Bathtub Drain and Overflow Plate Removal and Replacement (Complete Guide)

Learn how you can remove and replace your bathtub drain and overflow plate!

00:24 TOOLS:

01:40 THE FIX - Learn the exact techniques you will need to complete this project!

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[knightzcross]

Excellent video! My son pulled off my overflow part somehow and I now know how to replace it! Thanks for the new video! The instruction is phenomenal!!!! Sub for life here

[sethbrees]

Thanks for showing me where that seal goes! It helped out a lot. I think I would have easily installed it wrong and not even known until I had a big problem on my hands. Thank you!

[georgewilliams]

Thanks for the clear instructions and tips to make this project a success for me! It really helped.

[drewlincoln]

Thank you for showing me exactly how to do this!

[mariamadrid]

Thanks. Just bought the drain wrench but wasn't sure the best way to use it. Also like the pop up replacement drain you chose. And I wasn't aware the gasket behind overflow cover was missing when I replaced it! So one more trip to Loew's to finish this drain project. Thanks again.

[timbanks]

Great fix! I need to get one of those drain tools bc my drain looks the same!

[patriciagonzalez]

Thank you so much, I'd had to order the special tool, we just gave up my son and Dad they were huffing and puffing and nothing 😂 it's really hard to get out, excellent video ❤❤❤ .

[williambaity]

Very complete and straightforward explanation... Thanks

[SofaKingManlyGaming]

This is such an informational video! Keep up the great work

[jeffcoolhd]

I have a few comments. #1 if your plumber's putty is a little dried up like that roll it around in your hands and the heat from your hands will return it back to its normal state don't add water to the plumbers putty. #2 you should have added more plumbers putty to the tub drain. #3 you should have put some pipe dope on the threads before screwing it into the pipe. And I am a professional plumber that's my tech tip for the day

[jaygee]

$300 dollars is what they wanted to charge to have that done. And hell no I didn’t…. I can do myself after watching this…thanks!!!

[jayloo]

Hi! Great video! I'm trying to replace my overflow plate...just like yours...but I'm having a hard time removing the old one. Mine is not held in place by a screw--it looks more like a screw type thing that has a ball at the end of it. The ball has a hole in it that I would have to put one of those little L shaped screw drivers in and then torque it to loosen it. It won't budge. I spray some lubricant on it so hopefully in the morning it will loosen it up. My question is the plate I purchased...which is just like yours...has a screw in it. Will that work with what I have. I know it might be hard to understand what I have. My house is over 100 years old with old fixtures. Any help will be appreciated!

[jeffcoolhd]

I have a comment about the Overflow in the tub. The Overflow drain was not aligned right with the tub you should have opened the access panel and loosened the overflow nuts to realign the Overflow pipe. After seeing you poking the gasket like that I believe you'll probably will have a leak you should have replaced the gasket then you would have done a perfect job. That's my tech tip for the day.

[steftoha]

Good handy information.... keep it up.... I wait for your return response.

[maxgluteus]

If you watch the danco video, the seal goes to the top of the tub, you da man!

[TheDreamsChaser]

It all looks great, but I have big problem with removing old flange/rim - it keep spinning. I have managed to spin it with the tool, it kicked off the old silicon from between the rim and bathtub base, but even tho it's spinning quite easily it doesn't go up at all. I tried to spin and pool with pliers, but that doesn't seem to work either. What am I missing here? Are there kinds with no thread? Is this thread broken or unmatched? Maybe I am doing something wrong here? I also don't have access to under the bath tub as I would need to break the tiles (don't ask me - I bought this place like that..)

[myvids]

Does anyone know why the drain requires so much mechanism? I feel like the drain could just be a covering to the drain pipe. Why are there so many screws and devices in there that need to be removed?

[insanejoker]

How do u keep the pipe under the drain from coming off

[gunnerfusco]

Hey there! Awesome vid! The old drain looked like it had putty all the way down the threads. Is that an optional seal tactic... just adding more putty to the threads themselves?

[rotmarty]

Can anyone explain how this specific type of drain cap/stopper works? I believe mine may be dysfunctional but I've been looking online for hours for the correct model/solution but it's pretty hard to understand any of it when I don't even know how it actually functions in the first place. Mine hasn't worked since we moved into our house, it won't stay up so to drain the tub we have to put something under it to hold it open- and I was hoping to find a video explaining why it isn't working when every other video seems to show the same pieces and all? I believe its the same as this one, maybe a bit older, but I don't know if there's supposed to be a notch that holds it or if it has something to do with the underpart. If anyone has any answers it would be appreciated. Thanks.