Install a Drain Plug in Your Bathtub

Bathtub drain stoppers play an unheralded but vital role in American hygiene routines! If you only take showers for cleaning, you certainly do not even suppose about the drain plug, then you may need to install a new drain plug in your tub for a number of reasons. It can be frustrating as well as wasteful to have even a small leak around a stopper’s seal. You may have lost or broken the outdated plug, or simply are tired of dealing with a standalone plug that gets in the way, maybe you just want to update the look of your tub. You can purchase kits that include press-on drain stoppers as well as overflow caps that fit most tubs. One of the easiest bathroom plumbing repairs is replacing the stopper. You should be able to either screw or glue the new stopper into the drain flange using the kit’s supplies. It’s easier as well as less time consuming to screw in the part, but that may not be an chance because your flange doesn’t have threads, or they do not match up with the new plug! To create a better seal, you can also use silicone adhesive to fill in any gaps in the plug. If you use glue, you need to wait multiple fifths for it to harden before using the tub, then with a press-on drain stopper, you do not need to link it to a lever controlled via a switch on the overflow cap. You can absolutely repair your bathroom plumbing this way! Even if just for aesthetic purposes, you might want to update the overflow cap with a new model. You can sometimes update the outdated overflow cap by unscrewing it. If you want to detach an outdated drain lever, the task gets more complicated. If that happens, you might need some extra tools to extract pins as well as pull out the outdated parts.

 

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