What is wrong with the plug and chain that manufacturers are fitting these lever style plugs? I have fitted 2 baths and 2 basins recently with the new fangled ones, all of them leak water however much I adjust. Is it my skill or are they all like this? Apart from that they turn a fairly straightforward job into a pain.
Quality of the fitting? I've used different ones from manufacturers such as Grohe and Hansgrohe and not had any issues at all in terms of leakage.
Manufacturers are supplying these because that's what they believe that people want. You can still buy plugs and chains if you want and taps to go with them.
On a related issue, how safe is it to fit a chromed steel plug into an acrylic bath? ISTR mine came with an overflow "set". Is this not a recipe for chipped surfaces? I took mine off the bath I fitted and replaced with a white rubber one - not quite so stylish, but just as effective.
Phil
Possibly. This is perhaps one reason why the modern approach is not to have these bits and pieces kicking around in the bath doing damage as well as looking 1950s.
Yeeesss......
Fitting the metal plug cannot do any harm surely but having it drop in to the bath might well do .Is that what you mean .?
I got an overflow combination set from
I separated the plug from the overflow when trying out the overflow to see if it fitted properly ( It's a bit tricky to get tightened and will probably need tape or silicon or maybe both .) and connected both ends of the chain to the plug .Not sure if thats going to be any safer as it can still be dropped in to the bath .
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