Often asked: Where Can I Buy The Bulldog Shower Drain Wrench?

Is there a tool to remove a shower drain?

If your drain doesn’t have crossbars, you’ll need to use a tool called a tub drain extractor. It has a conical shape and helical knurls that grip the metal wall on the inside of the drain fitting. You turn the extractor with an adjustable wrench, as with a plug wrench.

How do you get something that fell down the shower drain?

With a clean and empty vacuum cleaner, place the nozzle of the drain. The bag should have your lost item inside. If not, use a wire hanger to feel for it in the drain trap and then use the vacuum to suck the piece up and out of the drain.

What are the different types of shower drains?

There are more shower drains available than you can count, but they all really fall into two types – point drains and linear drains. Point drains are most common and are what we are used to seeing in showers.

How do you clean a walk in shower drain?

Pour half a cup of baking soda down the drain, followed immediately by half a cup of distilled vinegar. The combination will create a fizzing action that will work away the blockage. Leave it to work for at least twenty minutes and then pour a kettle of hot water down the drain to flush away the blockage.

How do I remove a shower drain without caulking?

How to Remove the No – Caulk Shower Drain Cover:

1. Use a screwdriver for the removal.
2. Place the end of the screwdriver under the notched area of the strainer.
3. Apply light upward pressure while being careful to not damage the finished surface.
4. No – caulk shower drain cover should release from shower base.

What happens to stuff that goes down the shower drain?

Whether it is going down the sink, shower or bath plughole, or being flushed down the toilet, all waste water goes down the drain and into a pipe, which takes it to a larger sewer pipe.

How do you get a ball out of a drain pipe?

Use a pressure washer to dislodge a tennis ball which cannot be removed with a shop vac. Use a plumber’s snake to first loosen the tennis ball and to ensure the ball can be moved. Turn on the machine to the lowest setting to start and increase pressure until the ball falls out of the bottom of the drain spout.

What is the best type of shower drain?

The best type of drain for this situation is often called a “compression,” or “friction,” drain, such as this Oatey 2-Inch PVC No-Calk Shower Drain (available at SupplyHouse), which features a rubber gasket inside the drain body. Remove the gasket before the shower base is set.

Can a shower drain be 1.5 inches?

Anyone can glue a reducer into a 2″ opening, so the fixture itself takes a 1.5 ” drain. Shower drains can be made with a 1.5 ” opening.

Does a walk in shower drain have to be centered?

The shower drain has to be at the lowest point of the shower floor, and so the floor has to slope down toward the drain from all directions. For showers that have a bench built in, placing the drain under the bench will keep it out of the way.

Why does my shower drain smell like poop?

Leaky Pipes Leaky pipes in your bathroom walls or under the shower will allow sewer gases — also known as hydrogen sulfide — to escape, so you may notice the shower drain smells like rotten eggs or sewage.

Why does my bathroom smell like a sewer?

A sewer gas smell in the bathroom can be caused by: evaporation of water in the P-trap piping. broken seal around the toilet in the wax ring or the caulk. tree’s roots have grown into or have caused damage to your sewer pipes.

How do you get urine smell out of shower drain?

1. Pour 1/4 cup baking soda down the drain.
2. Drizzle 1/2 cup of white vinegar down the drain, atop the baking soda.
3. Cover your drain, and let the foaming combination move down the drain for 30 minutes.
4. Rinse the drain with a pot of boiling water, and repeat if any odor remains.