Tub overflow drain kit12/10/2023 If I install the overflow washer on correctly (with the thick part of the washer going towards the top of the tub, and the skinny part going towards the bottom), it creates an angle of approach that causes the tee to not line up correctly with the drain. ![]() I have installed the drain in the tub, as you can see from the photos, but now I've run into another issue: Hey guys, got a bit distracted lately due to work, but I tried working on the drain and overflow today and realized something. ![]() Thanks in advance, I do appreciate it I know I'm a bit in over my head, but I really want to do this. I am super excited about everything else (tile surround, putting up cement board, etc), but this plumbing has been quite difficult for me. If anyone can tell me how to get this drain assembly to sit flush with the tub shoe, I would appreciate it I am basically stuck right now and need help once again. That would be horrible to have a water leak and not be able to get to it without ripping out the tub. To be honest, out of everything in the installation of the new tub, I am most concerned about getting the plumbing right since I dont want any water leaks. I would love to use a flexible tee because it would solve the issue I think, although I dont know if they really are safe/reliable and if they will end up rotting over time since they are probably made of some rubbery material. Those are the only solutions I can think of. The possible solutions I have thought of are: 1) Maybe a different angled washer on the overflow will work? 2) Maybe having an angled washer on the drain will help with the angled gap? 3) Try using another pvc tee 4) Or I buy a FLEXIBLE tee that has the metal clamps although I do not know if these are safe and/or reliable to use for the tub drainage system 5) Maybe cut the overflows pvc pipe a tad shorter and hope that it helps. Is there a way to fix this so the drain assembly will sit flush with the rubber washer on the bottom of the tub? Or did I buy the wrong drain and overflow (I heard that they are all basically standard and can be adjusted to your tub, but maybe I am wrong)? Or is this gap considered normal? This doesnt really have to do with the length of the PVC, it has to do with the angle I believe. The drain assembly makes contact with one side of the tub shoe drain, but it is about ¼ inch above the other side of the tub shoe drain. Now everything almost lines up, but the drain comes down at quite an angle on the tub shoe (as you can see in the photo below) and thus, the tub shoe does not fit perfectly to the new drain assembly. So I had to measure and shorten the PVC to make it fit the tub better. Actually it was much longer in both directions than it needed to be. The new drain and overflow did not fit the tub perfectly straight out of the box. I have heard these are better than the screw/slip joints, and that is why I bought it.Īnyways, my tub is 60 inches long, 30 inches wide, and 14 ¼ inches tall. It is a schedule 40 PVC drain and overflow and it is the kind that has to have all its connections PVC cemented (there are no slip joint/ screw joints). ![]() Now I am trying to fit my new tub to a brand new drain and overflow assembly I bought from Lowes hardware. Hi guys, as some of you may know I am putting in a new tub for the first time.
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