How to replace tub drain
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Tools you can use to remove and reinstall a tub drain. Replacing a tub drain can be done with basic tools but sometimes a special tool is just the thing to do a job. But other times it just won’t work and you need to improvise.
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00:00 Replace bathtub drain flange
00:03 Introduction
00:23 remove tub stopper
00:55 tool options
01:59 remove old flange
04:37 install new flange - Jak na to + styl
You are one of the rare ones using a towel to protect the tub. Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad I found you!!!!
Give this guy a break lordy....so the first pic didnt really relate to the solution....BUT he showed me that there is.... in fact... a drain wrench tool that I had never known existed and how to use it, how to properly place the new rubber seals (between backside of tub and the wall facing me....and more....so he did show us all the solutions and for that I am thankful that he took the time to show laypeople...how the old drain can be removed and replaced.
Thank you.
Electrician pliers some peeps call them Klein's have no give or play like duck bills, needle nose or slip joints, lm plumber never bout dumbbell or stainer tool
Aviation duckbill pliers are nearly as sturdy as the lineman's pliers you speak of but with thinner handles.
Great video. Yes, the thumbnail was misleading but the info was great.
Every comment you made is very valuable. I now might have the courage to change both 30 years old. Also I have the same darn tool that have no idea where it came from. Thank you for sharing
In the real world the X is rotted away so you use a internal expansion tool for tub drains readily available after 30 years putty is like concrete heat with hair dryer or heat gun works real good
Janky thumbnail aside, I didn't even ask for this, but I am replacing a tub myself this weekend and the algorithm tosses me this. Thanks!
Google knows all!
Best trick I’ve seen when the drain vanes break apart is wrap a couple of turns of silver duct tape clockwise around an impact socket that barely fits in the drain and tap the socket into the drain while turning it. Put an impact gun on the socket and let er rip. The duct tape instantly heats up and expands and the impacts screws the drain right out.
Good tip!
Really enjoyed the video.
Very clear and informative.
Thank you!
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Thanks maddog, I really appreciate it.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing this information. 👍
Thanks Matt
I tried doing this in New Jersey for a friend about a year ago, ended up happen to change everything because it was 20 something years old. I must’ve gone back-and-forth to Home Depot like 5 times getting more and more plumbing parts. Not only that, it’s New Jersey you take one wrong turn and now you got a pay a toll to get back to the house you’re working on.
That's why I moved to the other side of the Delaware.
Great video. Sweet now I can take out the drain to repaint my bathtub, and then install a new drain with an included plug. 😀
Pick a nice day, that epoxy paint smells really bad.
Easiest drain I’ve ever seen. Wait until you get a drain that’s crimped in with copper pipe that you have to cut out. Or when you have to cut threw the ceiling downstairs and do it from a ladder that’s the best lol.
What about a lead trap in a slab house?
Use the kobalt type wrench it grips at 4 points - don't be cheap - it could cost you much more using pliers or any 2 prong tool! Also never forget to change the rubber washer that goes between the bottom of the tub and the drain pipe.
or take a sawsall and notch a scrap of 1 inch gaspipe and use a pipe wrench on it . I used one for years then I made another useing a tee and nipples to gerip and turn
Wow, so easy if it's not stuck in the old drain..
Really good vid. Thank you.
Didn’t know you could do that thanks
Ok, I think I can do this. THANK YOU 😊
Good luck! Take your time and don't force anything. Trust your instincts.
So your stopper isn't contriolled by the plug switch up by the faucet. Somehow I think that type of drain replacement won't be this simple!
That type the stopper is inside the pipe. The only thing that makes those more difficult is they are usually brass pipe.
@@HouseDoctorRay and the stopper must also be reconnected. Or even fixed too
Thanks for the video
Thanks a million !!!!!! I enjoyed it so much I subscribed to your channel. Again, thanks.
Thanks John, I really appreciate it.
I’m a handyman by trade… I have one of those crazy tools that you didn’t know where you got it… I’ve yet to have it work.
Maybe it's for shower pans or something. I should throw it out but better to leave it for my kids to post on the Internet one day, "This was in the bottom of my dad's toolbox, anyone know what it does"?
As a scrapper, those things are so hard to remove, often I just hammer it out.
The thumbnail for this video is somewhat misleading, showing a drill with a spade bit. It implied to me that the video would demonstrate how to remove a stubborn drain with theses tools. Not so! Just a drain that comes off easy! Looks like a sawz-all is what I'll have to resort to. I did learn about the adapter and rubber gasket placement so it wasn't a total waste of time. Just perturbed about the misleading thumbnail ✌️
Don't go sawzall! They make an EZ out just for tub drains, you might have to go to a plumbing store to get it.
If you don't want to go that route go to the plumbing aisle of any hardware store and get a mini hacksaw.
Sawzalls are for destroying things.
@@HouseDoctorRay On another video, the guy thought the rubber gasket was for the inside of the tub, where the plumbers putty would go and commented on how thick it was. That would have been me. Getting the extractor tomorrow. The kind with threads that bite into the metal. 👍
I’ve used a sawzall more times for this than I could count. It is for destroying things. Including tub drains. Lol.
Very helpful….
Thank you.
It all looks great, but I have big problem with removing old flange/rim - it keep spinning. I have managed to spin it with the tool, it kicked off the old silicon from between the rim and bathtub base, but even tho it's spinning quite easily it doesn't go up at all. I tried to spin and pool with pliers, but that doesn't seem to work either. What am I missing here? Are there kinds with no thread? Is this thread broken or unmatched? Maybe I am doing something wrong here? I also don't have access to under the bath tub as I would need to break the tiles (don't ask me - I bought this place like that..)
It's probably stripped out on the pipe.
Try getting a flathead screwdriver under the flange and prying up while turning.
You may have to go through the wall on the back side.
@@HouseDoctorRay Thanks for quick reply, I will try that and let you know
Might have to replace drain shoe hopefully you have access panel
If you don't want crap falling down the drain, crunkle up some newspaper and wedge it down there loosely.
When all done, grab it with pliers and pull it back out.
Good tip Joe.
the stopper just screws in. can it easily be removed? mine seems stuck, it wont come out.
Lift up the stopper, there is sometimes a screw you need to loosen to remove them.
Lol gotta lovee the comments from the haters. Very informative video, but nothing a skilled person shouldnt know. Although reusing a gasket is never a good idea.
That tool does not always fit
How are you gonna be able to change it again in the future if you use Real-Tuff? Is not like a glue?
No, it's a thick paste that fills in gaps. It doesn't dry and make a permanent bond.
I used a needle nose pliers for it
Once you try duckbill pliers you'll almost never reach for needle nose.
you dont put sealant on the rubber gasket sir
I put it on everything.
People misuse ptfe thead dope all the time - like this guy did.
😢
when I buy a new drain I look for a drain wrench that fits the drain ask for help if you cant find one.
Good tip.
What if they cross pieces in the drain are broke away how do u remove it
There is a link in the video description for a drain ez out. It grabs the round part.
@@HouseDoctorRay thank you
Very confused by the thumbnail image
It was click bait.
I took the bait.
the tool he use to remove the drain is call smart dumb bell...
🤣😂😆😅
If you didn't use a clickbait thumbnail I would've liked and subscribed.
that was helpful. thanks for sharing
I came here for the new trick. No dice
Not your screwdriver, but an O-ring pick.
👍
Well i wont be doing this i guess
You can do it!
Thanks for nothing - your thumbnail made it appear that you had some sort of a trick/work-around.
Thumbs down for the click bait, congratulations.
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