Removing Old Tub Drains: A Comprehensive Overview
Complete guide to removing old tub drain with expert advice, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions.
Complete guide to removing old tub drain with expert advice, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions.
The first time I heard it, I thought the house was crying. Not a leak—no, that’s too neat. This was a low, wet groan, like an old floorboard swallowing its…
The slow gurgle of water refusing to leave the tub was the first clue. Then came the faint, sour whiff—like wet cardboard left in a basement. I’d already r…
“Mate, it’s just a glorified screw,” I muttered while staring at the cross-threaded brass drain in a 1938 Cliftonville flat. The letting agent had sworn it…
The silence after a bath should be peaceful, not punctuated by the glug-glug of a half-drained tub. I once stayed at a rental where the clawfoot sat like a…
The first sign of trouble was the smell—musty, metallic, like old pennies soaked in pond water. I’d just finished resealing a walk-in shower in Leeds when …
The smell hit me first—like damp cardboard left in a garage all winter. My client had chalked it up to “old house charm” until the ceiling below the ensuit…
The smell hit me before I saw the problem—an acrid, sweet-sour pong that made the client’s upstairs landing smell like a butcher’s bin in July. I lifted th…
The slow, insistent drip isn’t always from the tap. Sometimes it’s the quiet betrayal of a tub drain you thought was fine—until you notice the faint, dark …
The first time I heard it, I thought it was the wind rattling the siding. Then I noticed the damp patch on the ceiling below the bathroom—slow, steady, lik…