On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 11:14:06 PM UTC-4, Iggy wrote:
replying to tabitha.sukhai, Iggy wrote:
I know I'm quite late here,
Only about 10 years. She's ready for a new faucet by now.
but from my personal experience...start over. If
the drain's a Pop-up with a pull-rod up top and a pivot-rod under the sink,
If you read the post, she's asking about the faucet mounted to the sink,
not about the drain. And there should be no putty, nothing under it but
the rubber type gasket that she describes. It's probably moving because
it has putty put in there and it;s not tightened down enough.
then the drain flange in the sink screws down (typically) into the tailpiece
beneath and is a separate piece. Stainless Steel Pop-up drain flanges are hard
to come by (tailpieces impossible), but by any means get one and never have to
play with the drain flange again.
In any case though, get rid of any Rubber Washer (under the flange "in" the
sink) and Plumber's Putty. Only use 100% silicone (not silicon, that's hard
brittle computer wafer stuff) to yes glue-down the drain flange.
Another mistake. Plumber's putty is exactly what you want there. It's
thick, pliable and fills the gap, giving the drain piece something to
bed down into. It also comes out easily as opposed to silicone.
BTW, you see silicon in caulking tubes instead of silicone much?
Both Rubber
Washers and Plumber's Putty dry-out, crack and leak in as little as 10-years,
You see ones with washers much? I have drains that are 30 years old,
still perfect, no leaks, with plumber's putty.
Silicone doesn't. Silicone dries-out,
Wrong again. It doesn't dry out, it cures.
but doesn't lose its seal, grip nor turn
back to a powder. Again, anything you can get in stainless steel is well worth
it, even if you need to basically make your own drain.
Wow, you do that much?
I buy separate
stainless steel flanges, locking nuts and pivot-rods...suppliers always change
whenever I run out.
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Nice job giving the wrong answer to a question she didn't ask from
10 years ago.