How to Repair or Replace the Shower Drain


A hole of any kind in any pipe can be greatly heartbreaking for your home. So repair any hole when you find it. Now and again shower drain may maintain release and need quick repair keeping in mind that the water enters into the floor and influences it to approach to down to the establishment and in the long run harming the home severely. 




You can evacuate and replace shower drain yourself with some exertion and already information. Be that as it may, if you are a beginner to this work, it is proposed to enlist a handyman to supplant the shower drain at the earliest opportunity to avert serious harm to your home. 

Required Items

  • ABS concrete 
  • Plumber's putty 
  • Basket torque 
  • Utility cut 
  • Slip coupling 
  • PVC pipe 
  • Shower Drain 
  • Philips screwdriver 
  • Handsaw 

Bearings

  1. Before the start, obstruct the water supply line, which supplies water to the shower. 
  2. Locate the drain channels. You may need to detach the ground surface to reveal the channels and to have better access to them. If you approach from underneath, you can work from beneath the restroom. It relies upon the position of the channels. 
  3. Take a hacksaw and cut the piece of the drain pipe that is break or harm. What's more, you have to slice along the pipe further to expel this whole piece of the pipe. 
  4. Take the drain away by cutting the silicone putty holding the drain with the utility blade. Presently open the drain cover by detaching the screws with the assistance of Philips screwdriver. In the wake of expelling the cover, take a crate torque and take the drain away by turning the torque hostile to clockwise.
  5. Insert the new drain into the particular place. Secure the new drain with handyman's putty. 
  6. using the ABS bond, join the PVC pipe to the new drain. ABS bond is a substance used to give the waterproof association with the pipe and drain. You can investigate the pipe too for any conceivable breaks. Supplant the pipe on the off chance that you see any spillage in the pipe. On the off chance that no release spotted, at that point utilize a similar pipe. 
  7. Connect the finish of the current pipe with the finish of the newly introduced pipe. To associate the old and the new pipes you need a slip coupling of the very same size of channels. 
  8. To secure the coupling, including stick, it’s the two sides and places funnels into it. 
  9. Allow the putty to dry for a long time. Till then don't utilize the shower. 

Tips and Precautions

  • The best time to supplant the drain is evening time. 
  • On the off chance that you are having an issue in supplanting the drain, contact a handyman to do a repair work for you.

Video: How to cut old and install new shower drain

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