How to replace tub drain
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Күн бұрынTools you can use to remove and reinstall a tub drain. Replacing a tub drain can be done with basic tools but sometimes a special tool is just the thing to do a job. But other times it just won’t work and you need to improvise.
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00:00 Replace bathtub drain flange
00:03 Introduction
00:23 remove tub stopper
00:55 tool options
01:59 remove old flange
04:37 install new flange
@howtodoitdude1662 2 ай бұрын
You are one of the rare ones using a towel to protect the tub. Thanks for sharing!
@raymondbuniak6887 25 күн бұрын
Best talk on this topic. The rest seemed interested in convincing the viewer how easy this is. Nothing is ever easy unless it is some well documented new build. Thanks!
@HouseDoctorRay 25 күн бұрын
Thanks Raymond
@dm285 3 ай бұрын
Give this guy a break lordy....so the first pic didnt really relate to the solution....BUT he showed me that there is.... in fact... a drain wrench tool that I had never known existed and how to use it, how to properly place the new rubber seals (between backside of tub and the wall facing me....and more....so he did show us all the solutions and for that I am thankful that he took the time to show laypeople...how the old drain can be removed and replaced.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@robertsinger8015 2 ай бұрын
Electrician pliers some peeps call them Klein's have no give or play like duck bills, needle nose or slip joints, lm plumber never bout dumbbell or stainer tool
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
Aviation duckbill pliers are nearly as sturdy as the lineman's pliers you speak of but with thinner handles.
@ElijahPerry-bp5cw 23 күн бұрын
@@HouseDoctorRay I didn't know that they made a tool for that. I was going to make one out of PVC fittings with an oscillating tool.
@HouseDoctorRay 23 күн бұрын
That might work if you use schedule 40 PVC
@suekotchevar2765 3 ай бұрын
In the real world the X is rotted away so you use a internal expansion tool for tub drains readily available after 30 years putty is like concrete heat with hair dryer or heat gun works real good
@harrahsflamingo 10 күн бұрын
You are the best man ! Thanks !
@hassanbazzi3545 3 ай бұрын
Every comment you made is very valuable. I now might have the courage to change both 30 years old. Also I have the same darn tool that have no idea where it came from. Thank you for sharing
@mlbreel 3 ай бұрын
Great video. Yes, the thumbnail was misleading but the info was great.
@quietsignal 3 ай бұрын
Best trick I’ve seen when the drain vanes break apart is wrap a couple of turns of silver duct tape clockwise around an impact socket that barely fits in the drain and tap the socket into the drain while turning it. Put an impact gun on the socket and let er rip. The duct tape instantly heats up and expands and the impacts screws the drain right out.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Good tip!
@smarmosaur Ай бұрын
When the insides of the drain flange are rusted out and not even your trusty pliers will help, there is only one tool that'll make the removal of the old flange possible/easy; a reverse thread tub drain extractor that fully grips the interior diameter of the flange.
@timhowell1220 3 ай бұрын
Use the kobalt type wrench it grips at 4 points - don't be cheap - it could cost you much more using pliers or any 2 prong tool! Also never forget to change the rubber washer that goes between the bottom of the tub and the drain pipe.
@b5maddog 3 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed the video. Very clear and informative. Thank you! You now have a new subscriber
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Thanks maddog, I really appreciate it.
@markstipulkoski1389 4 ай бұрын
The thumbnail for this video is somewhat misleading, showing a drill with a spade bit. It implied to me that the video would demonstrate how to remove a stubborn drain with theses tools. Not so! Just a drain that comes off easy! Looks like a sawz-all is what I'll have to resort to. I did learn about the adapter and rubber gasket placement so it wasn't a total waste of time. Just perturbed about the misleading thumbnail ✌️
@HouseDoctorRay 4 ай бұрын
Don't go sawzall! They make an EZ out just for tub drains, you might have to go to a plumbing store to get it. If you don't want to go that route go to the plumbing aisle of any hardware store and get a mini hacksaw. Sawzalls are for destroying things.
@markstipulkoski1389 4 ай бұрын
@@HouseDoctorRay On another video, the guy thought the rubber gasket was for the inside of the tub, where the plumbers putty would go and commented on how thick it was. That would have been me. Getting the extractor tomorrow. The kind with threads that bite into the metal. 👍
@roberttorres6859 2 ай бұрын
I’ve used a sawzall more times for this than I could count. It is for destroying things. Including tub drains. Lol.
