OATEY 228-3 Dearborn® Full Kit, Brass Tubular - 17 Ga. Touch Toe Stopper with Chrome Finish Trim

The 228-3 is a full kit, meaning you get the complete brass tubular bath waste and overflow assembly rather than a trim-only or shoe-only replacement. It is built in 17-gauge brass with a chrome finish trim, a one-hole overflow faceplate, a foam rubber gasket for the overflow, and touch-toe stopper hardware at the drain. Slip nut connections tie the tubular sections together. For a plumber roughing in or replacing a tub, the full kit is the version you order when you do not already have sound tubular below the tub.

Drain-mounted, not lever-operated. The 228-3 uses a touch toe stopper, so you open and close the tub by pressing the stopper with your foot. That is why the overflow faceplate is a one-hole plate with no lever slot. If the tub you are working on has a trip lever plate with a linkage down the overflow tube, this kit is not a direct swap for it, you would be changing the way the tub drains and the faceplate cut as well.

Slip nut joints. The tubular sections of the 228-3 join with slip nuts and washers, so you cut the tube to length on site and tighten by hand plus a quarter turn rather than soldering or threading anything. That is the normal way a bath waste ties into a tubular P-trap below the floor. The overflow end seals against the tub with a foam rubber gasket behind the one-hole faceplate.

Touch toe drains are the low-maintenance choice for high-turnover tubs because there is no trip lever linkage inside the overflow to fall out of adjustment, which is the usual callback on a lever waste. The 228-3 backs that up with 17-gauge brass tubular rather than thin-wall tube, and the whole assembly weighs 3.95 pounds. For a property manager standardizing across units, the one-hole chrome faceplate also gives you a single look to repeat on every tub.

17-gauge is the heavier of the common brass tubular weights and it is what spec jobs and commercial tubs call for, because the tube resists crushing when it is strapped up tight under a tub and threads take repeated slip nut tightening without deforming. The 228-3 is 17-gauge brass throughout. Plastic waste and overflow is lighter and cheaper, and it is fine in a residential retrofit you will never touch again, but on institutional, hospitality, or multi-family work where the spec says brass tubular, this is the one that meets it.

The foam rubber overflow gasket comes with the 228-3, so you do not order it separately. Foam rubber seats against the tub wall behind the faceplate and compresses as you draw the plate screws down, which is the seal on the overflow side. The drain shoe side is where you will still want plumber's putty or a drain seal, depending on the tub material.

Chrome is the finish on the 228-3 trim, on both the overflow faceplate and the toe stopper at the drain. It is the standard polished chrome that pairs with chrome tub spouts and lavatory trim, which is what most multi-family and hospitality bathrooms are already running. If your building is standardized on brushed nickel or matte black, this kit will not match visually, though the brass tubular underneath is hidden either way.

Order it as Oatey Dearborn 228-3. That is the manufacturer part number as well as the model designation, so there is no separate ordering code to translate, and the UPC on the carton is 041193052131. Distributors cross-referencing the Dearborn line should note the 228-3 specifically identifies the full kit configuration in 17-gauge brass with the touch toe stopper and chrome trim, which is what separates it from the adjacent Dearborn numbers that carry different stopper styles or partial kits.