Installing Tub Drain Plumbing

If your tub begins to drain slowly or stops draining completely it has probably.

Installing tub drain plumbing.

This video is a step by step instruction on how to replace a bathtub drain. The new bathtub drain. After you attach the pipe to the toilet drain the pipe should slope downwards toward the main drain line. This powered drain snake has a long length of flexible metal with teeth on the tip that can help cut through roots clogging drains.

You can replace just this plate at your hardware store for a few dollars. In this video house flipping brothers dave and rich show you how to install a bathtub drain. A long screwdriver plumbers pliers channel locks a properly sized wrench to fit the body of the drain key or really big channel locks vice grips. Cover the underside of the new flange with plumbers putty then twist it into the drain opening.

If you have to hold your drain lever down for the tub to drain it is more than likely the tension spring on the back of the overflow plate. Then attach the drain to the new tub and connect the overflow drain. Otherwise install a drain elbow instead of a tee. Items needed to remove and replace a modern screw in bath tub drain not all drains are like this.

In a previous video they show you how to remove an old cast iro. Make sure the horizontal pipe slopes at a rate of 1 8 to 1 4 inch per running foot. To install a bathtub start by installing a 2 by 4 inch ledger board to the length of the wall that the long edge of the tub will be against. Whether you re fixing a faulty drain or upgrading your hardware installing a new drain is a fairly straightforward job.

Here are a few bathtub drain schematics and bathtub plumbing diagrams. Install a reducing tee and a 45 degree elbow or street elbow if you need to save room for both joints. After removing the old stopper take out the old drain flange or the housing that connects the tub and drain to the pipe below. If the pipe will be accessible install a cleanout on the fitting for the tub.

The sink drain line will be 1 5 inches 3 81 cm and the bathtub will use a 2 inch 5 08 cm drain line. A bathtub drain wrench or sometimes called a drain key. The drain line for the toilet should be either a 3 inch 7 62 cm or 4 inch 10 16 cm line.