@IppiopaidFEEDBACK 2 ай бұрын
I tried doing this in New Jersey for a friend about a year ago, ended up happen to change everything because it was 20 something years old. I must’ve gone back-and-forth to Home Depot like 5 times getting more and more plumbing parts. Not only that, it’s New Jersey you take one wrong turn and now you got a pay a toll to get back to the house you’re working on.
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
That's why I moved to the other side of the Delaware.
@Utubin 7 күн бұрын
OMG. Nightmare scenario. Thank you small town GA. Depot 2 miles from the house. Screw toll's. I could never ever live in toll troll area's.
@kathleenconnolly9021 Ай бұрын
I am so glad I found you!!!!
@rickyricardo4331 3 ай бұрын
Janky thumbnail aside, I didn't even ask for this, but I am replacing a tub myself this weekend and the algorithm tosses me this. Thanks!
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Google knows all!
@patrickozias5369 2 ай бұрын
Easiest drain I’ve ever seen. Wait until you get a drain that’s crimped in with copper pipe that you have to cut out. Or when you have to cut threw the ceiling downstairs and do it from a ladder that’s the best lol.
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
What about a lead trap in a slab house?
@mattwaters6987 2 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing this information. 👍
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Matt
@dalemihocik4732 Ай бұрын
Best advice ever, don't start this job on a Sunday. This isn't a job for the faint of heart, a lot can go wrong here for the novice.
@HouseDoctorRay Ай бұрын
Yep. Most of the time it's not a problem but it can go from 0-100 real fast. Especially if you're dealing with old metal drains.
@troycummings5083 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video
@someone6170 3 ай бұрын
Great video. Sweet now I can take out the drain to repaint my bathtub, and then install a new drain with an included plug. 😀
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Pick a nice day, that epoxy paint smells really bad.
@Utubin 7 күн бұрын
How'd that work out for ya. My wife says absolutely h. no for me to even think about such a project. That's only because 35 years of taking stuff apart with good intentions of putting back nice and neat never happens. As more things get older and need repair The more I have taken apart and not put back. Years ago B4 kids and not many projects I did put back but with kids now grown and age of the house and me ocd,very ocd it is very limited I get anything done. Also, I'm not taking a thing with me to heaven and time is out of control as per speed and sooner is coming faster and faster than later, so a lot of times I just think why bother and just not worry about tedious stuff that in the realm of life doesn't even matter in the end.
@jfarinacci0329 2 ай бұрын
Really good vid. Thank you.
@Thomas-Tsai-NYC 2 ай бұрын
Wow, so easy if it's not stuck in the old drain..
@almamadrigal4941 3 ай бұрын
Ok, I think I can do this. THANK YOU 😊
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Good luck! Take your time and don't force anything. Trust your instincts.
@garyschlecht9164 3 ай бұрын
Didn’t know you could do that thanks
@REXXSEVEN Ай бұрын
Great video.
@jeffreyplumber1975 Ай бұрын
or take a sawsall and notch a scrap of 1 inch gaspipe and use a pipe wrench on it . I used one for years then I made another useing a tee and nipples to gerip and turn
@markreed6918 20 күн бұрын
Use backward (put the handles down the drain ) Channellocks. Don't beat up your wood bits
@HouseDoctorRay 20 күн бұрын
Did you watch the video?
@kennethyockey7542 2 ай бұрын
you dont put sealant on the rubber gasket sir
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
I put it on everything.
@JohnM1774 3 ай бұрын
Thanks a million !!!!!! I enjoyed it so much I subscribed to your channel. Again, thanks.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Thanks John, I really appreciate it.
@josewales6556 2 ай бұрын
That tool does not always fit
@ljk509 9 күн бұрын
Your video made replacing the tub drain look easy. Not so... I managed to remove the old rubber gasket, though it came out in pieces. Now I can't get the new rubber gasket in. In your video it looks like you have space to freely move the gasket around under the tub. I have no free space around the drain. It is very tight. Only by inserting a flat head screwdriver between the tub and drain, and pushing down, can I get any space. I don't want to damage the tub either. After a half hour of trying to push the gasket into place, I cannot get it in. Suggestions welcome! (FYI, this is a 2nd floor bathroom so I have no access from underneath.)
