I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?

Evan Mann wrote:
I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it
from the drain pipe. Tips?

Break it apart with a sledge (no, I'm not kidding). The disconnection method
will be obvious.

Go to your hardware store and ask for a basin wrench. It looks like a pipe
with a crosshair cut into the bottom that fits into the tub drain. Insert
a screwdriver through the hole at the top (perpendicular) and unscrew the
drain from the pipe. Voila! The wrench costs all of $7.

C



On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:13:43 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:

I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?

I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?

Stick a pair of pliers - needlenose if you have to - into the drain and put a
screw driver thru the handles and twist CCW.

Conase wrote:

I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?

Stick a pair of pliers - needlenose if you have to - into the drain and put a
screw driver thru the handles and twist CCW.

Don't forget to take the trip-lever/overflow cover off too.

You can also disconnect the slip coupling on the drain outlet,
if you have access behind the front of the tub.

Jim

BTW, the sledgehammer suggestion only works if you have a cast iron
tub....some people forget there are steel and fiberglass tubs out
there...and a sledge ain't worth a damn. In those cases, cut it out with a
reciprocating saw...or just lift it out.

"Evan Mann" wrote in message
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I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from
the
drain pipe. Tips?

C wrote:
Go to your hardware store and ask for a basin wrench. It looks like a pipe
with a crosshair cut into the bottom that fits into the tub drain. Insert
a screwdriver through the hole at the top (perpendicular) and unscrew the
drain from the pipe. Voila! The wrench costs all of $7.

C



On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:13:43 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:

I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?




The trick I have used is to insert the handles of pliers (e.g.,
"Channel-Locks" type) down into the drain, then use a wrench
to twist the pliers.

Regards,
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Mike Lacy, Ft Collins CO 80523
Clean out the 'junk' to email me.

Ugh.. You had it easy!

When I redid the hall bath, I tried channel locks to get the basin out. No
dice. Then I tried two screw drivers. Ruined them. Then I bought the
basin wrench, and even with that, it was a job to get out. It was so hard
to get out that I thought it might have been backthreaded. I even bent the
piece of steel that I inserted through the wrench to use as the handle.
I'm convinced, though, that without that wrench I would have been up sh!ts
creek. Of course, now I have a basin wrench that sits idle. Anybody want
to buy a slightly used basin wrench?

C


On 18 Mar 2004 09:42:00 -0700, wrote:

C wrote:
Go to your hardware store and ask for a basin wrench. It looks like a pipe
with a crosshair cut into the bottom that fits into the tub drain. Insert
a screwdriver through the hole at the top (perpendicular) and unscrew the
drain from the pipe. Voila! The wrench costs all of $7.

C



On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:13:43 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:

I need to remove a bathtub but I have no idea how to disconnect it from the
drain pipe. Tips?




The trick I have used is to insert the handles of pliers (e.g.,
"Channel-Locks" type) down into the drain, then use a wrench
to twist the pliers.

Regards,