Convert Trip Lever Bathtub Drain to Push Pull Stopper

If you see a lever sticking out of the overflow plate in your bathtub, this is a trip lever style of tub stopper that controls another mechanism. This lever controls either a plunger style or pop-up type of tub stopper.

For a plunger tub stopper, the lever controls a stopper that falls into the drainpipe junction at the overflow pipe to stop up water and hold it in the tub or release it. A plunger type of style is recognized by a drain that simply has a great cover without a visible stopper over the drain.

A pop up tub stopper is controlled by the lever which is attached to a rocker arm that moves the stopper up or down to plug the tub drain.

Over time, these types of trip lever bathtub stoppers can become corroded or broken or not work quite so well and you may experience water leaking from the tub instead of stopping the water completely like it is intended to do. They can be kind of a pain to repair as you need to remove the overflow plate and pull the linkage out, but this can be well worth it to replace with a simpler style of bathtub stopper.

Removing a Trip Lever Bathtub Stopper

The first thing to do is get a screwdriver to remove the overflow plate but have some rags handy so that you can pull out the overflow plate while lifting it up and pulling the attached linkage and lay on a rag without dirtying the tub.

Once you pull the linkage out, you can easily install a brand-new push-pull stopper like the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish which installs in just minutes.

Install New Push-Pull Stopper

Watco’s SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish is a revolutionary bathtub stopper designed to install right over your existing drain without the need to remove your current bathtub drain. This makes it easy for do-it-yourselfers of any skill level and can even install right over your tub drain if you have missing, corroded, or broken crossbars. Converting your trip lever tub stopper to the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish push pull stopper is a good idea to prevent problems with the trip lever and provide a reliable, functional bathtub stopper.

FixMyDrain.com is your one-stop for a high-quality, long-lasting bathtub drain stopper solution. Install with the matching Innovator® Snap-On Overflow Plate in a beautiful white finish option. Contact us with any questions on converting your trip lever tub stopper to Watco’s SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish push-pull bathtub stopper replacement.

It does not have to be a hassle to repair your bathtub drain yourself, even if you have not tackled many DIY projects in the past. Watco provides the easiest solution for do-it-yourselfers that want to fix their bathtub drain without calling in professional help. With Watco bathtub drain repair parts like the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish, anyone can upgrade their bathtub with a simple replacement stopper, with no prep work and no big hassle.

Easiest DIY Bathtub Stopper Replacement Solution

Tackling a bathtub drain repair yourself at home is easy with the right products and instructions. Watco is a name known by professional plumbers for offering high-quality products that also provide simple installation. When replacing your bathtub stopper, choose a Watco tub stopper replacement such as the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish that can easily install right over your existing drain without moving your current bathtub drain strainer body.

Removing Existing Bathtub Stopper

The first thing to do to replace your bathtub stopper is to remove your current tub stopper. You need to first identify the type of bathtub stopper that you have to know the best way to remove it. The most common types of bathtub stoppers include:

• Lift and turn - Easily turn the knob to open or close the tub stopper.

• Push pull - Simply pull up on the style to drain water and push it down to seal water in the tub.
• Foot activated - Just step on this tub stopper to pop it open or another time to push it closed, also called a toe-touch stopper.

The following types of bathtub stoppers are indicated by a trip lever protruding out of the overflow plate:

• Pop-up - This type of stopper moves up and down when the trip lever is moved which controls an additional rocker arm attached to the stopper covering the drain.

• Plunger - This type of bathtub stopper is also indicated by a trip lever protruding from the drain and also by a drain cover over the drain hole without a visible stopper. The lever moves a plunger up and down inside the overflow drain, which stops the water and holds it in the tub.

Once you identify the type of tub stopper you have, it’s easy to remove with simple household tools, usually needing nothing more than a screwdriver. Once you remove your bathtub stopper, the easiest way to replace it is with the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish solution by Watco.

FixMyDrain.com offers the SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish along with video instructions on how to remove your current stopper and how to install this innovative tub stopper replacement. Choose a matching Innovator® Snap-On White Finish Overflow Plate replacement that is just as easy to install and replaces any single-hole or two-hole overflow plates. Contact us with any questions and don’t put off your tub repair any longer with the easiest tub stopper replacement by Watco.

Ordering Watco Tub Drain Parts Online

Watco is a name known by professional plumbers everywhere and the experienced do-it-yourselfers, for providing the best in class bathtub replacement and repair items. Watco offers tub repair parts that are easy to install and provide long-lasting, reliable service and functionality, as well as style and beauty. Upgrading your bathtub couldn’t be easier with Watco bathtub repair and replacement parts, including quality bathtub stoppers, tub drains and tub drain parts, and overflow plates for a full tub repair trim kit in many choices of beautiful finish options.

