Install A Bathtub Drain

The pop up drain assembly typically comes with your sink or can be purchased separately as a kit.

Install a bathtub drain. Installing drain and vent lines in your bathroom is a home project that can be completed in a weekend. Make sure to use 100 silicone and apply a generous bead before dropping the drain into the sink hole. Items needed to remove and replace a modern screw in bath tub drain not all drains are like this. From underneath the sink i added the rubber ring by first adding a dab of silicone to the threads to.

Before you begin have your plans approved by an inspector and consider the following. It s easier to install the drain and overflow pipes on the tub before it s permanently installed in the enclosure. Fasten shorter ledger boards to the ends of the enclosure level with the board you install on the back wall. The new bathtub drain.

Remove the tub stopper from the new drain fitting. Drain and vent lines must be positioned precisely so you should install them before the supply pipes. Cover the underside of the new flange with plumbers putty then twist it into the drain opening. Insert the fitting into the bathtub drain opening making sure to center it.

Whether you re fixing a faulty drain or upgrading your hardware installing a new drain is a fairly straightforward job. 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. A bathtub drain wrench or sometimes called a drain key. In a previous video they show you how to remove an old cast iro.

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. A good way to avoid cross threading is to start tightening by hand first. Here are a few bathtub drain schematics and bathtub plumbing diagrams.

After removing the old stopper take out the old drain flange or the housing that connects the tub and drain to the pipe below. Apply a generous band of plumber s putty to the bottom of the flange on the new fitting. Hooking up the plumbing. Next set the tub in place and secure it to the studs using the vertical lip around the outside of it.

To ensure a watertight seal i m applying a bead of silicone all around the drain pipe. In this video house flipping brothers dave and rich show you how to install a bathtub drain. You can replace just this plate at your hardware store for a few dollars. Install the new tub drain fitting.

Doing so creates a continuous ledge on the tub enclosure wall for the tub to rest on.