Some drains have stoppers that are spring loaded operated by a push of the toe or by hand while others use a trip lever mounted on the bathtub s overflow plate.
Repair bathtub drain lever.
Video shows how to remove and replace a bathtub drain stopper.
Usually the problem is easy to fix though the procedures vary depending on what type of tub stopper you have.
Drains with trip levers.
Rotate the plug in opposite directions to release or hold water these drains have set screws under the lip of the drain.
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Push the plug down to hold water and pull it up to drain.
Some people refer to the system of adjustable rods that connects the drain stopper of a bathtub to the trip lever as the guts of the bathtub.
Drains without trip levers.
Somehow a lever placed well above the bottom of the tub controls whether the water stays in the tub when it s wanted and then allows it to drain when bath time is over.
Any bathtub drain stopper that doesn t do its job is an annoying inconvenience.
Bathtub drain assemblies are mysterious things.
When a tub won t hold water the two potential causes are easily repaired.
To change the setting of the drain push it down with your foot.
This old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to adjust a leaky tub stopper.