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Posted by DerbyDad03 on October 28, 2008, 10:01 pm
> We have a fairly new, but out of warranty, bathtub that has one of those
> stoppers which are operated by the press of the foot.
>
> Engaging the stopper is easy enough, but disengaging is all but impossibl=
e.
> We now have to manually pull the stopper up, then wedge a blade into it t=
o
> keep it open while it drains.
>
> We'd be quite happy to use an old-fashioned rubber stopper, but we don't
> know how to remove the foot-operated device.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
I thought one of those foot operated stoppers would be cool, so I
installed one when I replaced the tub. That turned out to be a very,
very bad move.
I have 2 daughters and a wife, all with roughly shoulder length hair.
Every few months I had to dismantle the drain to remove the large
clump of hair that would get caught below the stopper. That involved
unscrewing the chrome stopper, then using a tapered seat wrench to
remove the basket underneath. Easily a half-hour job every time.
Less than a year after installing it, I tore it out and replaced it
with a standard lever activated pop-up. Now the hair sits on top of
the drain, instead of half-way down it.
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