sink plug and mixer tap rant.

JohnSwift10

I had a new kitchen sink fitted and while mostly everything is ok the plug for the kitchen sink is a disaster. There is no chain so the only way to pull it out is to put your hand into the sink full of boiling water and pull it out.

And as for the mixer tap if you have just run some hot water and you want a drink of cold you have to waste the hot water in the spout.

Who ever thought that those were  good designs?

IvanOpinion

I assume this is not a serious rant, and is just a bit of fun.

jon81uk

Straining plugs you pull at are fairly standard. if you didn't like that design you should have bought a different sink.
Also if the water is so hot you can't put your hands in it, your water is too hot, try adding some cold.

and yes, that is how mixer taps work. Maybe try drawing the glass of cold water first then using the hot after? Or keep a jug of water in the fridge if you like really cold drinking water.

JohnSwift10

IvanOpinion said:

I assume this is not a serious rant, and is just a bit of fun.

Of course it is a serious rant,  aren't all rants serious? 

JohnSwift10

jon81uk said:

Also if the water is so hot you can't put your hands in it, your water is too hot, try adding some cold.

Sometimes it is necessary to have very hot water in the sink.

Also what if it is full of bleach or other cleaning chemicals

tacpot12

JohnSwift10 said:

jon81uk said:

Also if the water is so hot you can't put your hands in it, your water is too hot, try adding some cold.

Sometimes it is necessary to have very hot water in the sink.

Also what if it is full of bleach or other cleaning chemicals

You need some Marigolds. 

jon81uk

JohnSwift10 said:

jon81uk said:

Also if the water is so hot you can't put your hands in it, your water is too hot, try adding some cold.

Sometimes it is necessary to have very hot water in the sink.

Also what if it is full of bleach or other cleaning chemicals

If you regularly need large quantities of waer with bleach in it then get a bucket and some rubber gloves anyway.

But again if having a plug with a stopper on a chain was so important to you, why didn't you buy a sink with that specification??

IvanOpinion

JohnSwift10 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I assume this is not a serious rant, and is just a bit of fun.

Of course it is a serious rant,  aren't all rants serious? 

I cannot think of anything serious to say on this topic so I will bow out then.

kazwookie

 Buy a washing up bowl.

peter_the_piper

Good idea, stainless steel sinks don't hold the water temperature very well.