The wash hand basin waste has ,up until now,been fitted in to a
reducer similar to this Screwfix one ( but compression type) ,the
reducer being held in by a liberal quantity of Plumbers Mait.

Yes. Do it again, but with 32mm chromed pipe and waste. Looks much nicer! I
got mine with an amazingly cheap deal from Homebase. The price of the suite
was pretty amazing. What I didn't expect was the quality of the fittings.
Decent chrome plated monobloc tap. The chrome waste and pipe, which I
expected to be painted plastic, was actually genuinely chromed brass.

Christian.