Remove Damaged Tub Drain

This video shows you how to remove stuck tub drains.

Remove damaged tub drain.

Sometimes replacing the tub drain can be. 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. Items needed to remove and replace a modern screw in bath tub drain not all drains are like this.

Frustrating especially if you do not have the proper tools. Whether you re replacing it or just cleaning it removing a tub drain is something anyone with a little diy experience can handle. Struggling to twist it out because it s corroded. The new bathtub drain.

Broken t on tub drain repair. Once you figure out the type of drain you have start by removing the stopper if there is one. When the cross members are broken off the inside of a bathtub drain there is one tool that will remove the stuck and broken drain. The drain removal tool has teeth that grab the drain from the inside.

You can try vice grips and channel locks spread open but they always slip. How to repair the trip lever in a tub drain. 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. You can find this tool at a hardware store.

Learn how to take it out easier with this video. But neither is a plumber. Then remove the drain basket with a drain wrench. Have a hard to remove drain flange.

Many times when you are trying to remove a tub drain assembly with a pop up drain to install a new tub.