My house is completely fitted with click-clack wastes and they've started to fail in various ways. In theory you can unscrew the piston section for maintenance but mine are solidly stuck to the waste itself and when I try to turn them, the whole waste starts to rotate as well. I can't use too much force as the copper is so soft that the unit distorts.
Any ideas? Or is it going to be simplest to remove the wastes and work on them on the bench, so to speak?
Now to get a bit more specific:
- one of the basin pistons just fell apart, leaving me effectively with a copper tube ticking up in the middle of the waste. If I put grips on that it just starts to tear apart. (But at least I can put a plug over it as a temporary measure). Ideas?
- in the bath, the piston is intact but just goes up and down without latching. I cannot unscrew the unit from the waste. And I'm pretty sure that if I "lock" the waste with a screwdriver, the grips will just strip something in the unit. Ideas?
Things will get desperate soon as my wife loves her baths and there's no way at present to put a plug in. Thanks on her behalf.
Any ideas? Or is it going to be simplest to remove the wastes and work on them on the bench, so to speak?
Now to get a bit more specific:
- one of the basin pistons just fell apart, leaving me effectively with a copper tube ticking up in the middle of the waste. If I put grips on that it just starts to tear apart. (But at least I can put a plug over it as a temporary measure). Ideas?
- in the bath, the piston is intact but just goes up and down without latching. I cannot unscrew the unit from the waste. And I'm pretty sure that if I "lock" the waste with a screwdriver, the grips will just strip something in the unit. Ideas?
Things will get desperate soon as my wife loves her baths and there's no way at present to put a plug in. Thanks on her behalf.