# Master Bath' shower's Linear Drain Fixit **URL:** \ **Category:** Building / Maintaining a Home\ **Created:** [October 30, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871 "2025-10-30T06:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/1 "2025-10-30T06:56:27Z")
A few years back, 2017, we remodeled 2 baths, a memorable event, managing the contractor, his subs, doing a lot of the work myself, after hours to clean up some of the errors, mess left, but in the end, all came out well.. Except for that pesky linear drain. I just looked d it up, an infinity 60" linear drain cost us ~$700 plus labor at the time.. Then a while later, I tried lifting the grate out to clear hair from a few years, while I was at it, discovering the tile guy had used too narrow a block to keep the space clear for the drop-in grate. the channel is just PVC, so couldn’t take the pressure of the adjacent concrete. Evidently he had to pound it mightily to make it fit! So then, as I had it out, I had a machine shop slim it down a bit.. As it turns out, not enough. Once again I’ll have to pry it out with a block, crowbar and a steel plate hooky tool I made to get hold of it.. ![Linear Drain tool 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/c/e/cebdf59ea51df29adab9009e70d25ada53c9298d.jpeg) Once I have it out this time, I’ll have the machine shop take a good 1/8" off so it slips in n out without needing a crowbar! Even if they have to slice it, narrow it, weld it back together! Cost isn’t the worry, replacing just the SS grate, from what I see is like $400 and UP! ![51Nv4o3giPL.AC_SX679](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/6/d/6d18baaef9a285334c41440b53255691b6d20e5f.jpeg) So that’s the next project. All for a bit of old gray hair! weco ---
**Author:** ![RHinCT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/rhinct/32/1236_2.png) [@RHinCT](https://discussion.fool.com/u/RHinCT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/2 "2025-10-30T12:39:58Z")
> [@wecoguy](#): > > steel plate hooky tool Function over form. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![spinning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/spinning/32/3692_2.png) [@spinning](https://discussion.fool.com/u/spinning)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/3 "2025-10-30T17:39:37Z")
> [@wecoguy](#): > > All for a bit of old gray hair! I miss the days when I had enough hair to clog a drain. ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/4 "2025-10-30T18:04:07Z")
Progress, sort of.. I got the drain grate out, a hairy mess, but as I’m flushing the crud out of the channel, it backs up! I know there’s a trap just below, but I can’t find my snake… Flip a coin, call my plumber or go buy a snake… I never saw it back up before this… Grrr… Called the plumber… 9-2 window tomorrow, unless someone breaks free today… Just called back, today 12-3 Pm Today Better! Update, plumber came, snaked it in 15 minutes, all clear, wrote a $250 check and all was done… Minimum billing these days… Here at least… Still have to deal with the grate… Also well add a hair strainer in the drain… ---
**Author:** ![1poorguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/1poorguy/32/61990_2.png) [@1poorguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/1poorguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/5 "2025-10-30T21:46:47Z")
Yeah, sometimes it isn’t worth the aggravation to DIY. I recently called a plumber to change a tub drain. I tried to DIY it. I bought the thing you’re supposed to pound into the drain, and then use a large wrench to unscrew it. It was stuck. Turns out, the plumber had to cut the drain out. Would have been better if I had just called them from the beginning. While I had them out, I had them fix a few other things. Saved a lot of aggravation. ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/6 "2025-10-30T22:17:30Z")
Yep, I still have one of those tub drain biters, 1/2" socket, but even a long handle couldn’t budge it, so I drug the air hose & impact wrench in, hammered for a bit before letting loose… If it hadn’t, likely a major event.. That plumber sub for the 2 bath install had tried the fork tool to remove it, broke it, gave up, so I went out bought that tub drain biter… It’s living in a drawer in the shop, never needed again, most likely.. ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/7 "2025-10-31T20:56:02Z")
> [@wecoguy](#): > > Still have to deal with the grate… Also well add a hair strainer in the drain… Update today, I ordered the hair strainer for the 2" outlet, but also gave up, took the 60" grate to a local machine sop, the grate has 10 ribs on the top surface, rather than shaving the edges more I had hime slice it lengthwise and eliminate the center space, won’t affect the drainage, solve it permanently. Should have done it the first time… So, I await his callback when done… $200/Hr, 1 hour minimum… Made up the before & after results, hopefully the final.. Awaiting the callback.. ![Lin Grate Before](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/7/6/7666464b5adc478c8c33ce1ee7c41c3a84d4e2d8.jpeg) ![Lin grate after](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/7/8/789b69c87f8b10b59b7a3297c73c26f09c10e89a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wecoguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/wecoguy/32/4301_2.png) [@wecoguy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/wecoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/master-bath-showers-linear-drain-fixit/121871/8 "2025-11-07T21:19:47Z")
Got the call-back from the machine shop… Nicely done, but it took a bit longer than I expected and at their rates, it adds up, $350, but DONE! Update, no need to trim anything, it just drops in, like it always should have!! ![IMG_8907](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/9/9/994834cf132b90e12eba402ac57046dab641ebc9.jpeg)