Fixing A Bathtub Drain Plug
The drain in your bathtub closes to allow you to hold water in the tub such as for a bath or washing clothes.
Fixing a bathtub drain plug. You ll encounter a couple of different types of bathtub pop ups. Any bathtub drain stopper that doesn t do its job is an annoying inconvenience. Old style mechanisms like the one shown in our illustration above and newer spring loaded pop ups. Usually the problem is easy to fix though the procedures vary depending on what type of tub stopper you have.
For your home bathtub a simple inexpensive vinyl or plastic round stopper covers the drain to keep water in the tub. A connecting rod with a spring attached to the end moves up and down inside the overflow pipe. Flip lever drain stoppers. When the stopper inside a bathtub has given up the ghost a temporary fix can work until you can repair or replace the old stopper.
An old style bathtub pop up is raised or lowered with a lever at the tub s overflow plate. In this video you will learn step by step on how to replace a bathtub trip lever or bath tub. You can find these at grocery stores superstores hardware and home improvement stores. The first step is to unscrew the plate that holds the trip lever.
Steps for fixing a tub that won t hold water. Some people refer to the system of adjustable rods that connects the drain stopper of a bathtub to the trip lever as the guts of the bathtub. But when you can t get to the store right away temporary. When down pop up stoppers cover the opening preventing water from entering the drain.
There are two common tub drain stoppers pop up drain stoppers and plunger tub drains. Bathtub drains consist of a visible trip lever a plunger that seats in the drain to stop water and two pieces of threaded rod which connect the lever and plunger. Some drains have stoppers that are spring loaded operated by a push of the toe or by hand while others use a trip lever mounted on the bathtub s overflow plate. You can fix the two main type of bathtub drains the plug type and the lift and turn type yourself.
How to remove a bathtub pop up drain stopper. Learn how to replace or adjust a bathtub trip level or stopper. It s easy to remove a tub stopper to check it for mechanical problems or blockage. This raises and lowers a pivot arm that runs through a horizontal pipe arm and is attached to the stopper removing this type of stopper is slightly different than for the.
Video shows how to remove and replace a bathtub drain stopper. The problem arises when you have a bathtub drain that refuses to close. Pop ups have a stopper in the drain that pops up and down to allow water to pass or stay in the tub.