[Debo22]

Tub stoppage today. I pulled off the waste and overflow to access and noticed no plunger on the linkage. I asked the homeowner for a wire coat hanger. I put a bend on the end of it, stuck it down the w/o and plucked the plunger out. Drains great now.

 

[ShtRnsdownhill]

Tub stoppage today. I pulled off the waste and overflow to access and noticed no plunger on the linkage. I asked the homeowner for a wire coat hanger. I put a bend on the end of it, stuck it down the w/o and plucked the plunger out. Drains great now.

you got lucky on that, many times the dam plunger is corroded in place and gunked up with soap and hair locking it in place...and the coat hanger doesnt have enough strength to pull it out before the hook just bends straight..

 

[skoronesa]

you got lucky on that, many times the dam plunger is corroded in place and gunked up with soap and hair locking it in place...and the coat hanger doesnt have enough strength to pull it out before the hook just bends straight..

The best is a length of small welded chain with a hook on one end and you wrap/bolt the other end to a piece of steel pipe and just pull!!!

Or if its above a dirt crawl you tell them they should try a bottle of draino and let it sit a couple days

I have also poured some HCl down the overflow and it dissolved the rust between the plunger and the tee freeing it.



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[Tango]

I will eventualy need this shower wrench again to use in a confined space. The one I bought originaly works only on hex nut shower drains and brass drain nuts (I've never encountered those). I modified it with extra notches to fit an ABS style drain. See the black marker points

I wanted to purchase a different wrench for other types of drains but the seller doesn't have it in his repertoire. I decided to make my own. I used this wrench as a template to make a version for confined spaces. I cut down a socket to allow to clip in a ratchet extension.

 

[The Dane]

I have that same wrench but mine is blue, I wonder why.

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[Tango]

I have that same wrench but mine is blue, I wonder why.

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Red for the Canadian flag... Blue for the British?? Just joking. :wink:

 

[CaptainBob]

Tango, fine job sir. I tip my hat to ya.:vs_cool:

 

[skoronesa]

I have that same wrench but mine is blue, I wonder why.

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You must not use it much so it doesn't feel appreciated or valued.






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[ShtRnsdownhill]

I will eventualy need this shower wrench again to use in a confined space. The one I bought originaly works only on hex nut shower drains and brass drain nuts (I've never encountered those). I modified it with extra notches to fit an ABS style drain. See the black marker points

I wanted to purchase a different wrench for other types of drains but the seller doesn't have it in his repertoire. I decided to make my own. I used this wrench as a template to make a version for confined spaces. I cut down a socket to allow to clip in a ratchet extension.

treat yourself to a plasma cutter, they work great...

 

[Tango]

treat yourself to a plasma cutter, they work great...

I'll have to check the cost of things, How much do they cost? 1500$??

I won't be for a long time, gotta do the fence against the neighbor, replace 4 windows, Remove a 5th and redo the wall and roof shingles all this summer.

 

[Tango]

I just repaired my 3/8" drop head. The pin broke last year when I was trying to navigate some awful hack plumbing. I had previously posted about it.

I had purchased a box of nails just for that and I found the head as I'm starting to clean the garage. I used a nut as a cap with a tack weld.

 

[ShtRnsdownhill]

I'll have to check the cost of things, How much do they cost? 1500$??

I won't be for a long time, gotta do the fence against the neighbor, replace 4 windows, Remove a 5th and redo the wall and roof shingles all this summer.

it depends on what thickness your gona cut, they have decent cheap ones but I have the hypertherms, and I first bought a hobart plasma along time ago and it still works good, just for thinner metal up to a 1/4 inch you can go slow and get a cut..
this is the one..
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200647339_200647339

 

[ShtRnsdownhill]

I just repaired my 3/8" drop head. The pin broke last year when I was trying to navigate some awful hack plumbing. I had previously posted about it.

I had purchased a box of nails just for that and I found the head as I'm starting to clean the garage. I used a nut as a cap with a tack weld.

nails are soft and have no shear strength from metal twisting in that swivel, you would be better off buying some grade 8 hardware and using that and tack welding the nut so it wont loosen up, I bet that nail doesnt last long if you get into some tough muck to clean out..

 

[Tango]

nails are soft and have no shear strength from metal twisting in that swivel, you would be better off buying some grade 8 hardware and using that and tack welding the nut so it wont loosen up, I bet that nail doesnt last long if you get into some tough muck to clean out..

I haven't measured the hole but it's a little more than 1/8. I wonder where I would find grade 8 or even grade 5 in that size.

All little bolts to my knowledge are grade 2.

 

[ShtRnsdownhill]

this place has everything...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj53-vC7qrhAhUKPN8KHQ9BDrsQFjAAegQIBhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw18DHOO6J8V5h56CyTOS_CY


or use a masonry nail, they are much harder than standard nails..

 

[skoronesa]

I want a nipple caddy for 1/2 and 3/4 but just a slim one like 3 rows wide. Can't seem to find one, guess I will have to spend some time in our sheet metal shop. I do service, I don't need 75 nipples lolz





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[Tango]

Here's another home made tool.

This is for another type of shower drain. I've been using shower drains with a hex nut underneath but they keep stripping. I'm starting to use these drains. I did have a few calls where they were loose. I think the plumbers only used their hand to tighten them. I know the last one was a true pirate. I never saw a plumber using a special tool like I have. This drain has more threads and I can apply more torque.

I made a tool so I can tighten it from the top on a service call or turn the tool upside down and pull on it hard from underneath so I can screw the other half downstairs. It had to have the possibility to be as long as I wanted. Sometimes reaching deep through the floor joists and ceiling below.

 

[Tango]

More pics.


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[ShtRnsdownhill]

necessity is the mother to all inventions...

 

[Venomthirst]

Are you selling these lol works better than channel locks or an adjustable stretched open