I have fitted a sink but now realise there is no hole for the plug chain to attach to, it's designed to have a plug that you push in the middle to release, but I would prefer a normal plug. Is there a reliable way to drill a small hole in it without breaking it?
Thanks
assuming it is china you could carefully drill it with a tile drill, but equally you could just use a plug with a finger grip or glue on a chain retainer, or loop the chain round a tap.
A china sink? I think he means a stainless steel kitchen sink. China is used for bathroom basins :-p
Sorry it is a china bathroom basin, there isn't really anywhere to put a stick on retainer that would look neat, a tile drill sounds like what I need.
In message , Tom writes
What material is the sink made of?
How do you work that out from the OP question, apart from assuming a sink = kitchen and a basin = toilet/bathroom
Which is VERY difficult to drill even with tile drills etc BTDTWTTS. The OP states that "it's designed to have a plug that you push in the middle to release", I have never seen these in a kitchen (Stainless Steel) sink but in many a toilet BASIN!!
To the OP, I think you are going to struggle on this one, I once drilled a toilet cistern and it took ages and was a b*****d to do, but I managed it (eventually)
HTH
John
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D'yer know, it'd help if we knew whether it's ceramic, steel, glass, plastic, Corian.....
In message , John writes
I'd use a masonry drill - non-hammer rather than tile drill.
We have a pop up waste on one of the bowls in out enamelled steel kichen sink
Yep, i'd stick with he pop up waste
Sounds too risky if it is china. It will eventually crack I fear. Learn to like an alternative.
Attach it to the wall or unit and save a load of hassle :-)
In article , Tom writes
Have you contacted the manufactures to see why they didn't provide one, or what they "intended" you to do with it?......
Could you come by a grille for the overflow? You could attach the plug to it.
In message , tony sayer writes
err doesn't the 'designed to be used with a pop up waste' answer that question?
I've had loose plugs for 15 years and not lost any.
Tom typed
Ummm... wouldn't it be simpler to attach your plug chain to a suction cup???
Nick typed
Buy a spare plug if you're paranoid. It won't break the bank...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Helen Deborah Vecht saying something like:
Or use a big ball bearing. Endless hours of fun playing basin roulette, in more ways than one.
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