How to Install a Watco 500 or 600 Series Bathtub Waste Kit

Watco is the name that comes to mind when looking for quality bathtub waste drain parts that will last. Working with Watco bathtub waste drain products makes installing tub drains easy with the many models and options available. Watco offers a wide variety of tub drain products like the 500 series and 600 series of bathtub waste drain kits. The Watco 601 bathtub waste half kit and the Watco 901 series half kit bath waste are popular solutions for installation when there is already PVC piping, as the PVC is not included with the 601 or 901 series. 

The official online retailer for these quality Watco bath waste and half bath waste kits is BuyEagle.com, where you can find easy to follow videos that show you exactly how to measure and cut, glue, and install the PVC pipe in your drain and overflow areas. For the bath waste kit with an overflow plate, Watco’s Schedule 40 half kit bath waste product comes with an easy to install Watco Innovator Snap On overflow plate. This overflow plate installs without needing any screws and gives a nice polished final look.

How to Install Trim Kit and PVC Pipe

The knowledgeable staff at BuyEagle.com can answer all your questions about how to install the Watco Trim Kit and PVC pipe for your bathtub waste drain. If you need to cut the PVC pipe, take your 1 and ½ inch schedule 40 pipe, measure it, mark it, and cut it to the desired length to fit behind the tub. Leave some extra piping in case there are any issues with misalignment. Follow the instructions to glue the PVC pipe and then install the drain elbow and drain flange gasket, thread the strainer body from the inside of the bathtub through the tub drain hole. It might take two sets of hands to tighten the drain.

Next you can install the overflow elbow, insert the overflow from behind the tub. Tighten down the retainer not over the overflow piping and follow the instructions to easily install the Innovator Snap On overflow plate.

Watco makes it easy to upgrade the look of your bathtub and BuyEagle.com is your one source for quality Watco bathtub drain parts, tub stopper replacements and bathtub plumbing products. You can also find the full Woodford product line including frost free hose bibs and water hydrants built to last.

BuyEagle.com is your one-stop for quality Woodford and Watco products along with exceptional customer service. Your total satisfaction is paramount to our success. Contact us with any questions on how to install quality Watco bathtub waste kits.

How to Prevent a Hydrant from Freezing

Outdoor water hydrants perform a critical task, getting this much needed resource where it needs to be whether to provide water for livestock or other important irrigation needs. A frost-free yard hydrant contains a standpipe, a long vertical pipe that the water drains out of when the hydrant is shut off. Because this long standpipe reaches down below the frost line, and all the water drains out of the pipe when it is shut off, there is no water to freeze in the pipe and a fresh supply of water is always available.

The best way to prevent water from freezing in an outdoor water hydrant is to start with a quality hydrant like the Woodford Y34 IOWA frost-free yard hydrant. Besides using a quality hydrant, proper installation and removing hose connections are the only things needed to prevent a water hydrant from freezing. The Woodford frost-free hydrant will perform for many years with proper installation.

How Does a Frost Free Hydrant Work?

The faucet on a yard hydrant is a specialized type of fulcrum lever that raises and lowers a long pump rod that is inside of the standpipe. The bottom end of the pump rod contains a plunger with a seal like a rubber washer fitted to seal the end. Because the water fully drains from the pipe (when there are no hose connections), and no water can wash back up into it, the pipe cannot freeze therefore it will not rupture.

Since the source of water lies beneath the frost line, it remains liquid even in extremely cold temperatures. Depending on the frost line and the space available for installation, the Woodford Y34 IOWA frost free hydrant can be installed at various bury depths from 1 through 8+ bury depths.


What’s the Best Frost Free Water Hydrant?

The Woodford Y34 IOWA yard hydrant is the name that comes to mind when people ask for the best in quality of hard hydrants. Woodford created the original Model Y34 in 1929, considered America’s Original, and is still the most requested and Choice of the Professional brand for dependability and functionality for freezeless yard hydrants.

You can get the Woodford Model Y34 IOWA freezeless yard hydrant at BuyEagle.com where you can learn more about the benefits of this heavy duty hydrant.

BuyEagle.com offers quality Woodford yard hydrants and freezes faucets including repair and replacement parts. You can find the full Watco product line including tub waste drain parts and replacement tub stoppers. Contact us with any questions on installing a Woodford freezeless yard hydrant.