Bathtub Drain Stopper Leaking
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Bathtub drain stopper leaking. First the stopper which has a rocker arm that extends back toward the drain and second the overflow assembly a lever that lifts or lowers a rod with a spring like end. Step 1 remove the drain plug or bathtub stopper. Hold a large enough jam or other jar lid over the drain upside down. A bathtub pop up is a two part mechanism.
Fixing a leaking bathtub drain is so simple that almost anyone can do it. Turn the water on to fill the tub. Place the drain back into the hole in the bathtub and screw it into the drain pipe below by. Fixing bathtub drain leaks can involve one of three types of repairs.
Fixing the connection where the overflow tube connects to the tub and drain pipe in the wall. Pull up the tub stopper and remove it along with the attached rocker arm from the drain. Step 2 remove any hair or debris from the stopper. Stoppers that don t open readily or don t open all the way make tub drain sluggishly.
Some drain plugs will simply lift out while others need to be unscrewed from the cross hair piece. Bathtub drains consist of a visible trip lever a plunger that seats in the drain to stop water and two pieces of threaded rod which connect the lever and plunger. Steps for fixing a tub that won t hold water. The small up and down lever you see protruding from the overflow plate on your bathtub is connected to a vertical connecting rod inside the overflow pipe behind the front tub wall.
Near the bottom of the connecting rod is a plunger of some kind usually a weight that works by sealing the drain opening at the bottom of the overflow tube. This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to adjust a leaky tub stopper. The first step is to unscrew the plate that holds the trip lever. Wrap the putty around the bottom of the drain lip where the drain makes contact with the tub surface.