Trip Lever Drain

When problems occur with this type of drain it is for one of two reasons.

Trip lever drain.

A trip lever is a type of mechanism that is found in many different bathtub designs. I set the old trip aside and replaced with the new trip drain. When the stopper in your lever style bathtub drain won t pop up anymore because the linkage is damaged or clogged replace it with a much simpler lift and turn style tub drain. Plumbers call it the linkage and when moving the.

Separate the old float from the old trip by pulling out the pin holding the two pieces together. The lift and turn drain has no complicated linkage to dig out and clean almost everything catches in the drain grate. A trip lever drain stopper that uses a lift bucket plunger can be identified by the absence of a pop up stopper in the drain opening. Essentially the lever works as part of an apparatus that allows the stopper to be opened or closed making it possible to retain water in the tub or release the water into the drain.

The kit came with extra piping but all i used was the trip drain its parts and the drain cover with the screw that goes with it. The drain trim has a trip lever style with a polished chrome finish that will match existing faucet finishes. The linkage in a lever style drain attracts dirt and hair like a magnet and must be cleaned regularly in order to keep the drain working properly. When the plunger is down it presses down on the stopper lever and forces the stopper up into the open position.

Some people refer to the system of adjustable rods that connects the drain stopper of a bathtub to the trip lever as the guts of the bathtub. The purpose for the lever is to allow for the easy and quick movement of the tub stopper. Polished chrome finish matches most existing fixtures. Now that you ve replaced the trip lever on your tub drain you notice it isn t properly stopping the water.

Designed to fit standard size tubs. Includes all of the necessary parts to replace an existing drain or add a new tub. Pf waterworks pf0972 bn 1 1 2 trip bath tub drain trim kit bathtub strainer cover trip lever waste overflow face plate coarse 11 5 threads per inch brushed nickel 4 2 out of 5 stars 53 21 99 21. The plunger has become stuck in the overflow tube and will not move up and down freely.

Watch this short video how to adjust the lever me.