Tub Overflow Drain Installation

The removal of the cover is an easier part of the process.

Tub overflow drain installation.

Frozen drain levers are usually from the corroded bucket gate at the bottom. 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. You usually don t need a tool to do this. 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.

Install a bathtub drain and overflow assembly in a new tub when replacing the assembly for a bathroom upgrade. The top tub lip must be level. Put the overflow pipe with the overflow elbow attached into one. Insert the screws into the drain cover s mounting holes and fasten it in place using a.

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. This overflow cover is usually directly above the plug that drains the water on the bottom of the tub. Verify top and bottom tub floor sealing surface is clean flat and smooth prior to assembly. D a b c overflow and drain shoe tube must extend 1 1 5 into drain tee overflow ends.

Drain tee tub wall drain. The first step to installing bathtub overflow drain is removing the waste and overflow is to remove the overflow cover. You can replace just this plate at your hardware store for a few dollars. Place the t fitting on the waste drainpipe so that one remaining opening is vertical and the other one is lateral toward the tub.

Place the new overflow drain cover against the bathtub s overflow opening and line up the screw holes. Tighten drain bolt a to secure. 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. Feed it into the overflow pipe screw the overflow faceplate onto the opening then screw the new drain plate onto the flange.

Step 1 dry fit the pipes without glue.