On Aug 27, 5:34*pm, Jethro wrote:
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.

I've had no truoble getiting replacement waste sets, as said. They use
standard hole sizes and take standard waste sets. Methinks youre
talking googlies.


NT