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Hey /diy/ so I'm trying to get this drain ring out but the plate snapped off and now it's just the threads. I've tried using the drain key tool to get them out but it just slips. Any ideas on removal?

>> No.1513244

>>1513238
Looks like you’re going to have to cut it out. Get a mini hacksaw to do this. Don’t cut it too much, or you will fuck up the female threads of the drain shoe. It looks like PVC, so at least it won’t be fused in there. Use Teflon and a little smear of plumbers grease when tightening in the new one.

>> No.1513248

>>1513244
Sounds like a good plan the only problem is the pipe moves around quite a bit so it's difficult to put any pressure on it without it just giving way.

>> No.1513250

>>1513248
That’s pvc for you. Is it exposed below? Have someone hold the pipe while you cut. Otherwise, you might have to open the ceiling.

>> No.1513273
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>>1513250
No way to get below it in the crawl space too much plumbing and shit in the way. I was thinking maybe some sort of extended wrench to grab the tabs on the union nut and tighten it down

>> No.1513787

>>1513238
Try wrapping a lint trap around your drain tool. Or sharpen the skinniest screwdriver you have, take a mini hacksaw and saw in two or three pieces and peel it out. Use a high quality plumbers paste like tru blue and ptfe tape, plumbers putty to install the new one.

>> No.1513791

>>1513238
Can you not get in there from below, just replace the whole shoe, bring down a new one to cut to match the old one?

use small stiff hand saw, not flexible like a hacksaw. If you don't want to buy a handle for it, just a fine toothed reciprocating saw (sawzall) blade wrapped with tape at your end will work.
You carefully cut a slit through the threads vertically, just through the metal enough that you can start prying it away from the plastic drain shoe with a flat head screwdriver or such. If you get it good enough you can use needle nose pliers to grab and tear inwards to peel and twist it into itself. One a certain amount has pulled away the whole thing should start to unscrew.
If you have no luck trying to get it to fold inwards, you can cut another slit nearby and try to just remove a section and then the rest will come out easy
Just like removing broken off pipe threads out of a fitting socket and kind of like taking a broken light bulb out with pliers

>> No.1513807

>>1513238
Wonder if you can heat it up enough to bend the edge inward and use pliers to grab on a unscrew it, not so hot you melt the pvc.

>> No.1513809
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1513809

>>1513238

>> No.1513816

>>1513273
>No way to get below it in the crawl space too much plumbing and shit in the way
welcome to plumbing friend

>> No.1514083

>>1513809
kek gross

>> No.1514150

That is virtually an empty field. Crawl you ass over there

>> No.1514528

>>1513238
Wedge tha short side of an Allen wrench with a chunk of folded newspaper. And turn the long side with a crescent. I'm to dumb to post an image but if you look at an exhaust stud removal socket. Same idea.

>> No.1514529

>>1513809
KEK

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1514532

>>1513238
You need one of these suckers. Mine is for a 1/2 inch drive ratchet. Cost me about $5 at Menards.

>> No.1514908

>>1514532
Tried one of those it can't get in there enough to bite since the pipe has so much give on it

>> No.1515755

>>1513809
How do you know OP isn't the "wife" of the couple?

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1515871

>>1514150
He hasn't even tried. Someone got their ass in there once upon a time.

>>1513238
Pic related, OP.
You said crawl space, but why am i seeing an electrical box.
Matter of point it looks like it's firred out for drywall below...

>> No.1515874

'Fess up, OP.
That ain't a crawl space.
You don't want to cut through a ceiling.

>> No.1515876

>>1515871
Sorry I just don't know the correct term for it the problem is I'm not sure it can support that weight. I'm worried about causing more harm than good

>> No.1515881

>>1515876
No, it won't support your weight;
Now go find the light fixture that is almost directly below your point of contention (bad place) and move a foot to the right and a foot forward;
You will be under it then.
Cut carefully, there's wires about.

>> No.1515883

>>1515881
Yeah that's what I was assuming I would have to do. The only thing I'm wary about is texturing the spackle after I patch it

>> No.1515886

>>1515881
...and to further say,
If you get the thing out, you aren't going to be able to get a new one back in plumbing tight from the top side.
Suck it.
You have to go through the drywall below.
Find your boards that the drywall is hanging on, look for where the screws are if it's unfinished, and cut a nice square that you can put right back in and finish on another day.
This may be harder than it sounds.

>> No.1515888

>>1515883
Well, give a pic of the texture;
I might have some pointers.

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>>1515888

>> No.1515897

>>1515891
Ok, good news. You don't have to guess too much where that was cut.
scrape some of that shit to find the screw holes so you know where to cut to, or just cut a fucking hole and figure out how much you have to take.
I would go all the way back to the corner, since it's fucked anyway; give yourself room to work.
So, that texture has been fixed before; this has been a problem before, of course, i think there should always be an access panel below these things.
Fuck aestetics.
Anyway, you need some new green board, mesh tape, knife for compound, inside corner knife, joint compound.
The texture has been rolled on with a regular roller.
Take some compound after you have attempted to finish the drywall, put some water in, not much, and work it together.
Stick your roller in there, roll it on.
Prime, Paint.

>> No.1515898

>>1515897
1st line: *where you need to cut.

>> No.1515944

>>1515897
It has occurred to me, OP, that I don't see a fixture where that electrical box should be...
I hope you didn't cut into a buried junction box and are dead.
(It won't be the first time DIY has killed someone)
Check in, with progress, hopefully.

>> No.1515949

rock over the old shit tape mud paint
judgin by that 1940 texture a bare ceiling would look fine

>> No.1516034

>>1515949
Stupid ass dry-wall specialists;
You have no other skill than slapping up 'new rock'.
You have no fucking idea what Op's issues is;
'Slap up another layer of rock'
Fuck off, useless drywall-pro.

>> No.1516041

>>1516034
shitbag remodeler wants to repair and scrape it
milk it shitbag milk it

>> No.1516044

>>1516041
Fuck you for wanting to stack an inch and a half of drywall on the ceiling; fucking retarded drywaller.

>> No.1516048

>>1516044
3/8" you dumbass covers the 3/8" already up
You cant even figure material thickness
OMG the weight of a sheet or two of rock on 1x8 ceiling joists oh the humanity

>> No.1516050
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1516050

hey fuck you man this is my brilliant work dealing with problem solving

>> No.1516053

>>1516050
the roll is on backwards