Trip Lever Drain

I set the old trip aside and replaced with the new trip drain.

Trip lever drain. Watch this short video how to adjust the lever me. 1 in chrome triplever drain with plastic pipe item 30243 model 64b. Pf waterworks pf0972 bn 1 1 2 trip bath tub drain trim kit bathtub strainer cover trip lever waste overflow face plate coarse 11 5 threads per inch brushed nickel 4 2 out of 5 stars 53 21 99 21. Essentially the lever works as part of an apparatus that allows the stopper to be opened or closed making it possible to retain water in the tub or release the water into the drain.

Plumbers call it the linkage and when moving the. Now that you ve replaced the trip lever on your tub drain you notice it isn t properly stopping the water. Polished chrome finish matches most existing fixtures. A trip lever drain stopper that uses a lift bucket plunger can be identified by the absence of a pop up stopper in the drain opening.

A bathtub with a trip lever drain stopper works using an internal plunger that moves up and down inside the waste and overflow tube to pivot a drain stopper in the drain opening. When problems occur with this type of drain it is for one of two reasons. Designed to fit standard size tubs. When the plunger is down it presses down on the stopper lever and forces the stopper up into the open position.

The lift and turn drain has no complicated linkage to dig out and clean almost everything catches in the drain grate. The purpose for the lever is to allow for the easy and quick movement of the tub stopper. A trip lever is a type of mechanism that is found in many different bathtub designs. When the stopper in your lever style bathtub drain won t pop up anymore because the linkage is damaged or clogged replace it with a much simpler lift and turn style tub drain.

Includes all of the necessary parts to replace an existing drain or add a new tub. Some people refer to the system of adjustable rods that connects the drain stopper of a bathtub to the trip lever as the guts of the bathtub. Buy the tub stopper replacement kit at hardware. The linkage in a lever style drain attracts dirt and hair like a magnet and must be cleaned regularly in order to keep the drain working properly.

Separate the old float from the old trip by pulling out the pin holding the two pieces together.