A specific question, but maybe someone here knows! My shower has a drain. When I remove the cover and the “thing” inside of it, there’s a stopper with an O-Ring.
We used to be able to pull the stopper out and clean inside the pipe (suggested by a plumber), but I now can’t remove the stopper anymore. It appears to be quite stuck, and the angle is also terrible to get a better grip on it. I don’t want to use pliers, because I’m afraid I might snap the thing that you hold, and then I’m really in trouble.
Can anyone give me suggestions what I can do to get the stopper out? Is there a technique I don’t know? A device I could buy?
Thank you!
Not at all a silly question! I have tried, yes. Also, I’ve been able to remove it before, but the last time I put it in, I really jammed it in, I guess. There are no threads, so the turning is really just about generating force.
On the photo I saw two screws. Can you use them as a lever on either side against something like a long screwdriver, metal ruler or crowbar?
The idea is to rotate it rather than wedge and lift, which is likely to make it worse.
You might try WD40 in the joint.