Clean a Pop-up Sink Part 2

Kitchen And Bathroom Renovation : Clean a Pop-up Sink Part 2

HOW TO

First You must find the retaining nut below your sink.

Second, with pliers, unscrew the retaining nut and draw it back onto the pivot rod. Do not run the water after you've loosened the retaining nut of the pop-up; it will leak from that opening. (see picture below)

Third, pull back the pivot rod until you can see the pivot ball; this action will release the stopper.(see picture below)

Fourth, pull out the stopper from the top of the sink and clean off the hair and muck.(see picture below)

Fifth, reinsert the clean stopper and push the pivot rod back into its original position. You will need to catch the hole at the lower part of the stopper with the tip of the pivot rod, which can be a quite tricky. Easily twist the stopper until the hole lines up with the pivot rod. You will know you have got it when you tug on the stopper and it does not come out.

Sixth, tighten the retaining nut with the pliers.

And last step, to be sure the pop-up is screwed in properly, close the pop-up, fill the sink with water, release the pop-up, and see if water drips from the retaining nut. If it does, snug down the retaining nut a bit more.

Do you smell foul odors from your drain?

Have you ever noticed that when you fi st run water, a nasty odor wafts up from the drain? What you’re smelling comes from a residue that builds up along the pipe between the drain and the P-trap (the U-shaped curve of pipe under the sink). The P-trap holds water that acts as a barrier to prevent sewer gases from
backing up into the drain, yet, it can’t stop odors from a “bio-film” that grows along the pipe between the P-trap and the sink. To remove this bio-film, simply remove the stopper or strainer and scrub with a disinfectant cleanser. Then scrub down the drain pipe with a bottle brush.

Clean a Pop-up Sink Part 1