Roll the putty between your hands until it is a long log that is about as thick as a pencil.
Replacing old bathtub drain.
Somehow a lever placed well above the bottom of the tub controls whether the water stays in the tub when it s wanted and then allows it to drain when bath time is over.
Choose your tools items needed to remove and replace a modern screw in bath tub drain not all drains are like this.
Shows the flange is held in place with a threaded connection to the drain elbow aka drain shoe.
The linkage may stick and be stubborn to remove.
A rubber gasket underneath the tub seals the drain elbow to the tub.
Between the underside of the flange and the tub surface there s a good amount of plumbers putty that seals the inside of the drain.
The new bathtub drain.
Use the screwdriver to disconnect and remove the tub s waste and overflow valve cover.
1 remove the corroded overflow plate from the face of the tub.
When a tub won t hold water the two potential causes are easily repaired.
Grab hold of it and tug hard until it pops out.
How to replace the old bathtub drain.
A bathtub drain wrench or sometimes called a drain key.
Bathtub drain assemblies are mysterious things.
Wrap the putty around the lip of the replacement drain basket.
Use a tool designed for tub drain removal also called a tub drain extractor to remove the drain flange.
Also replacing the old style drain stopper with a new lift and turn stopper makes maintenance and future replacements much easier.
Replace the bathtub drain whether you are replacing the drain you just removed or installing a new drain use fresh plumber s putty.
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