I need to replace a bath trap because it cracked and broke up when the stainless steel strainer was being tightened.
The bath has been completely tiled in, so I have to go under the floor to replace the trap. A really very tight squeeze and hopefully my arms are long enough to reach the trap.
The carpet has to be lifted in an adjacent room to get under the floor, so I want to ensure that I get the trap replacement right first time, as I don't want to repeat the procedure.
I am going to wind ptfe tape around the plasic thread on the trap and apply sanitary silicone to both sides of the rubber washer on the underside and of course silicon to the underside of the strainer on the top side. The rubber washer is ridged on one side only. Does the ridged side go to the underside of the hole in the bath or is it the smooth side.
Are there any bath strainers that can be fitted from the top side of the bath to the plastic drain underneath without me having to go under the floor? It would obviously have to be screwed down onto the plastic pipe from the top.
Any other advice is appreciated.
The bath has been completely tiled in, so I have to go under the floor to replace the trap. A really very tight squeeze and hopefully my arms are long enough to reach the trap.
The carpet has to be lifted in an adjacent room to get under the floor, so I want to ensure that I get the trap replacement right first time, as I don't want to repeat the procedure.
I am going to wind ptfe tape around the plasic thread on the trap and apply sanitary silicone to both sides of the rubber washer on the underside and of course silicon to the underside of the strainer on the top side. The rubber washer is ridged on one side only. Does the ridged side go to the underside of the hole in the bath or is it the smooth side.
Are there any bath strainers that can be fitted from the top side of the bath to the plastic drain underneath without me having to go under the floor? It would obviously have to be screwed down onto the plastic pipe from the top.
Any other advice is appreciated.