@HouseDoctorRay 9 күн бұрын
Get a thinner rubber washer and goop it up with PTFE paste. Put the washer around a hammer handle then use the handle to push down on the pipe while sliding the washer in place. Be delicate with the amount of pressure you use and don't be in the tub, do it from outside on the floor.
@ljk509 4 күн бұрын
Hi Ray - I did eventually get the washer in place, thanks to your suggestions. Not without more challenges, though. None of the 3 hardware stores I visited had a thinner washer. So I had to use the washer I had. I also wasn't able to find a pure PTFE paste, only sealants with some PTFE in them. So I used a silicon lubricant instead. Definitely helped. Of my 5 hammers, the handles of three were too big to fit in the drain hole. The fourth fit but the handle was too short to make contact with the trap. The fifth was my rubber mallet which fit and was long enough, but the rubber part blocked access to the drain area. So I ended up using the flat head screwdrivers, carefully. A big difference was getting out of the bathtub and working on the drain from the side, as you advised. Man, plumbing is so much 'fun'!
@HouseDoctorRay 4 күн бұрын
Glad you got it done. It's surprising how much a tub moves with weight in it. A lot of people fill tubs with water before caulking around the edge to be sure it's at it's lowest point.
@45searay 3 ай бұрын
Very helpful….
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@nancienordwick4169 3 ай бұрын
So your stopper isn't contriolled by the plug switch up by the faucet. Somehow I think that type of drain replacement won't be this simple!
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
That type the stopper is inside the pipe. The only thing that makes those more difficult is they are usually brass pipe.
@nancienordwick4169 3 ай бұрын
@@HouseDoctorRay and the stopper must also be reconnected. Or even fixed too
@joeschmo622 3 ай бұрын
If you don't want crap falling down the drain, crunkle up some newspaper and wedge it down there loosely. When all done, grab it with pliers and pull it back out.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Good tip Joe.
@chrisharris7649 21 күн бұрын
Very good tip. My drain is missing the cross members & stripped. It's like permanent glue wad used. I can't figure out to get the initial stopped outer screw piece to budge with any tool I tried trying to research better solvents to melt the putty or whatever my late gusband 🎉husband used. Then let it sit & reapply several times to keep it moist the add a heat gun to hopefully get it out.
@joeschmo622 21 күн бұрын
@@chrisharris7649 I know the feeling. Had to replace the ancient but reeeeeally nice kitchen sink faucet because it was the stickshift type and the cartridge was leaking through, and even my plumber that I had over for a different issue said that older than 5yrs and you can forget it, the mfr likely doesn't even make/carry them anymore. So I got a new faucet that I really truly hate. Anyhoo, whatever monkey put the old/original one in, use some kind of permanent glue on the plastic nuts holding the hot/cold "studs", and the separate sprayer. Cumbersome small cabinet area that I had to Houdini myself into just to access the danmed things. Finally gave up, asked why I'm trying to nondestructively get out the old faucet, so just took my sawzall to it and chopped through the threaded parts and the glued-on nuts. Tubular plastic "tool" they sell was crap, bent and deformed with the slightest bit of torque. Only had marginal luck with one of those right-angle wrenches, trying to get 1/4-turn at a time when it'd slip 1/8-turn before it'd grab.
@jackswiatek5221 20 күн бұрын
You make the front picture of the drain with the spade drill because? Because you are pro?
@HouseDoctorRay 20 күн бұрын
👍
@DavidGS66 3 ай бұрын
As a scrapper, those things are so hard to remove, often I just hammer it out.
@mattmcshane2079 3 ай бұрын
People misuse ptfe thead dope all the time - like this guy did.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
😢
@rogeralaniz2205 3 ай бұрын
I used a needle nose pliers for it
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Once you try duckbill pliers you'll almost never reach for needle nose.
@TheDreamsChaser 3 ай бұрын
It all looks great, but I have big problem with removing old flange/rim - it keep spinning. I have managed to spin it with the tool, it kicked off the old silicon from between the rim and bathtub base, but even tho it's spinning quite easily it doesn't go up at all. I tried to spin and pool with pliers, but that doesn't seem to work either. What am I missing here? Are there kinds with no thread? Is this thread broken or unmatched? Maybe I am doing something wrong here? I also don't have access to under the bath tub as I would need to break the tiles (don't ask me - I bought this place like that..)
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
It's probably stripped out on the pipe. Try getting a flathead screwdriver under the flange and prying up while turning. You may have to go through the wall on the back side.