Easy Ordering and Helpful Assistance

BuyEagle.com is your one-stop to finding the correct bathtub repair part that you need, offering the entire Watco product line with a wide selection of tub stoppers, drains, overflow plates, replacement parts, and more. We offer helpful videos to show you firsthand how to perform the most common bathtub repair projects quickly and easily. Our staff is committed to providing the right solution for your tub repair project with quality parts and many tub repair kits that list the skill level required for installation.

Watco offers solutions such as a SimpliQuick® Tub Fix, which allows you to install a tub stopper without removing your current drain. Choose your installation method with a reversible composite pin, or use the more permanent silicone adhesive method if you have broken or missing crossbars. This is one of the quickest and easiest tub stopper replacements on the market, with an innovative design and beautiful finish options. No one will know that it took you just minutes to upgrade the look of your entire bathtub with professional and beautiful bathtub fixtures.

BuyEagle.com is the premier online retailer for all Watco tub repair parts, including bathtub waste drains, closures, tub stoppers, and replacement items. We also offer the full Woodford product line, including quality outdoor spigots and yard hydrants. Contact us with any questions and get started on your tub repair project today with quality Watco tub drain parts you can order online.

Does Your Outdoor Faucet Need Replacing?

With spring around the corner, you might want to make sure your outdoor faucets are ready to go. If you need to replace your outdoor faucet, also called a spigot, make sure you choose a quality faucet like Woodford. Woodford faucets are recognized for long-lasting, high-quality components that provide reliable irrigation when needed and come in frost-free models.

Woodford Faucets Provide Long-Lasting, High-Quality Service

Many people need to replace their outdoor faucet because they used a poor quality faucet or allowed it to freeze over the winter, which can cause a pipe to burst and result in severe water damage. Woodford frost-free hose bibs help to prevent this from happening if you remove the hose during freezing conditions or have a Model 19 with a Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) that prevents bursting even if hose is connected with the special design that prevents pipes from bursting and damaging your home if they freeze over the winter. If this happens to you, make sure to replace your outdoor faucet with a Woodford frost-free hose bib and protect your home or office.

You can check out the entire Woodford product line, including outdoor faucets and hydrants like the Woodford Y34 IOWA® yard hydrant, recognized as one of the oldest yet most reliable and high-quality yard hydrants available on the market, at BuyEagle.com.  BuyEagle.com is the premier online retailer for the entire Woodford product line of faucets, hydrants, and replacement parts, as well as all Watco bathtub repair products. This is your one-stop for Watco bathtub drains and Watco bathtub stoppers. 

With a wide selection of quality Woodford and Watco products combined with exceptional customer service, BuyEagle.com has what you need and helps you to choose the best product for your needs. We offer online video instructions to show you the best way to remove bathtub stoppers and install Watco tub stopper replacements, as well as video instructions on Woodford faucets and other products and project needs.

BuyEagle.com is committed to your total satisfaction with quality Watco and Woodford products combined with knowledgeable and friendly customer support staff. Your total satisfaction is paramount to our success. Contact us to learn more about Watco and Woodford products and assistance in replacing your outdoor faucet.

Watco Bathtub Waste Drain: Easy Installation, Long Lasting

Watco bathtub waste drain parts are known for high-quality, long-lasting products and easy installation for any skill level. Professional plumbers recognize Watco as a leading supplier of quality tub repair parts, and do-it-yourselfers appreciate simple installation for all tub repair parts, including replacement tub stoppers, overflow plates, and waste drain products.

You can find easy installation instructions for just about all Watco products with a full line of instructional videos available from Watco’s premier online retailer: BuyEagle.com. Here you can find Watco’s complete product line and replacement parts for any tub repair job.

The Watco 600 series bathtub waste kit includes stoppers, knobs, and strainer bodies depending on the type of tub closure chosen, available in different finish options. Watco’s waste drain kits include everything you need for a simple and successful bathtub repair or upgrade. The 600/601 series include the schedule 40 elbow, PVC, drain washer, and strainer body, with your choice of bathtub stopper type and finish options in Chrome, brushed nickel, polished brass, antique brass, oil-rubbed bronze, brushed bronze, and more.

Watco bathtub trim kits provide a total bathtub upgrade solution with a tub overflow plate in a matching finish. Replacing your overflow plate at the same time you upgrade your waste drain products and tub stopper is the final touch to upgrading your tub with a new look and finish. Choose Watco for all your bathtub repair products for long-lasting quality tub repair parts that last.

