Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    gardendreamer's Avatar
    gardendreamer Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #1

    Aug 7, 2007, 08:56 AM
    I'm Stuck: broken screws holding bathtub drain plate
    I have run into a problem trying to fix the mechanism in the bathtub that catches hair that otherwise might clog the bathtub drain. This is a Kohler product. I removed the round knob that moves the drain up and down. Then when I went to remove the brass screws that hold the plate underneath this, I stripped one screw and the other screw broke off. I was able to use a hacksaw to cut through the stripped screw, but I now have to figure out out to remove the portion of the two screws that are stuck in the screw holes so that I can put the plate back on. I could grab the end of the screw on one side with a wrench and try to turn it, but I'm afraid it will break. The other screw is broken off so that there is nothing to grab. What should I do?
    speedball1's Avatar
    speedball1 Posts: 29,301, Reputation: 1939
    Eternal Plumber
     
    #2

    Aug 7, 2007, 12:02 PM
    You drill out the screw and replace the entire tub waste assembly. Good luck, Tom

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Broken bathtub drain - PVC near slab [ 2 Answers ]

During replacing a bathtub, the drain pipe got caugt on the tub and it broke the PCV joint near the slab. The coupling broke, but the PCV piece that comes in through the slab fully intact. However, it is still glued into half of the coupling. There does not appear to be enough room to cut and...

Bathtub drain lever broken. [ 2 Answers ]

Hi, the drain in my tub has been horribly slow for quite some time... I've tried to clear it wish minimal success... I thought it might be the old drain stop, so I took off the lever face to discover that it had corroded and separated from the rod or chain that connected it to the stop... Any...

How to do you.S. Tax filling, I am holding H1, my wife and son are holding H4 [ 3 Answers ]

Hi, I am holding H-1B, my wife and son are holding H4. I was here in US for 2 times in 2006, June 7 days and December 14 days, my wife and son came here in December and stayed with me till last week of Jan'07. I want to file my returns for 2006. I am still working here on h-1B. My family will...

Broken nut holding trap... [ 3 Answers ]

OK - I have attached pictures to this because I have no idea of the terms I am about to throw around, and if any of them are correct. We recently purchased an older victorian, and the downstairs bath does not look like it has been renovated in the last 15 to 20 years. It is in decent shape,...

Bathtub drain broken under slab - HELP! [ 5 Answers ]

I have a 1975 single level home built on a flat slab with NO crawl space. The tub drain has apparently broken and when the tub drains you can hear it hitting the fill dirt below. The walls are tiled. Unknowingly this has been going on for sometime now and the house has settled on one end w/...


View more questions Search