How to replace the bathroom floor drain

Bathroom floor drain replacement precautions
1. Before replacing the floor drain, you need to pay attention to the basic information such as the panel and size specifications of the old floor drain currently in use. Most of the bathrooms at home are 10*10cm square floor drains, and there are also 12cm round floor drains; as for the size of the bathroom sewer pipes, the general residential The diameter of the sewer pipe is 50mm in diameter. Note that the size of the bottom floor panel to be replaced should be the same as the size of the old floor drain.
Brass Floor Drain
2. Use a screwdriver or other tools to slowly separate the joints between the old floor drain panel and the tiles. Use a flat-blade screw to lift the cement around the floor drain, and then tap the floor drain with a small hammer to separate it from the cement. Clean up the cement layer around the old floor drain pit. Note that the drain pipe needs to be temporarily plugged to prevent debris from falling into the drain pipe.
3. After cleaning, scrape cement putty around the back of the new floor drain that needs to be replaced to make it firmly combined with the ground, clean up excess cement, and clean up ground garbage. Before installing a new floor drain, the deodorant core needs to be taken out to prevent cement sand and other creations from entering the core and affecting the use effect; the newly replaced floor drain panel should be aligned with the ceramic tile, and the height should not be higher than the ceramic tile. Apply glass glue or white cement around it and dry it. Dry; after installation, install the floor drain deodorant core and put it on the grate; it is recommended that the deodorant core be taken out and cleaned once a month or so, the use effect is better.
Brass Floor Drain
How to replace the bathroom floor drain
1. Install floor drains: There are two ways to add floor drains in places where there are no floor drains: one is to raise the ground and lay down water pipes, which will affect drainage; Going downstairs for construction.
2. Use the sewer pipe to refit the floor drain: It is useful to change the drain of the bathtub or the drain of the washbasin into a floor drain for the shower. The main problem is that such a sewer pipe is generally a 40-meter pipe, and now there are floor drains with small diameters on the market.
3. Retrofit thin floor drains: install thin floor drains (with a water seal of 1-2CM), and there is no problem with drainage, but the height of the water seal is not enough, the water will easily evaporate and odor will return, so it is necessary to frequently fill the floor drain with water or use a damp cloth Cover to prevent water from evaporating. The solution is very easy, just replace the built-in drain core, but try it, and some can’t be inserted.
4. Retrofit old-fashioned floor drains: Now many old-fashioned floor drains in homes have failed seals. If it is troublesome to replace floor drains, there are many pipe diameter specifications without water seals. You can directly insert them into the floor drain to play a sealing role. Look at the floor drain. To demonstrate, open the floor drain and insert the floor drain core.


Post time: Sep-13-2022