plantingourpennies
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Hello All-
House built in mid '80s, single story in Florida. Trip lever system has not worked during our ownership (5 years). Tub was draining slowly so I removed the trip lever face plate and found that there was no linkage attached (nor had their been for quite some time based on calcification pattern). I fished out a huge hairball, which fixed the slow draining problem, used a camera to verify that there was no linkage/bucket in the pipe.
I bought a new linkage from the hardware store, but the bucket/plunger appears to be too large in diameter! The bucket enters the top portion of pipe (pvc) and fits very well, but gets caught where the pipe necks down to a smaller size about 2-3" above the "T" that leads horizontally to the shower/tub drain.
1.) Are there different sized plunger/buckets; is it possible that I purchased the wrong one?
2.) Are some of the tub drain/overflow pipes not designed to use this drain system?
We would like to get this system working as designed; any help is much appreciated.
EDIT-Forgot to mention, the tub drain itself has only a cross bar with a hole in the center.
Best,
Mr and Mrs. PoP
PS-Terry, this is a wonderful forum! Great knowledge-base with the members, looks slick as well.
House built in mid '80s, single story in Florida. Trip lever system has not worked during our ownership (5 years). Tub was draining slowly so I removed the trip lever face plate and found that there was no linkage attached (nor had their been for quite some time based on calcification pattern). I fished out a huge hairball, which fixed the slow draining problem, used a camera to verify that there was no linkage/bucket in the pipe.
I bought a new linkage from the hardware store, but the bucket/plunger appears to be too large in diameter! The bucket enters the top portion of pipe (pvc) and fits very well, but gets caught where the pipe necks down to a smaller size about 2-3" above the "T" that leads horizontally to the shower/tub drain.
1.) Are there different sized plunger/buckets; is it possible that I purchased the wrong one?
2.) Are some of the tub drain/overflow pipes not designed to use this drain system?
We would like to get this system working as designed; any help is much appreciated.
EDIT-Forgot to mention, the tub drain itself has only a cross bar with a hole in the center.
Best,
Mr and Mrs. PoP
PS-Terry, this is a wonderful forum! Great knowledge-base with the members, looks slick as well.
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