
Braided tubes are long-lasting and are the easiest to install.
This simple plug-in unit fits easily in the cabinet.
You will have to run 120-volt GFCI-protected electrical line to the unit; use only outdoor cable.
