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Why only an overflow in the bathroom Limp Arbor 05-02-2008
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Posted by Mark on May 3, 2008, 9:23 am

> ransley wrote:
>>> A friend of mine got some fancy undermount sink for his throne room
>>> sink and said it had no overflow drain. I told him not to worry about
>>> and not to install the pop-up stopper if he was concerned.
>>>
>>> Then I got to thinking...
>>> No overflow drain in slop sinks...
>>> No overflow drain in kitchen sinks...
>>> Seems that only in bathroom sinks is an overflow drain standard
>>>
>>> Anyone know why?
>>
>> cheaper to make
>
> And six year old kids use bathroom sinks (as well as teenagers)

Yes, but do you really think that tiny little hole they call the 'overflow
drain will really keep up when the faucet is on full-bore? I doubt any of
mine would!


Posted by DT on May 2, 2008, 5:35 pm

>Then I got to thinking...
>No overflow drain in slop sinks...
>No overflow drain in kitchen sinks...

They do make them. My Blanco kitchen sink has an overflow. Bathtubs have them
also.

--
Dennis


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 2, 2008, 9:24 pm
On May 2, 5:35=EF=BF=BDpm, dthompson4...@wowway.com (DT) wrote:
> >Then I got to thinking...
> >No overflow drain in slop sinks...
> >No overflow drain in kitchen sinks...
>
> They do make them. My Blanco kitchen sink has an overflow. Bathtubs have t=
hem
> also.
>
> --
> Dennis

bathtub over fill preventers are part of the tub drain valve lever
assembly. although they arent adquate to carry a full flow over time

Posted by Oren on May 2, 2008, 9:51 pm
On Fri, 2 May 2008 07:18:20 -0700 (PDT), Limp Arbor

>Seems that only in bathroom sinks is an overflow drain standard

I installed a vessel sink on top of the vanity. No overflow for the
vessel or the tail pipe drain piece.


Posted by on May 10, 2008, 8:28 pm
> A friend of mine got some fancy undermount sink for his throne room
> sink and said it had no overflow drain. =A0I told him not to worry about
> and not to install the pop-up stopper if he was concerned.
>
> Then I got to thinking...
> No overflow drain in slop sinks...
> No overflow drain in kitchen sinks...
> Seems that only inbathroomsinks is an overflow drain standard
>
> Anyone know why?



I had a simular situation of confusion concerning sinks and drains
when I bought a vanity, vessel sink, faucet & drain, the whole set
basically and I figured it would be simple to put it all together and
to my surprise it was pretty confusing haha Spend about an hour
banging the drain up against my head. :-) But luckily the place i
bought it all from (moderndanish.com) had helpful videos and phone
support to walk me through it. I think as long as the place you're
buying it from has really good support than that really helps!!!

Just one of my random thoughts :-)





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