On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:24:28 +0100, Mr Pounder wrote:

"Jethro" wrote in message
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Yesterday I posted a question, asking if anyone knew of a source for
the waste fitting for an Astracast sink.

Today, after phoning every single plumbers merchants for 30 miles,
including Astracast suppliers, it seems I may as well have been asking
for a return ticket to the moon. You can't get them. They're not sold
separately, and the one that Astracast *do* sell won't fit a sink older
than 3 years.

So, for the want of a waste, the sink was lost. You can bet I'm not
buying an Astracast again. Bog standard stainless steel for me -
whatever the Mrs says.

Unfortunately I inherited the sink, although even if I had bought it, I
would never have imagined it needing scrapping because the waste can't
be supplied.

On a wider note, have you ever refused to buy anything, when the shop
can't supply consumables ? I recall going to buy a MIG welder a few
years ago, before they were hobbyist. We'd borrowed one, and had
problems getting the brass feed nozzle. We were in the shop, selected a
welder, went to the counter, and asked for 20 nozzles, which the sales
assistant said "they didn't sell". So we left the welder at the
counter, and walked out.

Is it not possible to botch it up?
It's only a waste fitting.

It *is* botched, in as much as it carries water away without leaking.
Unfortunately it doesn't seal ....