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Replacing sink waste question
OnlyGuyWhoLikesTwix
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Hi.
My current basin has a click-clack waste (push down type) that has broken again for the last time. I'm at the stage where I just want to replace it with a standard plug on chain type affair.
I've seen a few around, this being a good example.
https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/traditional-chrome-basin-waste-with-plug-ball-chain
However... the current basin has a 22mm waste hole at the top. And specifically, I can't seem to find any sort of overflow cover where the threaded bolt at the end of the plug's chain goes into.
Is there something I have missed? Or is it the case where I have to either leave the chain free and flowing or if I definitely want it fixed, invest in a new sink basin?
My current basin has a click-clack waste (push down type) that has broken again for the last time. I'm at the stage where I just want to replace it with a standard plug on chain type affair.
I've seen a few around, this being a good example.
https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/traditional-chrome-basin-waste-with-plug-ball-chain
However... the current basin has a 22mm waste hole at the top. And specifically, I can't seem to find any sort of overflow cover where the threaded bolt at the end of the plug's chain goes into.
Is there something I have missed? Or is it the case where I have to either leave the chain free and flowing or if I definitely want it fixed, invest in a new sink basin?
Mortgage when started: £186500 (2 year fixed when taken out in 2016)
Current mortgage (13/03/2018): £146,922.15 (5yr fixed 2.39% + 10% overpayment limit)
Mortgage free day: 0?/0?/2025
Current mortgage (13/03/2018): £146,922.15 (5yr fixed 2.39% + 10% overpayment limit)
Mortgage free day: 0?/0?/2025
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We fitted a Rotative Brass Basin Waste Slotted from Toolstation to solve a similar problem.0
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knightstyle wrote: »We fitted a Rotative Brass Basin Waste Slotted from Toolstation to solve a similar problem.
Any problems with it? The click clack wastes seem to be utterly useless.Mortgage when started: £186500 (2 year fixed when taken out in 2016)
Current mortgage (13/03/2018): £146,922.15 (5yr fixed 2.39% + 10% overpayment limit)
Mortgage free day: 0?/0?/20250 -
It can be a palaver to fit anew waste. How about a replacement plug?
https://www.toolstation.com/chrome-plated-plug-handle/p73742No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
We fitted the rotative one about 8 years ago in the main bathroom, no problems with it at all.0
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Amazing that it seems like such a simple thing. To be honest, I'm pretty sure that all this new fangled stuff is just crap to begin with. Feels annoying that you're stuck with it.
I did think to just replace out the basin entirely but it seems that if you have a single mixer tap, a standard flippin plug hole and drain plug isn't an option unless you're happy leaving the chain just dangle.
How is such a simple thing such a head + wall moment?Mortgage when started: £186500 (2 year fixed when taken out in 2016)
Current mortgage (13/03/2018): £146,922.15 (5yr fixed 2.39% + 10% overpayment limit)
Mortgage free day: 0?/0?/20250 -
OnlyGuyWhoLikesTwix wrote: »Amazing that it seems like such a simple thing. To be honest, I'm pretty sure that all this new fangled stuff is just crap to begin with. Feels annoying that you're stuck with it.
I did think to just replace out the basin entirely but it seems that if you have a single mixer tap, a standard flippin plug hole and drain plug isn't an option unless you're happy leaving the chain just dangle.
How is such a simple thing such a head + wall moment?
It isn't. I showed you a perfectly good solution.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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