Bathtub Drain Installation - Step By Step Instructions

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Bathtub Drain Installation - Step By Step Instructions

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The Excellent Laborer

Күн бұрын

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@robertlee4172 Жыл бұрын

I've often struggled with the sequence of the components to be installed. What comes first, and so forth. But this clip lays it out in order. I now have the ideas set in my mind to lay out the parts, then start assembling. Great job on the editing.

@zimpler8340 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! You’re young and you’re doing this! Very impressive! You have many, many more years in the business! May God continue to bless you!

@victorgalindo6201 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your videos I'm doing bath tub installation I needed to what used in the drain pipe going to the p trap marvel adapter Thanks now I can the plumbing Thanks Josh 😊

@yvonnechristmas2616 Жыл бұрын

I just ran onto your video, I'm a recent Widdow and driving the bus by myself. I like to find a video,before I hire someone cause, help is out there but some try to grease a single women for every $, charge you for what you don't need, and milk a job for 4 hours when it really took 1 hour. Your video answered all my questions and now I know exactly what the plumber needs to do. Excellent video. Thank you young man. Not all contractors are bad but it only takes 1 for you to keep your gaurd up.

@noahb.7838 2 жыл бұрын

I just want to say that, you are the best thanks.

@nj2mddude205 Жыл бұрын

I was looking for a way to transition from the polypropylene bathtub drain pipe to the PVC pipe/P trap and couldn't find anything at the big box stores or here on YT until I came across this video. I'll buy the Marvel Adapter tomorrow. Thanks!

@AlecGrinage 8 ай бұрын

Have a link??

@iamissamchannel 2 жыл бұрын

You are the best Because of you I saved thousands of dollars 💵👍

@TheExcellentLaborer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know I was hopeful for you. That means a lot. Thanks for watching and good luck on your project!

@joerostkowski7313 2 жыл бұрын

Thick side up on top due to the angle

@uncleronny6748 Жыл бұрын

FYI ( and not that I'm a plumber)...if you are installing a foot operated drain (instead of that shithook linkage operated drain) you will find out like I did that there are NO slip joints, and that Miracle Joint won't fit around 11/2" pipe, so all the connections have to be cemented.

@symcardnel1741 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at how thin/cheap a store-bought drain/overflow setup feels and struggle to believe it will last many years. I wonder if a $10 mil house would use the same product? Regarding leveling a tub/shower like this... is it safe to assume that there is pitch/slope built into the tub? Any thoughts on using something like 'window semi expansion foam' beneath the tup so that it does not dip or belly over the years?

@MyFortressConstruction 2 жыл бұрын

Pitch is built into the tub. If the tub has it's feet or foam cushion on a perfectly level surface then you won't have to worry about it crushing. Many tubs have been installed incorrectly and lead to the bottom cracking because of lack of support. Most manufacturers will recommend putting a bed of mortar under their shower pans or tubs if the floor isn't perfectly level. Have to check with the manufacturer though. Never use spray foam as a substitute for a mortar bed as the spray foam will crush and be rendered useless.

@nathanbowersox1234 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t seen any tub shower combo’s in 10mil plus homes as a carpenter here in Jackson Hole Wy. But if I do I swear I’ll come find this comment and let you know.

@Padraigp Жыл бұрын

There is a slope built in but usually you also adjust the bath underneath ó you can mess up the slope if you don't level it well underneath as well. Some have more slope than others too

@Padraigp Жыл бұрын

@@nathanbowersox1234 they probably have a jauzzi and a sauna and a rain shower mudroom lol!

@lynnforsberg3354 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This video helped us out big time.

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I could help! Good luck with your project!!

@noedelatorre6597 Жыл бұрын

Good job men

@serephraim 7 ай бұрын

I have also found that Styrofoam packaging makes for excellent knee pads :)

@melissabee5708 6 ай бұрын

Smashed and subscribed…many thanks!🙏

@dare369 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos man

@TheExcellentLaborer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@brandonjensen5292 2 жыл бұрын

Great content, bro. Thank you

@TheExcellentLaborer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brandon!

@charlyusaalma Жыл бұрын

Excelente video, thank you very much!

@TheExcellentLaborer Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ragtie6177 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@TheExcellentLaborer Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ExtremeRecluse 2 жыл бұрын

I would rather use solid pvc that is glued together as one solid piece.

@bajrorizvanovic5831 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same. Bro

@Padraigp Жыл бұрын

How will you undo that if theres a blockage? It may be easier in the beginning but the minute somone has a problem they then have to cut the pipe and replace it or have two joints to replace it and thats not easy to do without removing at least one end of the whole thing where a join that open can easily be used to acsess a blockage.

