Captive Basin Waste..Opinions

[Stuart]

I have one of these captive basin wastes .

am wishing I hadn't got it to replace my popup waste .

I find it difficult to get the plug to remain "open" when you lift it and tilt it to the side .It keeps falling back in to the plughole .

Also if the water is too hot you burn yourself putting your hand in to lift the plug . I am seriously thinking of taking the waste apart and sawing off the bottom of the rod below the plug to make it non-captive .That would,at least ,allow me to take it completely out when emptying the basin . Anyone else got one of these or is there a knack to using it .

Bring back the plug and chain .

Stuart

[Ed Sirett]

The tilting disc type seem to work really well. They don't seem to leak the water away when closed which I find surprising. They are s/fix #16719 and £16 instead of £5. Alas another example of you get what you pay for.

[Stuart]

Funnily enough I looked at that one as well but decided on the other captive one .It also does keep the water in too.

[Adrian]

Stuart ( [e-mail]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

They went away?

Screwfix #90200

[Stuart]

Ah but where do you secure the top end of the chain if your basin doesn't have anywhere to fix it ?

Stuart