Hello all, I just had my old tub (House built in 1926) refinished and am trying to switch the current lever style drain stopper system to a pull and turn drain. I bought a standard 1 1/2 pull and turn drain from Lowe's and have run into a problem that no one can help with.
I tried to put the new drain in and it is slightly smaller than the female shoe fitting. I held the new threaded end of the drain up to my current one and found that the new one is about 1/16th shorter in diameter (approx 1/32 all around) to small. i took it back to Lowes and they had no suggestion other than to build the new one up slightly with tape and have a go. I then went to a local Ferguson supply house and they said that technique would most certainly leak. They also said they had never seen a drain that is slightly larger than the standard 1 1/2 inch. From my measurements I am getting an OD measurement of 1 7/8 on the old one. All the new products have an OD of 1 13/16.
So my question is, is there anywhere i can buy a pull and turn to be slightly larger to match my need? Will the tape build up work? Any other suggestions? I can't be the only one who has ran into this problem on an older tub.
Obviously I am trying to not have to get in the crawlspace and do a whole new pipe system.
Help!
Clay
I tried to put the new drain in and it is slightly smaller than the female shoe fitting. I held the new threaded end of the drain up to my current one and found that the new one is about 1/16th shorter in diameter (approx 1/32 all around) to small. i took it back to Lowes and they had no suggestion other than to build the new one up slightly with tape and have a go. I then went to a local Ferguson supply house and they said that technique would most certainly leak. They also said they had never seen a drain that is slightly larger than the standard 1 1/2 inch. From my measurements I am getting an OD measurement of 1 7/8 on the old one. All the new products have an OD of 1 13/16.
So my question is, is there anywhere i can buy a pull and turn to be slightly larger to match my need? Will the tape build up work? Any other suggestions? I can't be the only one who has ran into this problem on an older tub.
Obviously I am trying to not have to get in the crawlspace and do a whole new pipe system.
Help!
Clay