Made a pigs ear of a job

**Goldeneye** · 05-16-2009, 09:08 AM

My mum and dad have a cast iron bath with a rigid over flow and a copper trap from either just before or just after ww2.

We tried to removed the waste and overflow to fit a sprung combined waste and over flow. the over flow was disconnected no problem and the new one fitted but the waste will not come out! I dunno what to do now

The nut underneath was cut off as it was ceased from about 60+ years of not being used. but even though its all flush the waste just will not come out.

Help please!!!!!!

**jimbo** · 05-16-2009, 10:36 AM

Please post pictures

hj · 05-16-2009, 01:31 PM

We have no idea what you did or are trying to do, because the drain and overflow are a combination, so if you change one part you would normally do the whole thing at the same time.

**kingsotall** · 05-16-2009, 09:21 PM

But I do like the title of the thread.

**Goldeneye** · 05-17-2009, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by hj

We have no idea what you did or are trying to do, because the drain and overflow are a combination, so if you change one part you would normally do the whole thing at the same time.

Not all are combined. ours is from just after world war 2 are has a rigid overflow that terminates outside of the building like in the picture on the left in this link.

http://www.showerdoctor.com/removing_cast-iron_bath.php

And it is being replaced with a new type like this.

http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/s...21-p-2376.html

We got around the problem using a dremmel to cut away the brass locknut and prized it away from the threads. if I can find them il take some pictures of how bad they were. but here are the old overflows and the copper trap.