Gotdam Lavatory Drain Plugs

[TwiceHorn 31538]

We have some Price Pfister hardware on our bathroom sinks/lavatories.

The drain plugs are the fiddliest goddamn simple things I think I have ever had the displeasure to work on.

This is just to remove them to unclog slow drains.  

Putting them back together is like watchmaking.

Mother.  Fuck.

[TwiceHorn 31538]

Addendum.  It looks like all the major faucet makers use a similar design, and our builder's plumber jury-rigged the thing considerably, making it harder to use.

Got.  Damn.  Whatever happened to the things with the jointed arm that went down the pipe?  Never had any trouble with those.

[luke duke 6414]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F1G9FHL

[DCA_HORN 725]

Drano

[TwiceHorn 31538]

9 minutes ago, luke duke said:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F1G9FHL

I see those now dominate the Pfister line. 

[luke duke 6414]

Pfister? I don’t even know her.

[Guest]

removing a drain plug to unclog a drain seems logical...

[TwiceHorn 31538]

25 minutes ago, slorch said:

removing a drain plug to unclog a drain seems logical...

Perhaps stopper is a more appropriate term.  Because of the dogshit design, it looks like this:

And there was a bunch of soap scum clotted all over the damn thing.  It's also brushed nickel and I don't think you want to pour a bunch of caustic shit on/around it to unclog the drain.

I started by cleaning the plugs/stoppers and pouring boiling water down the drain, which is the recommended process to avoid pipe damage.  I did eventually go with some caustic shit.

[William_Cannon 86]

Try cleaning out the P trap first.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21922]

 

I got this to keep under my kids sinks.  Easy peasy to cleanout what ever gross gunk they get in the drain

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by NeverMarryAStripper