Plumbing in Bournemouth

 


How to close a shower drain

You can plug a shower drain to prevent sewage from flowing back into your home if your shower is located on a lower floor or in the basement. When flood waters inundate local sewers, wastewater can back up into the drain pipes, creating a smelly and potentially dangerous mess that needs to be cleaned up. By inserting a removable twist plug into the shower drain, you can create a watertight seal that prevents sewage backflow, and remove the plug once the threat has passed and you can use your shower as usual.

Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the shower cover to the shower drain. Remove the shower drain cover.

Measure the diameter of your shower drain with a tape measure. Use this measurement to purchase the correct size swivel plug for your shower.

Insert the bottom of the swivel plug into the shower drain as far as it will go.

Turn the wing nut on the top of the plug until it is hand-tight. Using an adjustable wrench, turn the wing nut another quarter turn to ensure that the shower drain is sealed watertight and can be properly closed.

How to remove compressed fittings from a shower faucet

Compression fittings connect fixtures such as shower faucet handles that cannot be easily soldered together. Compression fittings on hot and cold shower faucets consist of an outer coupling nut and an inner copper ring called a ferrule. When you tighten the nut, the ring is compressed between the nut and a pipe or fixture to create a watertight seal. Remove the fittings from the handles of your shower faucet using a socket wrench for shower fittings, also called a hot/cold water seat removal tool kit for showers.

Turn off the water in the shower at the shut-off valve. The shutoff valve may be located behind an access panel in a bathroom wall or in a wall near the bathroom, such as in a hallway or adjacent room. Another common location for a shower shutoff valve is in the basement on the water lines leading to the shower.

Open the shower faucet handle to the warm position. Pry off the handle's locking knob, if present, with a flathead screwdriver. Loosen and remove the screw located under the locking knob on the shower handle. If you have a one-hand shower faucet without a stopper knob, loosen the set screw on the bottom of the faucet handle with a screwdriver. Remove the shower handle.

Slide the hot/cold water seat removal tool onto the compression fitting spindle on the shower faucet handle. Tap it firmly onto the faucet with a rubber mallet.

Place the jaws of the crescent wrench on the end of the disassembly tool and tighten around them. Turn the tool counterclockwise with the crescent wrench to loosen and remove the fitting.

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Location: Bournemouth, UK

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