Broken bath drainer

aestarr · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:06 pm Post Subject: Broken bath drainer

Hi guys, I unscrewed the metal drainer in my bath to clean behind it (it was draining very slowly). I have tried to rescrew the drainer back in place, but the screw hole is attached to a black plastic tube/pipe which gives way and moves down when pressure is applied to it. I have tried to hold the plastic thing in place whilst rescrewing the drainer in place (with wire through the holes of the drainer) but it doesn't work. Can someone tell me what the black pipe/tube thing is and whether I need to take the panel off... Or shall I call a plumber? Thanks - A Girl!

brown1987 · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:03 pm Post Subject:

Hi
The black plastic tube is connects the overflow to the waste. best bet is to take the panel off and hold the tube in place whilst screwing. Is an easy job not worth spending money to get sorted. Good luck

bster · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:08 pm Post Subject:

as brown said take the bath panel off and hold the plastic thing in place whilst tightening from above (in the bath).

You may find that it may leak though depending on the seal it was installed with, and if it does'nt tighten then the nut has rounded off the plastic and is basically b*****r!.

Get the panel off!

.... and if you do tightenit up - fill the bath and empty - check for any leakage

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