@adamalander7515 9 ай бұрын

It's always important to have an "oerverflow"!!.....

@thirteenthgrade508 5 ай бұрын

Where the bottom drain and over flow drain meet does that get glued into the trap with pvc glue?

@gregcollins3404 2 жыл бұрын

What do you do with the hole in the slab? Fill it with concrete after installing the tub? Or just leave it open for critters to come in?

@TheExcellentLaborer 2 жыл бұрын

I fill it with sand I case you got you get back to the drain! Hope that helps!

@MyFortressConstruction 2 жыл бұрын

You just leave it open. Typically the dirt comes up to right below the T. I suppose you could place hardware cloth with bricks on top if you were concerned about burrowing rodents, but I have never seen it used as an access point for critters even 50 years after it was originally built.

@drewdown826 2 жыл бұрын

Horizontal part of tub drain needs to fit in hole right. Or does it tuck under tub

@dustineason8406 2 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity. I'm doing a similar DIY project for my house. Installing a new drain and faucet on my plastic/fiberglass bathtub. The plumbers putty you used in the video is the same one that I bought, but when I was reading the label, it says not to use on plastic. When I researched why, it said it would leave stains on the bathtub. So now I'm not sure what to use. Just curious why you still used it on a fiberglass tub or am I misunderstanding something. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@jzsbYT 2 жыл бұрын

You can use silicone 👍🏽 im a plumber and what i use on the daily.

@johnhoffman5967 2 жыл бұрын

Always use what the manufacturer recommends, but this is a fiberglass tub, not plastic. The drain flange may stain but not the tub, IMO.

@jameshenz1780 Жыл бұрын

I'm there too. But mine is an old steel tub . I was just wondering if the putty damages the pvc.

@yoursouly3540 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it the wisdom man how did you get a opening like that for shower drain do you just frame it

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, frame it before you pour the concrete. Here is the video of it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edmWaseAmaeYeXk.html

@mohammedelboukhari908 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Is the P trap 2in or 1.5in ?

@davidh4921 8 ай бұрын

in my basement i have the shower drain already roughed into the concrete. Do i need to open up a hole in the concrete like you did for this to work? Or can i install without digging up some concrete?

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

Would you rather have a tile shower or fiberglass shower?

@youngsterxv3 3 жыл бұрын

shower bud. all the way

@youngsterxv3 3 жыл бұрын

nice vids man. keep em coming

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!!

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@framnerdan 3 жыл бұрын

Fibre glass. Priceless surprise entrance. Great video Josh. Thank you

@jamesbradley6772 2 жыл бұрын

The tub I bought suggested a bed of mortar, but has those same 2 legs yours has. Should I be using mortar under it?????

@TheExcellentLaborer 2 жыл бұрын

Hey James! I usually don't use mortar. If I was to, I would use thinset. Hope that helps!

@trunks7604 Жыл бұрын

Thnx bro !

@BryceSH1992 2 жыл бұрын

My bathtub doesn't even come with a overflow hole. Could I drill one in?

@shmuck530 3 жыл бұрын

Can that stopper fail and prevent the tub from draining properly? I have mine taken apart and the water still won’t drain. My lever on the overflow is down but only trickling down

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

If the stopper is out then it’s not that. Sounds like hair stuck in the drain. Use a snake and unclog it

@shmuck530 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheExcellentLaborer I appreciate you getting back to me. I just took apart the overflow and the plug had corroded and broke off. Went to basement and took apart the trap and pushed the plug up and out. It will work until I can get to hardware store. Thanks again

@TheExcellentLaborer 3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@iamissamchannel 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@robertdoyle240 11 ай бұрын

Dood that kit is crap it’s so cheap how could you use this

@yosoyjesus8943 8 күн бұрын

Under budget 😂

@scottspooner6070 2 жыл бұрын

Installing a tub shower in new construction is a joke. Anyone could do that. Show us how to do it in a renovation with no access to the plumbing wall.

@jzsbYT 2 жыл бұрын

Also needs an access panel if slip joint is installed 😂

@Dbb27 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. I should think that would take a whole video. I was just looking for the diagram of how the whole system is and how it's installed. And he certainly accomplished.

@scottspooner6070 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dbb27 Yes, I wasn't criticizing. My brother and I just did this on my house in Indiana. Ton of work....

@Dbb27 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottspooner6070 kudos to you. That’s a tough job.

@Dbb27 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottspooner6070 kudos. That’s a tough job.