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Fixing a Bathtub Drain


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February 2, 2018

A drain temporarily plugged with a piece of metal.When I fill the tub for a hot soak, I lose water over time. And the noise drove me batty. So I experimented with three different things to make it stop, or the Goldilocks Principal.

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  • The first one was styrofoam and it floated.

  • The next was metal but I knew it would rust.

  • The last one was plastic cut from a sour cream lid and it works "Just Right"!

I live in a complex where a work order takes over a month. I can't even get them to clean the gutters so I knew this was something I had to do myself.

N-JOY!

A drain temporarily plugged with a sour cream lid.
 

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April 2, 2009

Does anyone know how much it might cost me to repair a broken bathtub drain? The lever will not stay down to let the water out without holding it by hand.

 
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