Great video! Wish there was a way to remove the stopper from ours. Mine is stuck cause the chain was corroded and I think it’s stuck on slow drain. It’s not clogged cause I used one of those auger tools. I tried using a magnet but it’s hard going.
I searched to see how that’s been resolved and people have come up with some very creative ways of getting the weight out. Often people are saying intended tools don’t work. I don’t know if you’ve googled it but I see some ways people have made tools to remove it.
You are absolutely amazing at this. I just put my knob down ever so gently and it broke the lever completely off. It's a super old fixure. Do you think buying a whole new fixture will still catch in the inside like yours did? There is no way to just buy the lever because it chipped at one end.There is never a dull moment with home repair when you own. I'm so disappointed this happened today but it was bound to happen because it's an ancient future like I said . With me luck too your video helped .💜🙏
@@myieasdiy , thank you so much , I opened it up right after watching the video and got it to drain right away and found out luckily that I will only have to buy the trip level and face plate. So grateful for this video and your comment. 💜🙏
PLEASE HELP: My trip-lever broke on my shower/tub and I had to temporarily rig it to stay in the down-position so my tub would drain while I shower, but as I ran the water to shower it started to severly leak into the room directly below downstairs, what happened and how can I fix this?
Oh no. I have recently had the bathroom remodeled and my ceiling was opened and repaired due to mold from long term water damage. I’m no pro in this area but sounds like something else. There is typically a j-shaped pipe connected to your tub drain the lever is typically connected to a weight that just plugging the pipe up by moving the lever up and down. My thoughts are the pipe itself is possibly leaking. If you have an access panel to the plumbing you can see where the water is coming from.
@Karmari1022 , this just happened to me 20 min ago too and all I was doing was gently putting the level down to drain half a tub from shaving my darn legs. What an absolute disaster. You rock for fixing it yourself too.
Looks like exactly what I need to have to fix my problem and I already have the screws out and cover plate out but I can’t see your video. It is too small and in a small square window only…I tried to enlarge it and it won’t let me so I just thought I’d give you that update 🙂 I appreciate what you have done here but I really wish I could see it better. Thank you so much for taking the time to do it and maybe you can enlarge it somehow for others to benefit more …By the way that crazy icon picture to the left is NOT ME… my grandson set that up lol I don’t know how to get rid of it. Lol lol
I know. After I took all the clips and uploaded this is what I had. None of my other videos are like this. It’s been awhile since I posted this but I don’t remember it being so small while creating so I’m not sure what happened during editing. I just pulled the cover off and it should pull a long piece with weight attached. From there you should be able to see how to remove and attach the new parts. Yes, it’s still up close or slightly cutoff but you should be able to see necessary steps hopefully 🤞🏽
No personal experience but someone else asking that question was told a shop vac to suck it up could work and there is some type of tool you’d ask about at a hardware store to grab it out.
I appreciate you taking the time and effort to explain this! I almost killed my dang self trying to get that thing out and re attaching the pin! Blessings to you and thanks again 😊
It took me a few hot minutes to get this completed but most of it was digging out the long part out of the hole because the old one came apart when I was pulling it out. I was also a dumb dumb and put the cover on upside down and it took me a bit to figure out what a I did. I enjoyed your video, you explained it well.
Thank you! Those whoopsies happen. I replaced the cartridge behind the knob and cold and hot has been backwards since 😂 never took it apart to switch it properly. Learn as we go.
Thank you! My tub was draining super slow. I watched your vid and was able to take the thing apart by myself and (!) I figured out that the line leading to the weight was too low. I twisted it a bit higher and now the tub drains perfectly fast! Plus it still holds water. I’m so thankful to you!
Thank goodness it’s easy with this flooring. It’s so easy to cut. The toilet was not installed in the room I’m showing but you’ll see I just ran it around the flange and installed the toilet after. The smaller bath because of the shape it was still very square and I caulked around the gaps. I promise it was not perfect. I also had to cut and fill in gaps with tiny pieces but you wouldn’t notice unless I pointed it out.
I’m no professional by any means. From what I’ve read online there is a grabber tool however most say they were unsuccessful with it. A few people said a bent coat hanger worked after a few tries otherwise this might require a plumber or removing the drain if you’re comfortable doing so.
My lever works, my problem is the screws are no longer holding the cover onto my tub. The screws are just screwing right through all of the sudden and it falls off and hangs into the tub. I have no idea why or how to fix it.
I would just attempt troubleshooting. Have you tried new screws? If new screws are still not working I would try replacing the unit and also check holes where lever assembly attaches with screws to see if the part is stripped.
I’d just like to add info I learned from a This Old House video. The staining on the “bell” end is because it was sitting too low in the wall and sitting in water. When you use the lever to drain the tub, it wasn’t high enough to allow draining. Adjusting the height can fix the problem.
