Simple Drain-Line Plug
This plug will prevent the drain line from leaking water during a garbage disposal or dishwasher replacement.
When you’rereplacing a garbage disposalor swapping out adishwasher, it’s surprising how much water comes out of the drain hose, no matter how thoroughly you attempt to drain it. To prevent getting water all over the place, I made a simple plug from a 3 ⁄ 4-in. piece of copper tubing with one end capped off with a push-to-connect end-cap fitting, which cost about $9. I secure the capped pipe to the rubber boot on the end of the drain line with a hose clamp while I make my repairs. If you know how to solder, a $1 copper cap will save you a few bucks.
—David Schmid, Indianapolis
Edited and illustrated by Charles Miller.
FromFine Homebuilding#317