Here’s the Best Way to Replace Your Tub Overflow Plate

Your bathtub overflow plate is often overlooked until you need to update your bathtub stopper or you notice the overflow plate is corroded or plugged up. The overflow plate performs a critical function on your tub: it diverts water from an overflowing bathtub down the overflow tube instead of spilling out over your tub and ruining your floor. An upstairs bathtub can cause even more damage by ruining the floor beneath it and the ceiling in a downstairs room. 

The overflow plate has a small hole in the bottom of it that the water will go through when overflowing. If this hole becomes clogged up or your overflow plate just looks old and corroded, it could be a good time to replace it. It’s really not difficult at all to replace your overflow plate with a shiny new one when you start with the Watco Innovator® Snap-On Overflow Plate. Watco is known for high-quality, easy-to-install tub repair products that last. 

How to Remove Your Existing Overflow Plate

It’s easy to remove your existing bathtub overflow plate with just a screwdriver, whether you have a one-hole or two-hole overflow plate or a trip-lever bathtub stopper. Simply remove the screws on the overflow plate and pull out the linking mechanism if there is one. This is the best time to replace a trip lever stopper with a push-pull tub stopper like the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix, the easiest tub stopper replacement by Watco.

Replacing your tub stopper and overflow plate at the same time gives your whole bathtub a fresh new look, and Watco makes it easy with innovative and modern bathtub stopper replacements and overflow plates. Choose from a selection of beautiful finish options and turn your tub from drab to dazzling and just minutes with Watco tub stopper and overflow plate replacement parts.

FixMyDrain.com is your one-stop for the easiest tub fix solution with the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix and Snap-On Overflow Plate by Watco. We offer quality products and easy-to-follow video instructions to show you the best way to remove your tub stopper and overflow plate for an easy replacement. Contact us with any questions and upgrade your tub today with beautiful new Watco tub fixtures.

Frost-Free Spigots Save Homeowners Costly Repairs

One simple and affordable exterior home update can save homeowners big repair bills and major headaches. Most homeowners perform winterizing tasks to protect their home in the cold winter months, such as caulking any loose windows, adding weatherstripping to doors, and putting away summer furniture, games and toys. One of the most important things to remember is to disconnect the garden hose before freezing temperatures hit.

Sometimes winter sneaks up on us, and homeowners can forget to drain excess water out of the faucet before it freezes. This simple oversight can have disastrous consequences when the remaining water in the faucet line freezes and expands with frigid temperatures. Ice takes up about 10% more space than the same amount of liquid water, and when water freezes in a pipe, there is no place for this extra mass to go. This causes the pipe to burst from expansion.

A ruptured pipe sends water flooding inside the wall inside the home and, depending on where your faucet is, may cause significant damage to interior walls, basement walls, floorboards, and basement ceilings. Flooded rooms can also ruin furniture and possessions, causing thousands of dollars of necessary repairs.

Replace Standard Faucets with a Frost Free Hose Bib

Homeowners can protect their homes and possessions against water damage from freezing pipes by installing a frost-free hose bib, also known as an outdoor faucet, spigot, or sillcock. The Woodford Anti-Rupture Model 19 has a patented Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) where a spring action will release a tiny amount of water back into the line after 300 psi has been built inside the tube. A copper pipe can burst at 1,800 psi, so the PRV releases way before the 1,800 psi level. The Woodford Model 30 has automatic draining features, and the hose can be left connected, although it is always best to remove your hose from the faucet before freezing weather hits.

It’s easy to replace standard faucets with quality frost-free hose bibs like Woodford faucets. Woodford is known for quality outdoor faucets and yard hydrants, with frost-free spigot models and solutions for commercial wall hydrants. You can find the full Woodford product line, as well as all Watco bathtub drain waste and tub stoppers, from BuyEagle.com.

BuyEagle.com is your one-stop for bathtub repair and outdoor irrigation solutions. Woodford is known for high-quality outdoor faucets and yard hydrants, delivering a reliable supply of water even in freezing temperatures. Contact us with any questions and to learn more about protecting your home against freezing pipes with frost-free hose bibs.