Hello,

I bought a plastic bath waste from Screwfix (I didn't realise it was
plastic at the time, IIRC the catalogue is a bit misleading).
Unfortunately I screwed it too tight and the plastic cracked and the
bath leaked.

So I bought another and screwed it loosely; so loosely it leaked again


So I've now bought a metal waste from BES, so that this cannot break
if I overtighten it. The problem is that it does not come with
instructions, nor can BES supply any. They gave me the manufacturer's
email but they haven't replied.

It is a slotted metal waste that obviously drops through the plughole
but there is a plastic "thing" that fits around the waste under the
bath. This covers the slot, so that the overfow can be connected. The
only way I can describe the plastic "thing" is to say it is like a
circular one-way conduit box: a circle with a bit extending, onto
which the overflow pipe is connected.

I cannot see how I make this plastic thing make a watertight seal.
there don't seem to be enough washers in the kit. There is also a
rigid "washer", a donought of black plastic that is a few millimetres
thick and I can't see the point of that? Surely a washer should be
flexible; a thick, rigid washer will not make a watertight seal.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:44:42 +0000, Stephen
wrote:

Hello,

I bought a plastic bath waste from Screwfix (I didn't realise it was
plastic at the time, IIRC the catalogue is a bit misleading).
Unfortunately I screwed it too tight and the plastic cracked and the
bath leaked.

So I bought another and screwed it loosely; so loosely it leaked again


So I've now bought a metal waste from BES, so that this cannot break
if I overtighten it. The problem is that it does not come with
instructions, nor can BES supply any. They gave me the manufacturer's
email but they haven't replied.

It is a slotted metal waste that obviously drops through the plughole
but there is a plastic "thing" that fits around the waste under the
bath. This covers the slot, so that the overfow can be connected. The
only way I can describe the plastic "thing" is to say it is like a
circular one-way conduit box: a circle with a bit extending, onto
which the overflow pipe is connected.

I cannot see how I make this plastic thing make a watertight seal.
there don't seem to be enough washers in the kit. There is also a
rigid "washer", a donought of black plastic that is a few millimetres
thick and I can't see the point of that? Surely a washer should be
flexible; a thick, rigid washer will not make a watertight seal.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

Is this kit just the waste or is it both waste AND overflow?

I have just looked under my bath to see how I did it ,probably with
the same waste . The drain fits in to the bath hole and iirc I used
some LSX sealant .The thing that covers the slots in the drain( Banjo
fitting) goes under the bath ,again using LSX,the black washer goes
next and the backnut last .The black washer I fitted is quite thin so
I don't recognise anything a few mill thick .Is there not a thinner
washer( or two) ? in the set .

What I am not sure about looking at it is whether the "banjo" fitting
for the overflow has flanges top and bottom or whether I have put
washers above and below .Obviously I don't want unscrew it to check .
I have a funny feeling that there was a solid washer that was supposed
to go at the back of the overflow but I couldn't get it to tighten so
I cut out a round piece of rubber and fitted that to the back of the
overflow ( under the bath) and secured it with LSX then fitted the
backnut .It all sealed very well .

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:13:58 +0000, wrote:

Is this kit just the waste or is it both waste AND overflow?

There is waste and overflow, so some of the washers are for the
overflow, I guess.

"Stephen" wrote in message
...
It is a slotted metal waste that obviously drops through the plughole
but there is a plastic "thing" that fits around the waste under the
bath. This covers the slot, so that the overfow can be connected. The
only way I can describe the plastic "thing" is to say it is like a
circular one-way conduit box: a circle with a bit extending, onto
which the overflow pipe is connected.

I cannot see how I make this plastic thing make a watertight seal.
there don't seem to be enough washers in the kit. There is also a
rigid "washer", a donought of black plastic that is a few millimetres
thick and I can't see the point of that? Surely a washer should be
flexible; a thick, rigid washer will not make a watertight seal.

**** aren't they? Mine is the same.
I ended up smearing silicone all over the bloody thing, there was still a
slight weep, I put a tub under it to catch the drips with a view to faffing
with it some more but it seems to have sorted itself out, I presume regular
bath waste has clogged the leak and made a seal.

Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I bought a plastic bath waste from Screwfix (I didn't realise it was
plastic at the time, IIRC the catalogue is a bit misleading).
Unfortunately I screwed it too tight and the plastic cracked and the
bath leaked.

So I bought another and screwed it loosely; so loosely it leaked again


So I've now bought a metal waste from BES, so that this cannot break
if I overtighten it. The problem is that it does not come with
instructions, nor can BES supply any. They gave me the manufacturer's
email but they haven't replied.

It is a slotted metal waste that obviously drops through the plughole
but there is a plastic "thing" that fits around the waste under the
bath. This covers the slot, so that the overfow can be connected. The
only way I can describe the plastic "thing" is to say it is like a
circular one-way conduit box: a circle with a bit extending, onto
which the overflow pipe is connected.

I cannot see how I make this plastic thing make a watertight seal.
there don't seem to be enough washers in the kit. There is also a
rigid "washer", a donought of black plastic that is a few millimetres
thick and I can't see the point of that? Surely a washer should be
flexible; a thick, rigid washer will not make a watertight seal.

Can anyone help me?


welcome to the world of crap bath fittings.

generally there is a rigid washer and a flexible rubber one on most
fittings. Perhaps you have a part missing. ts fairly common in DIY sheds
for people to nick parts they hace broken out of the bxes on the shelves ;-)

But in the end, most of thee cheap fittings are crap anyway: the answer
is a tube of silicone sealer. Smear every surface that needs to be
watertight with it, screw up finger tight, remove surplus, wait 24 hours
and then tighten fairly hard.



Thanks.