Tub Overflow Drain Installation

If you have to hold your drain lever down for the tub to drain it is more than likely the tension spring on the back of the overflow plate.

Tub overflow drain installation. The first step to installing bathtub overflow drain is removing the waste and overflow is to remove the overflow cover. Place the t fitting on the waste drainpipe so that one remaining opening is vertical and the other one is lateral toward the tub. You usually don t need a tool to do this. Place the new overflow drain cover against the bathtub s overflow opening and line up the screw holes.

Do not overtighten or drain shoe assembly may be damaged. Tighten drain bolt a to secure. Step 1 dry fit the pipes without glue. Insert the screws into the drain cover s mounting holes and fasten it in place using a.

Install a bathtub drain and overflow assembly in a new tub when replacing the assembly for a bathroom upgrade. Thread the linkage through the overflow hole if you have a lever drain. Frozen drain levers are usually from the corroded bucket gate at the bottom. The removal of the cover is an easier part of the process.

If you re installing a lever style drain insert the plunger and linkage into the hole in the tub wall beneath the faucet. Put the overflow pipe with the overflow elbow attached into one. You can replace just this plate at your hardware store for a few dollars. The waste and overflow unit is an l shaped assembly that consists of a drain fitting that sets into the opening in the bottom of the tub connecting to a short horizontal drain pipe that runs to a tee fitting.

Drain tee tub wall drain. The overflow tube is a safety feature that channels water that has overfilled the tub back down into the drain pipes before it can spill over the edge of the tub. Feed it into the overflow pipe screw the overflow faceplate onto the opening then screw the new drain plate onto the flange. D a b c overflow and drain shoe tube must extend 1 1 5 into drain tee overflow ends.

But if the fittings on the overflow tube become loose it can allow water to spill out and drip beneath the tub where it might even ruin the floor or the ceiling in the room below.