Remove Shower Floor Drain Cover

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Remove shower floor drain cover.

Four wings flip out under the shower base to clamp the drain in place. They resemble a flat or slightly concave and in some cases convex strainer like the one you use for brewing tea and they re relatively simple to remove. Use this screwdriver to pop off the drain cover. If you want to remove the drain then make sure that you remove the drain cover.

Sioux chief gripper 7 1 4 in. Shower shroom hair catcher. Remove shower drain cover. Other drain covers connect with no visible screws or support media.

When the time arrives that you must remove the cover to clean out or maintain the drain a rusted cover can pose a challenge. The basic type of drain cover a snap on cover connects by simply snapping the drain cover into place onto the drain. Chrome round stainless steel floor drain cover. Before you try to remove a shower drain wipe it dry with a towel then spray it with a lubricant like wd 40 or a silicone drain lubricant.

The toughest part is removing the old drain flange. The job takes about 30 minutes and doesn t require any special plumbing tools. How to remove a shower drain cover. Because it doesn t require daily attention your floor drain cover can become rusted without you even noticing.

Remove a shower drain cover many people are confused by the shower drain and by the shower drain s cover. Dealing with the floor drain cover isn t a task you have to do every day. In order to do this you ll first need to collect a flathead screwdriver. Screw in the screw in shower drain cover has to be one of the most common types out there.

There are a few different types of drain covers you will encounter. Shower shroom 1 sink shroom 2 more. Sioux chief 21 tub shroom 3. If removing the shower drain cover doesn t allow for the complete evacuation of the dreaded hair monster there are other methods of flushing them out plastic drain clog remover tools for hair these plastic tools look like extra large zip strips with spikes and work like a more inexpensive version of a pipe snake.

This is type which is a flat metal piece that lays flat over the drain cover. You ll probably have to cut it with a hacksaw blade and pry it loose in sections from the shower pan. This specific cover is held into place by two to four screws.