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spring loaded bath plug seal
Hi,
I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? thanks |
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I have same and periodically just dab some silicone seealant in the
gap that has appeared where rubber seal has opened up at join, as it were. Works fine, but you'll need to redo from time to time. On Aug 14, 1:29 pm, jives11 wrote: Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? thanks |
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"jives11" wrote I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. snip........... I recently bought a similar two of these for a cloakroom basin. The first one was from Bathstore.com in Hull - took it back as it was unsuitable. The second one I have fitted. No idea if it's the same make as yours - don't remember seeing WIROUIN or whatever anywhere around. Anyway, this one came from Halmshaws in Hull. It is dismantleable IIRC. You could try calling them - Halmshaws in particular are usually helpful Phil |
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On 14 Aug, 15:44, Gel wrote:
I have same and periodically just dab some silicone seealant in the gap that has appeared where rubber seal has opened up at join, as it were. Works fine, but you'll need to redo from time to time. On Aug 14, 1:29 pm, jives11 wrote: Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? thanks Thanks, however there is very little washer left. Totally perished . thing is we have so many showers the bath gets little use. hence the washer getting to such an advanced state of disintegration. |
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jives11 wrote:
Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? Are you sure the tail of the Q hasn't worn off: i.e. WirQuin? Cheers, William. thanks |
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:44:12 -0700, jives11
wrote: On 14 Aug, 15:44, Gel wrote: I have same and periodically just dab some silicone seealant in the gap that has appeared where rubber seal has opened up at join, as it were. Works fine, but you'll need to redo from time to time. On Aug 14, 1:29 pm, jives11 wrote: Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? thanks Thanks, however there is very little washer left. Totally perished . thing is we have so many showers the bath gets little use. hence the washer getting to such an advanced state of disintegration. In that case might be best to get a removable one on a chain |
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On 14 Aug, 20:54, William McNicol wrote:
jives11 wrote: Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? Are you sure the tail of the Q hasn't worn off: i.e. WirQuin? Cheers, William. thanks Yep - you are right : http://www.wirquin.com/sitegb/catalo...ignoiregb.html It's the Automatic Wastes w/o cable, Quick-Clac Thanks again |
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On 14 Aug, 21:05, Stuart B wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:44:12 -0700, jives11 wrote: On 14 Aug, 15:44, Gel wrote: I have same and periodically just dab some silicone seealant in the gap that has appeared where rubber seal has opened up at join, as it were. Works fine, but you'll need to redo from time to time. On Aug 14, 1:29 pm, jives11 wrote: Hi, I have a bath with a kind of plug that stays in place but clicks up or down if you want to seal the plug hole. It has a silver metal top, and has a large rubber washer that fits under the "lid" which makes the water seal. Trouble is the rubber has perished and local plumbers shops seem perplexed offering such gems as "You'll need a completely new waste unit". Well as the bath is completely boxed in, thats no use at all. Unfortunately I don't have the original packaging or receipt from 8 years ago. The shop I got them from were no use (quote above). On the plastic moulding is the word WIROUIN but returns almost zero hits on google Anyone heard of WIROUIN or any experience of these things ? thanks Thanks, however there is very little washer left. Totally perished . thing is we have so many showers the bath gets little use. hence the washer getting to such an advanced state of disintegration. In that case might be best to get a removable one on a chain It may yet come to that |
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