How To Change Bathtub Drain

Bathtub drain removal and replacement can be an easy task regardless of the type of bathtub you own.

How to change bathtub drain. A tub drain threads into a fitting called a shoe. Whether you re replacing it or just cleaning it removing a tub drain is something anyone with a little diy experience can handle once you figure out the type of drain you have start by removing the stopper if there is one. A bathtub drain wrench or sometimes called a drain key. Changing a bathtub drain is not that complicated but it can prove to be a difficult task on older tub drains.

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. Drain flanges come in many different finishes and have a variety of stopper options for filling the tub. Watch me repair and replace my bathtub drain. Items needed to remove and replace a modern screw in bath tub drain not all drains are like this.

If your tub begins to drain slowly or stops draining completely it has probably become blocked by something. Some manufacturers refer to the drain flange as a drain body or drain basket. I am so sorry this takes me so long to explain. When the stopper in your lever style bathtub drain won t pop up anymore because the linkage is damaged or clogged replace it with a much simpler lift and turn style tub drain.

I will do better in the future. A change in bathtub location requires new sewer pipe. If when renovating a house the bathtub is moved to another location the bathtub drain or sewer pipe will also have to be moved. This is one of my early videos.

Then remove the drain basket with a drain wrench. A bathtub drain flange is the finished drain part that s visible in the tub. This sewer pipe is connected at one end to the bathtub s p trap. The new bathtub drain.