broken bath plug

innab · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:41 pm Post Subject: broken bath plug

can anyone help my daughter stood on the bath plug when we were draining the bath had to use a knife to pull it back up but it came totally out and now when we put the plug in itdrops straight to the closed position and it doesn\\\'t come back up with the (twiddley bit technical term.) what can i do... help please....

Softus · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:21 pm Post Subject:

This sounds like a pop-up waste, and your daughter might have bent or even broken the mechanism the lifts the plug.

You'd need to get underneath the bath to examine the mechanism and diagnose the problem.

innab · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:44 pm Post Subject: Thankyou

Thankyou very much for replying. i will get my husband to have a look this weekend and see what she has done....Thankyou for your help