Plumbing help....

[tx reef]

I bought a new drain and overflow plate for my shower. The instructions said to use pliers to remove the old drain by placing the handles in the drain and twisting. When I did this the cross bars in the drain broke, so now I don't have anything to grip to unscrew the drain.
Any ideas?

 

[windmill]

Glue something on or in it.
Or melt something on or in it.
If all else fails, use the old fashioned method - hammer and anger.

 

[scotts]

Is there something that you can prop a screwdriver up against? Maybe you can unscrew it by hitting the srewdriver with a hammer. If not then do you have a dremel? Maybe you can cut part out with the dremel and that can help you unscrew it or pry it out.

 

[zman1]

Any pictures of what it looks like now. The grate usually lifts out (or have a screw to hold it down) and then the neck below that unscrews.

 

[tx reef]

No, the wife took the camera to a wedding shower.....someone did tell me I needed an internal pipe wrench. :notsure:

 

[zman1]

I put a 3/4 bath in my last house. New Installation is easier than repair or upgrade. However, I remember the grate was just a snap in and the neck if you would call it that had big o-ring (to seal against the pipe) and you screwed the neck/flange down to meet the shower base on the PVC pipe. There were groves in the flange under the grate that you used to tighten it. Yours must be a different a style.

 

[dogstar]

Found this with a quick google image search '' bathtub drain ''.
Looks like what Scotts was saying if you need to get mean with it.....

 

[zman1]

That looks like a bathtub drain.

 

[tx reef]

Thanks Dogstar...I will try that...

 

[tangman99]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has something go wrong every time I try to do something. Murphy lives in my house.

 

[dogstar]

Originally Posted by TangMan99
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has something go wrong every time I try to do something. Murphy lives in my house.

I often find myself saying '' always something ''

 

[scotts]

Thank goodness Home Depot is only a couple of miles away.

Oh and the self check out lanes.