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Get the satisfaction of fixing items around the house for yourself! Building your knowledge base as a home owner can save you time and money. So get your hands dirty and work on those simple home DIY's.
Get the satisfaction of fixing items around the house for yourself! Building your knowledge base as a home owner can save you time and money. So get your hands dirty and work on those simple home DIY's.
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Unsure why you feel this is fake but have a great day.
Why do all of this ? Buy a DRAIN WRENCH REMOVER.
You can certainly buy a specialty tool if you like!
My heat gun and I thank you, kind sir!
That’s awesome! Sometimes it’s the small things 😀
Great video. Where do you purchase a new flange...I checked both Home Depot and Lowes and they don't carry them
I found mine at a local plumbing supply store. Good luck!
Thank you so much for your video. The drain was in there forever and would not budge. I bought the barbell drain wrench and still had no luck removing it. After watching your video, it took me less than 10 minutes to remove the old drain and install the new one. Thanks again.
That’s great! Happy that you found a solution that worked for you.
Thank you so much! Older and I have such a hard time turning things and that helped me a bunch.
Glad that it worked for you!
Fantanstic... I user hair dryer and works fine...Thanks a lot...
I was Stuck & found this vid. I sprayed w. Blaster wait 15mn. Use Heat Gun for 1min....exactly. it smoked cause of the blaster, but it worked 🎉🎉🎉🎉 You Saved my sanity
Glad you got it off!
it keeps spinning but wont come out, what to do?
This worked for me, thank you
Happy yo hear. Thanks for watching.
The spokes on the inside of mine were very thin and all sheared off. and it's recessed a bit so I can't get anything onto the lip. 😅 I'm gonna cut the lip with a dremel and pry it up on opposite sides.
Be careful not to ruin the threads!
You succeeded with pliers, but drain removal wrench might be needed.
For some. But that’s more of a one time specialty tool. These are tools that people may already have in their home. Thanks for watching.
Great video dude.
Much appreciated!
Man! That made it so easy, after struggling with it. Much love. Thanks 🙏 great knowledge ☺️
Glad it worked for you! Pass the knowledge on!
I swear you people putting tutorials out like this are faking this. You already removed the drain flange and then put it back to show us how easy it is to remove using your technique. Haha, it is NOT that easy!
You can believe what you wish. At the end of the day the idea is to show HOW to do it. Your experience may vary with your specific circumstance but knowledge is power. It worked for me and it seems to have worked for others as well. Thanks for watching.
Awesome tip. Thank you for sharing this with us.
My pleasure. Pass the tip on to others!
Heat gun for the win! Omg. Thank you!
Absolutely! Mine was not going anywhere. Thanks for watching.
Tub Drain Wrench ???
Not sure that many people will the specialized tool for one use. Granted some may not have the ones in the video. Whatever gets the job done for you!
@@simplehomediy618 for sure ..... i made mine out of old glav pipe took 5 mins
I struggle for a couple hours bc the T was broken. The blow dryer and muscle helped. Thank you!
That’s awesome!
WHAT IF IT IS STUCK SHUT???? I JUST WANT TO DRAIN THE WATER.
Gracias, me ayudo mucho tu video, estaba que no podía quitarla
Thanks for the suggestion about heating; that plus PB Blaster softened/dissolved the putty directly under the flange. That was the issue. The little bit of putty on the threads wasn't. The globs of putty that fell into the drain took longer to clean than replacing the drain. BUT -Plumbers putty is NEVER used on threads because it doesn't seal fine spaces, it's water-based and it will dry out. Don't copy what the previous dufuss did. Pipe threads, especially fine threads like you see on that brass collar, should be wrapped with teflon tape which lubricates as it goes together, lubricates and forms a seal that will never dry out, and will lubricate if you must later disassemble the joined parts. There IS pipe dope that plumbers sometimes use on coarse steel and black iron gas pipe threads. It isn't plumbers putty, it's oil based and doesn't dry out. Plumber's putty is ONLY used to make a seal between a flange and a stationary fixture when a rubber gasket can't match the contour. Most replacement bathtub drain sets include a synthetic rubber gasket because a steel or plastic tub flexes in use, unlike an old cast claw foot tub. Today entire plumbing stacks made of plastic flex lose the putty. I made the mistake of hiring the plumbers from hell to make connections to my remodeled bathroom and kitchen thinking that a professional plumber would do a better job than an amateur diyer. I was wrong - dishwasher air gap installed upside down, hot cold pipes reversed and installed without dilelectric unions where copper met iron pipe. I had to finish the job myself and am still finding things they screwed up. They installed my bath drain with NO dope or tape which is why I was looking for tips and found this video.
