i replaced the basket strainer and the locknut is plastic. i tightened down as much as i could by hand but the way the strainer was designed it doesn’t look like it will go flush with the sink. the angle is a little different so there is a tiny grove where food could get caught but there aren’t any leaks. it’s a double sink. also now if i push down in the middle between the two sinks it seems to give on the edge where the faucet is. is this normal? i didn’t pay too much attention to it before.
it’s a cheap basket strainer i guess. the top is steal and the rest is abs plastic. i wasn’t sure if i should use a wrench on it because it’s plastic.
and i used the plumbers putty but it the lip isn’t flush with the sink groove. it has a slight gap but there is no leak. it’s just angled a little more higher than the last one. the last one had a lip that was thinner and more like an L shape than this one. this one tapers off.
I used to have this flat strainer with a handle. When I went to pour out pasta, I just held it against the pot and tilted it against it over the sink. It was plastic. It was shapped like a half-circle.
Does anyone know where I can get one or what they’re called? I can’t even find one on eBay.
but the part that the first pipe screws into when you unscrew it it looks almost like a strainer or is it like a built in strainer its the thing that stops the sink from having a big hole in it i guess to stop the food from going down the pipes?
Because he had to unclog the bathtub and instead of putting bleach in the toilet to sterilize it, he put it in your kitchen sink, next to all your freshly wash dishes gleaming away in the strainer… Because I flipped the **** out and told him he had to sterilize my sink and rewash all my dishes with bleach but he won’t and he called me stupid like I’m being petty about it. Am I being petty? Because I think it’s sick.
I have gotten everything done except adding the tailpiece washer and slip nut. There is already a plastic nut on the pipe. It goes on fine if the washer is not in. It won’t fit if I put in the washer. Q1: Is it ok if I leave the plastic nut or do I have to take that off and add the metal one that came with the basket strainer? Q2: Can I leave out the tailpiece washer? What might happen if I do? Q3: The washer will fit if I put it in upside down. Which is better, to leave the washer out or to put it in upside down or neither?
I just replaced the drainage pipe that comes after the sink strainer. I used plumbers putty to cover all the areas water can come out from. What should be done to prevent water from coming out where the sink strainer and drainage pipe meet because water still manages to get out?
It’s like a strainer. It has holes to let the water out, but keeps the spoons, forks, knives, etc. inside.
It fits right in the corner of the sink. Anyone know where to get one of these things??
I am trying to change out my basket strainer. I got the nut off that connects basket to pipe, but the bigger nut is just spinning. How can I get it off now that I’ve already broken the seal for the plumber’s putty? I tried a wrench, but I am not strong enough to hold it back while i try to turn the nut in the other direction. What am I going to do??? Now all the plumber’s putty is gone from the old basket strainer so i can’t put it back even if i wanted to!
Also, when I put the new one in, there is no cardboard washer. Is that ok?