|On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:16:28 +0100, Broadback wrote: | |>What is wrong with the old fashioned plug on a chain? It is simple it |>works. However I have recently installed 2 baths and 2 wash basin with |>these fancy lever plugs. Though I have spent some time checking the |>settings they still leak, is it me or is it usual? If it is my naff |>installation any advice would be most welcome. |>Whatever it takes me longer to fit and adjust the mechanism than it does |>to install the bath/basin. | |It's not necessary to use popups. I have bought a bath from
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|and thought it would come with a wastebut it doesn't so I bought a brass chromed |set from
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.Screwfix do them as well. You can also get captive ones |and springup ones . | |The reason popups leak could possibly be that the screw on the bottom of the |plug part needs adjusting .
Agreed adjusting the popups is not even a DIY job, I do mine with only my Swiss Army Knife.