tonrob

No - I don't smell that bad, really... It's just that our bath has one of those stupid little lever thingies where the overflow is that toggles up and down to let the water out but it leaks water out of the bath when it shouldn't.

Already had a (useless) plumber round a few weeks ago, and today tried to fix the thing myself with the help of a Home Depot online article - all to no avail. :curse:

Do they have such things as proper plugholes and bathplugs over here and is it possible to install them yourself with no prior plumbing experience? I prefer just putting the plug in before having a bath and pulling it out again when I've finished - I mean, what's to go wrong?

Over to you. Do you have a bath with a proper plug in your home?

britvic

No sorry mate never seen a proper plug in any bathroom over here such a simple thing like that, can really get to you, as I see with you it already has, your not alone I'm sure.

Bob

you can get them in home depot, sears, lowes...even walmart has them, about $3 for a small sink plug, or $5 for a larger one...

gruffbrown

It's your pop-up Guv, I can fit you in in March, 300 bucks.

tonrob

Really? Can you buy the proper plug-hole fixture too?

tonrob

Tell me about it... Bar stewards.

gruffbrown

Is it the plug that's leaking, does it not go down properly? Or is the lever loose?

Bob

fixture? the plug just sits into the hole as is...but if your plug has a grate cover thingy, that just flips off....

Ray

How to .......
http://www.hometips.com/home_probsol...hps_tub01.html

tonrob

Thanks Ray, but mine is slightly different to this. Where the water drains out it's just a kind of circular grate - and nothing that I could simply stick a bathplug into.

gsnichol

Having read that it does seem like a sledgehammer to crack a nut... anyway my bath is so shallow the water would get out if I got in. They may as well have just installed a shower base.

Ray

Show us a pic then ..search for bath pop up ..or bath drain ...

Ray

Horrible.... ours is huge ..we both can use it at the same time ..

gsnichol

Called a swimming pool innit?... I prefer showers anyway... baths are a waste of water in these parts.

jumping doris

The baths in our house are like glorified shower trays....they remind me of the footbaths at the local swimming pools.
I really miss my big,deep UK bath.
We are going to attemp to refit our main bathroom ourselves with a proper bath and there lies the road to madness or divorce.