Drain cover handles

[brum_screwdriver]

I used a claw hammer to gently lift up this handle, expecting it to be rubber, but it just snapped. What have I done wrong? How do I get the cover off? Can the broken bits be replaced? There is reference to a "key" which I assume i need to buy?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Someone has screwed through the cap which is why you broke it, anyway you need to stick a screwdriver in the slot and the handle should come out. Then you'll be probably be asking how to lift it out because it's jammed.

 

[brum_screwdriver]

Someone has screwed through the cap which is why you broke it, anyway you need to stick a screwdriver in the slot and the handle should come out. Then you'll be probably be asking how to lift it out because it's jammed.

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Genius! Thank you. After posting this I thought "why not just google it" (I actually like to ask on forums as fellow forumites will advise if i'm asking the wrong question, plus it creates content for google to refer to). In this instance google did not identify that the handle is built in!

Can you get replacement covers? I did a quick search but only found ones that cost £10 each which seems a bit steep.

 

[brum_screwdriver]

Someone has screwed through the cap which is why you broke it, anyway you need to stick a screwdriver in the slot and the handle should come out. Then you'll be probably be asking how to lift it out because it's jammed.

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And yes ... it is indeed jammed (i successfully popped the handles up though). Suggestions on how to remedy would be gratefully received

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It's probably just heavy. Due to being full of concrete and paving slab.

These things are designed to look pretty, if you wanted easy to lift but ugly then you should have got a metal or plastic one.

See if you can lever under it, against a plank so you don't mess up the face of the neighbouring slab. Once you've got it to move once (and fall back) you should be able to lift it.

 

[noseall]

And yes ... it is indeed jammed (i successfully popped the handles up though). Suggestions on how to remedy would be gratefully received

We have not succesfully lifted one (intact) yet. Even wiyth bolster chisels, swearing, hammering and effort. With paver inset types we have lifted the contents out of the lid (in order) and got the lid up that way.

Lord knows how you are supposed to do it with concrete or bedded slabs in there.

 

[noseall]

And yes ... it is indeed jammed (i successfully popped the handles up though). Suggestions on how to remedy would be gratefully received

As I have said, we have yet to lift one successfully without removing the material from inside the lid.

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[brum_screwdriver]

I don't know if it makes any difference to the weight/chances of lifting intact, but the slabs are porcelain 20mm

 

[HERTS P&D]

Noseall, you need one of these:

Andy

 

[HERTS P&D]

And yes ... it is indeed jammed (i successfully popped the handles up though). Suggestions on how to remedy would be gratefully received

Go around the edge with a pressure washer and clean any grit out.

Andy

 

[noseall]

Noseall, you need one of these:

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Andy

The trouble with some of those lids is, they are so stuck fast, that the lid AND frame comes up with it. There is just too much friction on those broad sides.

 

[^woody^]

IIRC, all iron covers should be set in grease to prevent them rusting to the frame.

 

[^woody^]

Noseall, you need one of these:

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Andy

Should be in pink for the girlies

 

[noseall]

IIRC, all iron covers should be set in grease to prevent them rusting to the frame.

We did that once. Still a bastad to get up. They fill with crud eventually.

 

[foxhole]

You can hire a 4wheel lift dolly from Travis Perkins, made lifting a 1200x1000 access slab easy .