We are having trouble taking out our shower base would you be able to tell us how?

Question

we have taken down our walls and now we don't know how to remove the drain to take out the shower base. How do you tell if you'll need a special tool and if you do what kind of tool is it?

Answer 1

Usually there is a flat nut that screws down in the middle of the drain.  A spanner wrench is made for this but it can be removed with a hammer and screwdriver  by tapping it in a counterclockwise direction using the notches in the nut.

Answer 2

It either screws in or prys up with a small prybar or large s***w driver. Try and spin it around first. If that doesn't work, pry it up.

Answer 3

Hi Anna,

Try out this link for a tool that will allow you to remove that drain with the shower insert as a whole so that you can replace for the new insert or tile.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stor...

If you are going the tile route, visit this link for a very helpful forum of pros to walk you through your project.

http://www.johnbridge.com/vbulletin/inde...

:)

Answer 4

Take a pair of channel lock pliers and stick the handles in the drain holes and get a hold of them with another wrench(cresent) and turn like h*** it should break free...if not hook up your sawsall and cut a hole in the floor and reach in and cut the drain off............have fun........nite.