Bathtub Drain Kit Installation (Step-by-Step)

This tutorial shares how to install a bathtub drain for a Delta acrylic tub. We show all the steps and hope the tips help you with your project.

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[bhamama]

so nice all these guys always have such clean, open work spaces. where's the filthy bathrooms with old copper pipes covered in rat poop in a 2' crawl space?

[Brian-vzxe]

Haven't installed a cable drain yet but I never have put hybrid sealant. I am old school plumbers clay puddy never fails.

[chrisgraham]

This installation is not much use to the average homeowner who is remodeling their bathroom. Plumbers working on new construction are the only ones likely to have that kind of access to the rear of the tub from the wall behind before any drywall surfaces are installed in the adjacent room. Even with careful measurements, the trick is to align the bathtub drain and the bathtub overflow when the tub is fully enclosed by the alcove. Show that!

[ezekiellackey]

I've never heard of putting sealant on rubber gaskets... I wonder if that might not be such a good idea?

[ahzen]

Thank you for your excellent video on installing the tub overflow and drain assembly. I have a house that was built in 1908. It was leaking around the overflow. I did not know that the hundred and something year old rubber gasket had decay and water was dripping into the area below my house, which is all dirt although over many times I’ve taken deep baths and letting it overflow thinking it was going down the sewer, I did fine interesting Grand Canyon kind of working their way underneath the house

I don’t really have the access that you have. I’ll have to tear the wall apart behind the overflow there by the wall at least I have access to that. It is inside the hot water so it’ll be messy, but it’ll be a little easier, I’ll need somebody under the house to properly guide the plumbing to the drain hole of the It’s an adventure, isn’t it?

[jke]

Don't use a slip ring trap system. Don't use 1-1/4".
Use a solvent weld system. These slip ring systems work loose especially if you ever have to snake a clog in the line. That tub is getting scratched the more you work in it uncovered.

[BarnabyWild]

Isn’t this supposed to be hard piped with glued connections and no slip nuts for new construction?

[jpluym]

There is a gap between the drain opening in the tub support and the opening on the actual tub on this particular model. Water can work its way up the threads and through that gap. I wonder if this install ended up leaking because sealant wasn't pushed into that gap.

[TheShred]

What is the exact name of the hybrid sealant you are using? I seem to have trouble finding it.

[teh]

I’ve never seen a cable drain installed. Kind of a cool design.

[smoberdeen]

Silicone on a rubber crush seal. I laughed when I heard, "I like to... ." Maybe you should follow the manufacturer's instructions and quote them? How many wood chips and Silicone (hybrid) is needed for a good seal? My wife watched your video and told me I was doing it wrong, but I was following the instructions on the box.😂

[MrThumper]

How do plumbers install a drain that’s set in a concrete slab? Are there “standard “ measurements that they use?

[twg]

I watch all of your videos and love em. This video you are very fidgety, too much coffee? Thanks for the video!

[leijamoreno]

All that sealant is what's giving me problems now just to change the drain cover.

[chrisdlugo]

I came here to see where u applied the sealant, I have one of these delta tubes and no where in the directions do they tell u where and how to apply the sealant, only tells u that u can't use plumbers putty, but has to be acyrilc sealant

[TerranceCurious]

The previous so called plastic leak comment was most likely the use of compression style fittings INSIDE A WALL! HUGE NO NO! NO NO NO! Plumbing code doesnt allow compression style DWV inside the inspector did pass it? It's because the owner/installer met needs of the inspector...Maybe a readily installed access panel to serve the fixture and or inspection....you'll never see a small leak in a wall until Mold and Mildew kick in...wood for some steel frame trust me! I don't care if it came with the tub! It's wrong! And unprofessional! Pros measure offsets! Glue it once! Set for 40+ years! Let's see CI pipe outlast PVC in a wall!

[mireyataylor]

Can one use regular siliconized plumbers caulk instead of the DAP 3.0?

[josephpurington]

Why do you need to cut a huge hole. Seems like a good way for mice and drafts and stuff to get in. Isn't there a better way to do that?

[chrissimon]

Cool, I haven't seen one of those cable drains yet, and no client has mentioned one either?

[johnkim]

I have the same drain. It leaks through the hole where the cable is in.