On 2019-01-07 9:41 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/7/2019 10:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 9:58:19 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> On 1/6/2019 10:40 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>> My experience over the decades I have lived with a half dozen or so
>>>> sinks, is that a stainless
>>>> adjustable (open or closed) stopper that has small holes or slots in
>>>> it for water to go through
>>>> when it is on an "open" setting, is that so far, they have all been
>>>> a standard size.Â* All of them.
>>>> OTOH, I have always had a double sink, with garbage disposal on one
>>>> side.Â* I used to buy
>>>> new ones at KMart.Â* Now that they have closed, I will go to Ace
>>>> Hardware.Â* I have never
>>>> purchased one that did not fit, although I did mistakenly once
>>>> purchase one that was only a
>>>> stopper, and didn't have the ability to stay open unless I tipped it
>>>> at a slant in the drain.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>>
>>> Veering a bit off topic but still about sink stoppers, last year I had
>>> the pesky pop-up stoppers in my bathroom sinks disconnected and bought
>>> good old fashioned rubber stoppers.Â* I got tired of dealing with
>>> slow/clogged drains in the bathroom sinks.Â* Products like Drain-O and
>>> Liquid Plumr were a waste of money.Â* Despite what online videos show,
>>> the Zip-It drain cleaning tool was hindered by the pop-up mechanism.Â* No
>>> longer a worry.Â* Those little rubber stoppers make things so much
>>> easier!Â* I went to a local hardware store and was surprised by all the
>>> different sizes of bathroom sink stoppers.Â* I needed a 1-1/4" (very
>>> small) stopper.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Except when cleaning the sink, I never use the stopper.Â* Even then, I
>> close the stopper only to conveniently clean the stopper itself.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> That's kind of why I hated those built-in stoppers.Â* They just got in
> the way and let crud build up in the drain which led to clogs.Â* I rarely
> need to use a stopper in the bathroom sink.
>
> Jill
I agree! Both the pop-up and the plunger types clog up too easily.