PLUMBERS - bath tub drain replaced - standing water around edge of new drain flange?
Looking for insight from the RFD plumbers and tub drain experiened.
Just curious if having some standing water left around the drain is something to be concerned about. I don't recall the old tub drain having an issue with water sitting around the drain flange, but the new drain leaves what seems to be a significant "moat" of water around the drain.
It almost seems a larger flange would be useful for this particular tub as the depression is fairly large at the drain. I threw away the old drain already (I don't believe it was particularly large).
Perhaps I haven't screwed down the new drain enough (but I don't think that's the case... if anything, I worry I screwed it down too much.
Maybe the replacement drain I used has a thicker flange than the old drain had? It was a "Plumbshop" Bathtub Drain Assembly with 1 1/2" threads.
I'm considering buying another kind to see if it might have a thinner flange (Moen?). I wanted a foot operated drain plug (pop up and down), but may forgo that functionality to just get either a drain with a larger flange, or a thinner flange?
I'm probably worrying about nothing - but I don't like seeing that standing water around the drain.. and thinking it will be there every day... day after day...
Just curious if having some standing water left around the drain is something to be concerned about. I don't recall the old tub drain having an issue with water sitting around the drain flange, but the new drain leaves what seems to be a significant "moat" of water around the drain.
It almost seems a larger flange would be useful for this particular tub as the depression is fairly large at the drain. I threw away the old drain already (I don't believe it was particularly large).
Perhaps I haven't screwed down the new drain enough (but I don't think that's the case... if anything, I worry I screwed it down too much.
Maybe the replacement drain I used has a thicker flange than the old drain had? It was a "Plumbshop" Bathtub Drain Assembly with 1 1/2" threads.
I'm considering buying another kind to see if it might have a thinner flange (Moen?). I wanted a foot operated drain plug (pop up and down), but may forgo that functionality to just get either a drain with a larger flange, or a thinner flange?
I'm probably worrying about nothing - but I don't like seeing that standing water around the drain.. and thinking it will be there every day... day after day...