How to Quickly Upgrade Your Bathtub in Time for the Holidays

With the holiday season upon us, most people are entertaining more than last year and may be scrambling to prepare their home in time for guests. One quick home improvement that you can make to give a positive impression is to upgrade the look of your bathtub. If overnight guests go to take a shower and your tub drain is dingy, corroded, or drains slowly it can send the wrong impression to your friends and family.

Here are a few simple things that you can do to upgrade the look of your tub for happier holidays.

Install a New Bathtub Stopper

Installing a new tub stopper has never been easier with innovative tub repair products on the market today. The SimpliQuick® Tub Fix by Watco installs in just minutes for a shiny new tub stopper that includes a mesh grid drain cover and high flow draining. Even if your crossbars are corroded or missing, you do not have to remove your drain to install this beautiful push-pull stopper available in many different finish options to match any décor. You can simply install right over your broken crossbars with the silicone adhesive method and enjoy your sparkling new tub.

Replace Your Bathtub Overflow Plate

You may not pay much attention to that dingy old overflow plate until you get a shiny new bathtub stopper. Replacing your overflow plate at the same time gives a finished, polished look to your upgraded bathtub. Watco offers the Innovator Snap-On overflow plate that is just as easy to install as Watco’s tub stoppers. With Watco bathtub drain, tub stopper and overflow plates you can upgrade the look of your tub in minutes. 

BuyEagle.com is your one stop for quality Watco bathtub repair and replacement parts. With innovative tub repair products from Watco, exceptional customer service including a comprehensive how-to video library, BuyEagle.com can help you upgrade your bathtub in no time. BuyEagle.com is your one stop for Woodford hydrants and faucets, and Watco bathtub repair and replacement parts designed for easy installation and long-lasting performance.

How Does A Freezeless Faucet Work?

We use our outdoor water faucets all summer long, but when cold weather sets in it is important to winterize your home which includes making sure your faucets do not freeze. Removing your garden hose from the faucet is necessary to allow water to flow out of your faucet, also called the silcock, spigot or hose bib. Installing a frost-free, or freezeless faucet, is one of the best ways to prevent frozen faucets from bursting and causing water damage.

Freezeless Faucet Versus a Traditional Spigot

A freezeless faucet looks very similar to a traditional spigot on the outside, although the parts on the inside are different. A frost free hose bib has a longer pipe that goes inside the house than a traditional faucet. This allows the shutoff valve to sit further inside the home where it is warmer. An outdoor faucet should be installed with a slight downward pitch to help water drain out of the pipe so it will not freeze. A traditional faucet may have the shutoff valve sitting right behind the handle.

When you turn the water off on a freezeless faucet, the water is stopped behind the valve, which is further inside the home so it will not freeze. Any water left in the outside portion of the pipe drains out. This leaves nothing left in the pipe to freeze and cause pressure which is what causes pipes to burst. Frozen and ruptured pipes can cause significant damage to a home.

Proper installation is critical for a freeze proof faucet to provide the protection it was designed for. Winterizing home maintenance is still necessary as you still have to disconnect the hose from the faucet to ensure that no water will freeze inside the pipe. When your garden hose is removed and your frost free hose bib is properly installed, there should be no risk of a freezing faucet.

You can learn more and find the Woodford faucet that works for you at BuyEagle.com, the official online retailer for quality Woodford faucets and hydrants as well as the full Watco product line. Watco offers high quality bathtub drains and tub stoppers, designed for easy installation and long-lasting performance. Contact us to learn more and with any questions on how to properly install a freezeless water faucet. 

Upgrade Your Tub Before the Holidays

The holidays are right around the corner, and you know what that means, houseguests.  With more travel and socializing this year than in 2020, people are ready to visit and see their loved ones. If you have been wanting to spruce up your tub, there is no time like the present.  Tub repair and replacement products on the market today make it easier than ever to quickly upgrade the look of your tub, just in time for holiday gatherings. 

Dingy tub fixtures, broken bathtub drains and corroded overflow plates can make your entire bathroom look drab and unkept.  Replacing these fixtures with new, shiny tub parts can make a drastic improvement.  Take your tub from drab to dazzling in just minutes with Watco tub repair and replacement parts. 

Here are some ideas for quickly improving the look of your tub: 

Replace your tub stopper – Your tub stopper can make a big statement on your tub, good or bad.  If your stopper is tarnished or looks old and dreary it can affect the look of your whole tub and entire bathroom.  Installing a shiny new stopper brightens up the whole room.  Watco replacement tub stoppers are easy to install in just minutes, and you do not even have to call a plumber or remove your existing drain. 

The SimpliQuick® Tub Fix push pull stopper comes with a mesh grid drain cover to protect your drain and is available in different finish options to match your décor and give a quick and easy upgrade. 

Replace your bathtub overflow plate – The overflow plate is another tub fixture that we do not pay much attention to until it starts to look tarnished and dirty.  Watco offers a quick solution with the Innovator Snap-On overflow plate, a modern, sleek design that simply snaps on in minutes.  Enjoy the protection of an overflow plate with the brilliant look of Watco tub products. 

BuyEagle.com is your one stop to find these quality tub upgrade parts along with easy-to-follow online videos that show you firsthand how to remove and replace your bathtub fixtures.  

BuyEagle.com is the premier online retailer for Watco tub parts and Woodford hydrants and faucets.  Upgrade your tub in minutes and be ready for the holidays with quality parts that are easy to install.  Contact us with any questions on how to replace your tub stopper or upgrade your tub with Watco tub replacement products. 

Protect Your Home with Freezeless Outdoor Faucet

Winter is on the way and winterizing your outside faucet is important before freezing conditions hit.  Besides disconnecting your garden hose before sub-zero weather comes, the best defense in protecting your home from bursting pipes is to install a frost-free hose bib.  A frost-free faucet from Woodford is helpful to prevent accidents and an anti-burst faucet will provide the greatest protection all year long. 

Prepare Your Faucet for Winter

The first thing to do to prepare for winter is to remove your hose from your faucet, this will ensure that your frost-free hose bib will not be damaged at all.  An anti-burst faucet like the Woodford Model 19 will provide even greater protection even during the cold, winter months. 

For maximum protection, you can turn off the water supply to your faucet from inside the house. Many exterior faucets contain a separate shut-off valve located inside the home, although some older homes may not have this on their exterior faucets. 

Woodford freezeless faucets help to prevent damage from freezing winter conditions affecting your outer faucet with an integral vacuum breaker and proper installation.  Frost-free hose bibs should be installed at a slightly downward pitch to allow water to drain out of the faucet when turned off and not in use.  

You can find all Woodford freezeless and anti-burst faucets at BuyEagle.com, the premier online retailer for Woodford faucets, hydrants and Watco plumbing supplies.  Watco leads the industry with tub repair parts such as replacement stoppers, drain waste products, overflow plates and more. BuyEagle.com is your one stop for quality Watco and Woodford products, easy online instructional videos, and exceptional customer service. 

BuyEagle.com offers quality Watco tub repair parts and Woodford faucets and hydrants that last.  We provide a wide selection of quality products and customer service to ensure your total success.  Contact us with any questions on protecting your home this winter with a freezeless or anti-burst outside faucet.