Repair Bathtub Drain Lever

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.

Repair bathtub drain lever.

Usually the problem is easy to fix though the procedures vary depending on what type of tub stopper you have. Video shows how to remove and replace a bathtub drain stopper. Rotate the plug in opposite directions to release or hold water these drains have set screws under the lip of the drain. See below for tools subscribe to this old house.

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. Any bathtub drain stopper that doesn t do its job is an annoying inconvenience. Drains with trip levers. How to repair the trip lever in a tub drain.

Bathtub drain assemblies are mysterious things. Drains without trip levers. When a tub won t hold water the two potential causes are easily repaired. To change the setting of the drain push it down with your foot.

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. Push the plug down to hold water and pull it up to drain.