You can find the complete Watco bathtub plumbing parts product line at BuyEagle.com, the premier online retailer for Watco and Woodford. Woodford is recognized for quality outdoor faucets, commercial wall hydrants, and quality yard hydrants like the Model Y34 IOWA® yard hydrant.  

BuyEagle.com is your one-stop for higher bathtub repair needs with quality Watco parts backed by the Watco name and a five-year limited warranty. We offer exceptional customer service, including instructional videos to ensure your total success. Contact us with any questions and choose Watco for your next bathtub repair or upgrade.

What You Need to Know about Yard Hydrants

A yard hydrant is sometimes called a water pump or outdoor hydrant, and they can be frost or freezeless. A hydrant is basically plumbing equipment that accesses water underground to meet water needs in remote places. When the hydrant is shut off, water drains into the ground to prevent freezing.

Where Do You Use a Yard Hydrant?

Yard hydrants are the best way to get water to remote or semi-remote locations. Yard hydrants are mostly found on ranches, campgrounds, farms, parks, golf courses, school campuses, construction sites, lawn and garden care nurseries, and other rural locations. Any remote location that has irrigation needs where connecting a garden hose or lugging buckets of water is not an option is a great candidate for a yard hydrant.

What Are All The Yard Hydrant Components?

A yard hydrant typically contains three main aspects, the head, the valve, and the standpipe. The standpipe is the vertical pipe that goes into the ground, and the height can vary in different models, although they are typically a few feet high. On top of the standpipe is the hydrant head, which has an outlet for the water. Some of these outlets are threaded to allow connection of a garden hose. If this is important to you, it is a feature you should look for. The valve is inside the standpipe and sits below the frost line to access water that will not freeze in the winter.

You will need to consider the conditions where you live and make sure the hydrant is installed below the frost line. Be sure to go with quality products and materials and avoid cheap, plastic parts. It’s no fun to dig up a hydrant out of frozen mud in the middle of winter. One of the best yard hydrants on the market is the Woodford Model Y34 IOWA® yard hydrant.

The Y34 IOWA® yard hydrant by Woodford provides immediate water flow even in subzero conditions. You can get the Woodford hydrant, outdoor faucets, and wall hydrants from BuyEagle.com, your one-stop for the full Woodford product line.

BuyEagle.com offers the complete Woodford product line and all Watco tub repair and plumbing parts like replacement stoppers and waste drain parts. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is ready to help you find the Watco and Woodford products you need. Contact us with any questions and to learn more about the Woodford Y34 IOWA® yard hydrant.

Tired of Bathtub Fix Gadgets that Don’t Last?

Everywhere you look, it seems there is a quick-fix gadget for something, and chances are, you get what you pay for. Trying a new gimmick may give you what you need for the short term, but most likely, it won’t last. If you want a bathtub drain and stopper solution that will last, look no further than Watco tub repair products. Watco is known for providing high-quality tub repair parts that last, so you won’t be looking for another quick fix in a month or two, and the best part is there are many affordable options. 

Watco has been a name trusted by professionals for decades, recognized for high-quality bathtub plumbing fixtures, waste drain products, and tub stopper solutions that are easy to install.  If you want to repair your bathtub drain or replace your stopper, Watco has quality tub repair products that you can install yourself without calling a plumber. 

Watco’s SimpliQuick® Tub Fix Solution

If you are tired of looking at a bathtub drain that is dingy or corroded, you can update the look of your tub with a shiny new bathtub stopper in just minutes. The Watco SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish can install right over your bathtub drain with a universal fit for most tubs. This tub stopper replacement comes with your choice of installation methods, including a silicone adhesive to install over drains with missing crossbars. This means you don’t have to remove your existing drain just because you can’t screw in a new tub stopper.

The SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish is one of the quickest, and easiest bathtub drain repair solutions available for a tub stopper and includes a mesh grid drain cover that helps to prevent hair and foreign debris from falling into the drain. You can get the Watco SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish at FixMyDrain.com, where you can also see easy-to-follow videos on how to remove your current bathtub stopper.

FixMyDrain.com offers Watco’s leading bathtub drain and stopper replacement solution along with the Innovator® Snap-On White Finish Overflow Plate and a matching finish. Upgrade your bathtub today in just minutes with a quality bathtub stopper replacement that will last. Check out the Watco SimpliQuick® Tub Fix White Finish today and forget about quick-fix gadgets that don’t last.