basin without overflow help!

norbellini · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:00 pm

my daughter has bought a basin for her bathroom , and there isnt a overflow at the back of the basin for a standard fix. Could you tell me how i can get over the problem

jonjb · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:16 pm

Do you mean that the basin is without an overflow at all or that it has an integral overflow?

If there is no overflow at all then the solution is to not fill the basin too far.

If it is an integral overflow then standard waste fitting is fine as the water is directed back to standard waste.

norbellini · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:22 pm

no overflow fitted so second suggestion applies .Hit the kids abou the head with a soggy loofer if we have a waterfall and the flor tiles come up, oh joy!

kevindgas · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:23 pm

A washing bowl never had an overflow - that is what you have a modern washing bowl with a hole in the bottom! no overflow!

usually these things are sold as trendy modern look made of glass or stone in fact any material often just plonked onto a stainless steel bracket

JohnD · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:36 pm

buy a different basin?

norbellini · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:44 pm

thanks a lot

jonjb · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:53 pm

Norbellini,

If the thought of the kids overfilling the basin is a great worry then you could always fit a pair of non concussive taps.

buck51 · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:01 pm

IT sounds like a medical hand wash basin it should not have a plug hole either, but a flush fitting grating

jonjb · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:07 pm

There are more and more of these hand basins popping up now as they are designed for aesthetics. Not just medical now. Not a great fan of them myself but must admit that they look pretty.

They just go against the whole theory that form follows function!