@TheDreamsChaser 3 ай бұрын
@@HouseDoctorRay Thanks for quick reply, I will try that and let you know
@suekotchevar2765 3 ай бұрын
Might have to replace drain shoe hopefully you have access panel
@chrisharris7649 21 күн бұрын
@suekotchevar2765 I'm starting to think that's what I need to do. When that sucker is stuck it's stuck! Stripped very bad no drain extractor budge mine. Now I know what videos to loom up that's to you. I'm a new widow & loath inheriting a 5 yr overdue honey do list.
@kevindurica6092 6 ай бұрын
Lol gotta lovee the comments from the haters. Very informative video, but nothing a skilled person shouldnt know. Although reusing a gasket is never a good idea.
@freebirdcanfly2827 6 ай бұрын
How are you gonna be able to change it again in the future if you use Real-Tuff? Is not like a glue?
@HouseDoctorRay 6 ай бұрын
No, it's a thick paste that fills in gaps. It doesn't dry and make a permanent bond.
@REXXSEVEN Ай бұрын
7:09 LOL It's funny how neither one of them fit and you have to go back to basics. If two drain tools don't fit, and even your go-to groove joint pliers doesn't fit....then they need to just pass a law that these damn drain kits have to come with the tool to screw them in at this point 🤣 This is ridiculous.
@JJJobson Ай бұрын
Do they make plastic ones? Mine keep corroding out. Maybe it’s the stuff my wife uses to clean the tub. Not sure but I just replaced it like 2 or 3 years ago
@HouseDoctorRay Ай бұрын
Everything is poor quality now. You'll pay a little more but if you go to a plumbing supply house they'll last longer.
@stuntz0rZ 3 ай бұрын
the stopper just screws in. can it easily be removed? mine seems stuck, it wont come out.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Lift up the stopper, there is sometimes a screw you need to loosen to remove them.
@prmbrown Ай бұрын
I have the same screw stopper that you have. Forcefully, pull upwards on the stopper while unscrewing. The friction will cause ther screw to bite enough to get it unscrewed.It might take quite a few turns to completely unscrew.
@keithgeorge2541 2 ай бұрын
I’m a handyman by trade… I have one of those crazy tools that you didn’t know where you got it… I’ve yet to have it work.
@HouseDoctorRay 2 ай бұрын
Maybe it's for shower pans or something. I should throw it out but better to leave it for my kids to post on the Internet one day, "This was in the bottom of my dad's toolbox, anyone know what it does"?
@Allen-by6ci 6 ай бұрын
Very confused by the thumbnail image
@jefff6167 3 ай бұрын
It was click bait. I took the bait.
@norcoauctions 2 ай бұрын
that was helpful. thanks for sharing
@Bdbrad71 6 ай бұрын
What if they cross pieces in the drain are broke away how do u remove it
@HouseDoctorRay 6 ай бұрын
There is a link in the video description for a drain ez out. It grabs the round part.
@Bdbrad71 6 ай бұрын
@@HouseDoctorRay thank you
@ExaltedWarrior 6 ай бұрын
If you didn't use a clickbait thumbnail I would've liked and subscribed.
@artkownslar9535 3 ай бұрын
when I buy a new drain I look for a drain wrench that fits the drain ask for help if you cant find one.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
Good tip.
@elizabethw.454 3 ай бұрын
Well i wont be doing this i guess
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
You can do it!
@soulergy1soulrgy1 Ай бұрын
the tool he use to remove the drain is call smart dumb bell...
@HouseDoctorRay Ай бұрын
🤣😂😆😅
@VamooseRooter 6 ай бұрын
I came here for the new trick. No dice
@johnvalencia7488 3 ай бұрын
Not your screwdriver, but an O-ring pick.
@HouseDoctorRay 3 ай бұрын
👍
@Stoneham64 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for nothing - your thumbnail made it appear that you had some sort of a trick/work-around.
@dervinmann9873 2 ай бұрын
Thumbs down for the click bait, congratulations.
@TheBlindSwordsman 15 күн бұрын
Clickbait 🤔
@HouseDoctorRay 15 күн бұрын
Nah, you can drill it out if you want to
@zornob1439 Ай бұрын
The video thumbnail image showed a 'spade bit'. No spade bit was used in video. Won't watch nor trust this channel again, enjoy thumbs down.
@HouseDoctorRay Ай бұрын
😢
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