Beaten by a switch

[dadiOH]

Sounds like a USN installation :)

[dadiOH]

OK, it's done. I used a couple of spoons - thanks to whoever suggested them - to pry with. They worked well because they were thin enough to get under the lip at top and bottom, rounded to provide a fulcrum; two because one can either pry with even or differential pressure at two points.

[Stormin Mormon]

Thank you for sharing what worked. Very kind of you.

[krw]

We looked at a house that had a porcelain/cast sink and Formica kitchen counter painted over. The pool pump was sucking air, too. Pass.

[dadiOH]

HEY, not MY fault it didn't have instructions printed on it :)

[hrhofmann]

Rotating the cover plate do it will slip over the knob is what occurred to me, just like an earlier poster suggested.

[dadiOH]

It's all ready done but just FYI, the shank of the cross piece prevented rotating the cover plate.

[Metspitzer]

Did you get this off? I had no suggestion at the time, but the vacuum attachment made me think you could use a blow dryer to see if it would expand.