How To Replace A Bathtub Stopper

Use the putty knife to remove excess plumbers putty.

How to replace a bathtub stopper. Slide the tub out of the alcove using the 1 x 4 boards as skids. Screw the new drain basket in by hand and tighten it with the pliers or drain wrench. Learn how to replace or adjust a bathtub trip level or stopper. Press firmly enough that plumbers putty squeezes out.

Tips for replacing the drain stopper in your bathtub. In this video you will learn step by step on how to replace a bathtub trip lever or bath tub stopper. The stringer is the crosspiece that supports the edge of the tub. Any small suction cup will be able to latch onto the stopper when you press on the center.

One person should lift up the front edge of the tub while another slides a couple of 1 x 4 boards underneath it to get it off the floor. Attaching the new sink stopper drain 1. In this video i replace an old frozen up pushpull drain stopper with a tiptoe type drain stopper. Remove any stringer supports left on the wall.

This brand name plug most likely came with a perfectly sized suction cup for you to use but it may have gotten lost over the years. The most important part of a replacement. If you are installing a flip lever drain stopper insert the plunger into the overflow drain first screw in the drain basket and then screw on the drains faceplate. Take a small handful of plumbers putty from its.

Place a rolled out ring of plumbers putty around the sink opening. Use a suction cup to pull a press flo stopper out. With the stopper in the open position like you are emptying your tub hold the shaft cylinder of the stopper and turn the top counter clockwise.