I have a whirlpool bath that appear to use a Gerber trip lever drain. Recently we have begun noticing water seeping through the tile from under the tub after a shower. I have ruled out water going around the shower curtain...no evidence of that. My current suspicion is that the drain is leaking. I have no access to get behind the drain (that end of the tub borders an outside wall...an outside concrete block wall).
My question is...once I remove the chrome thing (not sure what to call it, but it's held in place by a screw and has small holes to allow the water to drain through, but keeps anything else from going down the drain)...once I remove it, does the brass thing that this screws into come out? i.e. if I turn it counterclockwise, will it screw out? I don't want to break it.
My hope is that this is where the leak is coming from and I can simply put some putty underneath it and screw it back down and the leak is fixed.
If it does screw out, do you have suggestions for the best way to go about removing it?
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
Jarvis
My question is...once I remove the chrome thing (not sure what to call it, but it's held in place by a screw and has small holes to allow the water to drain through, but keeps anything else from going down the drain)...once I remove it, does the brass thing that this screws into come out? i.e. if I turn it counterclockwise, will it screw out? I don't want to break it.
My hope is that this is where the leak is coming from and I can simply put some putty underneath it and screw it back down and the leak is fixed.
If it does screw out, do you have suggestions for the best way to go about removing it?
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
Jarvis