Man. 3 mins with the blow dryer did the trick. Took that $24 extractor back to Lowes
Wow, single senior woman...kinda handy...this is a great trick! Now if I could get the spigot off my garden tub, I would be in seventh heaven. Thank you for your video!!!!
The inside of mine is all broken so there is nothing to hold on to to turn it. :(
Just as you instructed, this worked perfectly. Don't think I've ever done this before, so you saved a lot of anguish.
Yep heatgun easy peasy 44yr old drain came out
Thank-you! Tried everything then heated drains of two tubs (a Dyson hairdryer , fit perfectly in the drain) and was able to replace both with no problem!!!
At least he mentioned hairdryer, and a few pluses for using that over heat gun. You don't have the worry of BUYING a heat gun. Or getting too heavy handed and damaging with one. I will add...lay heavy old towels to pad your tub and tub ledge from tool bang chips. Otherwise... you'll have created a whole new job for yourself 😉
Now tell then how to do it when the tabs inside the drain are rusted off and there is nothing for the needle nose to grab onto.
Yeah right no strength made,that drain was already loose
I keep turning with the wrench and pliers but all it does is turn. It does not screw out. What is the problem? Please advise.
Like a charm
I had no trouble turning the flange, but for some reason it doesn't back out of the drain as it turns. I've heated it and tried prying it up as I can get a screwdriver under the flange edge, but no luck. Are there other drain designs that do not use threads? Drain is in my mother in laws manufactured home dating back to the 2001 timeframe. It does show a little rust on the top of the flange.
Just fyi he said place putty along threads, actually dont do that? In my experience thats exactly one reason why these get stuck. Place plumbers putty along the flat lip above threads. Not on threads directly. Its not to be used like plumbers tape as is dries and hardens making the threads grip eachother much more over the years. Just sayibg.
I don’t believe I said to put it in. There was just some in mine. Thanks for watching.
The reason you use heat, is to make the metal ring (the threads) expand. The outer ring, being slightly bigger diameter will expand more than the stuck inside ring. Yes, give it about a minute of heat. Try it. If it's still stuck, give it another minute of heat. Be careful not to burn the tub. Not sure what porcelain will do under heat. You can also get a more secure grip on the inner cross bar down inside by buying a $5 tool at the hardware store made for this job. It's $5 and won't rip out the cross bar, especially if you only have one inside, not two as this example shows.
If you are able to source the tool then it’s a good way to go about it. It provides more surface area for leverage.
are all tubs like this with that screw on
Thank you
Worked like a charm, thanks!
A word of warning. This method definitely works for turning and removing a stuck drain flange. In my case, it also torqued the PVC pipe underneath the tub and ripped it, causing a leak, which was a bear to fix! So if your drain flange is stuck, ask yourself if you *really* need to get it out, and if it's worth the risk of messing up the plumbing under the tub. (I had to cut a hole in my kitchen ceiling to get to the pipes to repair the damage!)
You’re definitely right. Always a risk and something to consider.
Again...men have the muscle. And tend to be too heavy handed. Calls for finesse.
Thanks for the warning
If the tub is composite plastic covered with epoxy "porcelain" , not steel, you can also damage the tub.
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
Glad that it helped!
This was exactly what I needed. Thanks.
Mine wont budge, after using a small torch on it held it for 2 1/2 minutes and put needle noise pliers in place and used adjustable wrench on needle nose pliers to turn the needle nose just got all bent up and no luck with the drain turning at all
See my comment above - you need at least a drain removal wrench.
I wonder if this person found a solution as their comment was two years ago
Awesome Pliers!
i moved in my grandpa room for he move out and i clean the bathroom and the bathtub is stick and it soo dirty i can’t clean it
Thank you very much you saved me
Happy to hear that it helped.
This worked! Thanks so much!
Awesome idea! My drain had been there for 40 years and your idea with the heat gun worked GREAT! Mine was stuck , so I had to use a hammer on the wrench ,but all it took was one blow and it started turning! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, didn't use any heater short of things, I just use two screwdrivers and put both on opposite side of each other and turn it and it works like a charm. Your a life saver
Thanks! I had purchased a special removal tool but I couldn't get the broken drain to budge. Heated up the drain just like you mention and the drain came right out nice and easy on the next try. Much appreciated.
Always great to find small tips that work out!