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enigma-2 (IN)
Silly little question, have just installed a laundry tub in the basement and it uses a rubber stopper to stop the tub so it can fill wit water. Wife wants a chain on the stopper so it doesn't get lost (no chain came with it) and I can't figure out how or where to attach the chain to the tub. Did a goggle search and all I could find was some Victorian parts that attach a chain to a sink for boucou bucks. Does anyone know of a small part I could use to attach a rubber stopped chain to a plastic laundry tub? Cheaper the better.
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KCRoto (MO)
If the chain is long enough, just loop it around the spout and connect it on itself with a split ring like you use for car keys.
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hj (AZ)
You might be able to find a "chain stay" which is a ring you attach to the sink and hook the chain to it.
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packy (MA)
you would be better off if you bought a few more rubber stoppers and replace the stoppers as they get lost.
i saw them for 89 cents on the internet.
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enigma-2 (IN)
Chain stay is what I was looking for.
Can't find any. (cept some touted for "Victorian" fixtures costing $40-$50! Looking for the $3 variety).
Any ideas?
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enigma-2 (IN)
>If the chain is long enough, just loop it around the spout and connect it on itself with a split ring like you use for car keys.
Yea, chain's not long enough. Thanks.
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Satchmoeddie (AZ)
How about a stainless steel screw eye on machine threads (or just a bolt), with stainless steel nuts, and a split ring. It is not fancy, but neither is my laundry room. I am assuming it is a plastic sink, you can drill a hole into. I do not like zinc plated hardware around sinks. It tends to eventually rust. Another option is a machine screw butterfly anchor into the wall, with a screw eye. I build guitars & guitar amplifiers, and use lots of stainless steel screws, nuts and bolts on them. The oils & acids in peoples' hands strips zinc, nickel, or gold plating off hardware. Chrome comes off a little slower. Stainless is stainless. There is a lot of stainless hardware out there online. The chain hardware stores also tend to have a selection of stainless hardware too. Ace, True Value, and the like. I dislike fighting my way through rust & corrosion, and the stains left behind aferword, so I went to using stainless quite a while back. I am not so sure if the wife is trying to keep the stopper from getting lost, or she just wants a way to track it to the bottom of the basin. Either way, try to make her happy.
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enigma-2 (IN)
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. (Good suggestions too).
What I ended up doing is attaching a chain (wish I had a ball-type chain, but used a cabinet chain ((sharp edges on the links)) which is what I had laying around) and attached it to the top of the incoming water line with a wire tie (hidden just out of sight).
Works good enough, but may eventually will get a ball-chain (easier on the fingers).
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