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[paints]

Sinks aren't supposed to hold water?

That's what my maintenance man said.

I had a cracked pipe in the faucet, and water was pouring out underneath the sink. 
He replaced the faucet and the pipes underneath, and no more leak. 
Except when I filled the sink, the water drained out. 

He said it's all right, that bathroom sinks aren't supposed to hold water.   

[MichelleHW101]

That's BS.  Get a different maintenance man.  He don't know anything. It doesn't matter if it's a bathroom sink.  If the water drains out you need a different sized gasket.  It's that simple.  You see, like other leak-stopping areas of your sink, the plug, or stopper, can get gunked up or its gasket can wear out which causes a drain.  You can fix this without much trouble. You won't even need to turn off the water to the sink, although you should make sure no one turns on the faucet while you're working. For this job, you'll need channel-type pliers, a small wire brush and a screwdriver. The control mechanism for a pop-up type stopper is a lever-type assembly called the clevis. It's a vertical rod that extends down from the faucet area and attaches to a horizontal pivot rod, which juts from a retaining nut located on the drain pipe between the drain opening and the P-trap (the big bend in the pipe). The pivot rod is attached to the bottom part of the stopper. When you engage the stopper by pulling up on the clevis, it pulls the pivot rod up and out, yanking the stopper down into place and holding it there. Go ahead and engage the stopper. Shine a light on the horizontal pivot rod and look for the retaining nut that holds the rod in place. Unscrew the nut and pull out the rod. Go back to the top of the sink and pull the stopper up out of the drain completely. Clean away gunk with a wire brush. If the stopper has a gasket, replace the gasket with one the same size. Put the stopper back into the sink, lining up the small eye hole on the bottom end with the pivot rod. Reinsert the pivot rod and tighten the retaining nut. Test the stopper to ensure it works and holds water. If the stopper doesn't go all the way down, or the clevis won't stay up after you engage it, adjust the position of the clevis on the pivot rod. Loosen the small screw that attaches the clevis to the pivot rod and slide the clevis up or down the rod. Retighten and test.  If it still leaks then replace the stopper and the the faucet which comes with it's own stopper.  But bathroom sinks are meant to hold water if all the parts are correct.  Your plumber just handed you a line of bs since it was clear he really didn't know what was causing the drainage.   

[sdenimandlace1]

Funny I always thought they were suppose too.

[shawnix]

Wow... lol  Was he being funny or just making an excuse for his poor workmanship?

[snuggleycutejc]

they're also heavy. I had an old sink like over 50 years yet still in the box I sold it. cool

[singletonb]

I also think that you need a new maintenance man. Unless he was joking

[paints]

That's BS.  Get a different maintenance man.  He don't know anything. It doesn't matter if it's a bathroom sink.  If the water drains out you need a different sized gasket.  It's that simple.  You see, like other leak-stopping areas of your sink, the plug, or stopper, can get gunked up or its gasket can wear out which causes a drain.  You can fix this without much trouble. You won't even need to turn off the water to the sink, although you should make sure no one turns on the faucet while you're working. For this job, you'll need channel-type pliers, a small wire brush and a screwdriver. The control mechanism for a pop-up type stopper is a lever-type assembly called the clevis. It's a vertical rod that extends down from the faucet area and attaches to a horizontal pivot rod, which juts from a retaining nut located on the drain pipe between the drain opening and the P-trap (the big bend in the pipe). The pivot rod is attached to the bottom part of the stopper. When you engage the stopper by pulling up on the clevis, it pulls the pivot rod up and out, yanking the stopper down into place and holding it there. Go ahead and engage the stopper. Shine a light on the horizontal pivot rod and look for the retaining nut that holds the rod in place. Unscrew the nut and pull out the rod. Go back to the top of the sink and pull the stopper up out of the drain completely. Clean away gunk with a wire brush. If the stopper has a gasket, replace the gasket with one the same size. Put the stopper back into the sink, lining up the small eye hole on the bottom end with the pivot rod. Reinsert the pivot rod and tighten the retaining nut. Test the stopper to ensure it works and holds water. If the stopper doesn't go all the way down, or the clevis won't stay up after you engage it, adjust the position of the clevis on the pivot rod. Loosen the small screw that attaches the clevis to the pivot rod and slide the clevis up or down the rod. Retighten and test.  If it still leaks then replace the stopper and the the faucet which comes with it's own stopper.  But bathroom sinks are meant to hold water if all the parts are correct.  Your plumber just handed you a line of bs since it was clear he really didn't know what was causing the drainage.   

Thank you for that detailed explanation.  From what I can tell, the stopper needs a gasket that is slightly larger, and then some adjustment to the pivot rod.
I didn't have any problems with that sink leaking until the apartment management decided I had to have a pop up stopper. 
So far, they've put in four different stoppers, changed out the metal pipes for PVC, and replaced the entire faucet assembly. 
It's not leaking on the floor now, which is an improvement, but it's still not working as it's supposed to.

[countrygirl12]

Sinks aren't supposed to hold water?

That's what my maintenance man said.

I had a cracked pipe in the faucet, and water was pouring out underneath the sink. 
He replaced the faucet and the pipes underneath, and no more leak. 
Except when I filled the sink, the water drained out. 

He said it's all right, that bathroom sinks aren't supposed to hold water.   

Then why do they have a stopper to stop the sink up?  SMH. People are so stupid.

[paints]

Wow... lol  Was he being funny or just making an excuse for his poor workmanship?

No, he was dead serious.  He said that bathroom sinks are only supposed to be used for things like washing your hands or shaving, so they don't really need to hold water...
He got really upset when I called BS. 

[paints]

Sinks aren't supposed to hold water?

That's what my maintenance man said.

I had a cracked pipe in the faucet, and water was pouring out underneath the sink. 
He replaced the faucet and the pipes underneath, and no more leak. 
Except when I filled the sink, the water drained out. 

He said it's all right, that bathroom sinks aren't supposed to hold water.   

Then why do they have a stopper to stop the sink up?  SMH. People are so stupid.

Exactly!  I don't know if he's stupid, or if he just thought I was lol

[bshee58]

He don't know what he's talking about, sinks are suppose to hold water, that's why they had sink stoppers to hold water.

[countrygirl12]

Sinks aren't supposed to hold water?

That's what my maintenance man said.

I had a cracked pipe in the faucet, and water was pouring out underneath the sink. 
He replaced the faucet and the pipes underneath, and no more leak. 
Except when I filled the sink, the water drained out. 

He said it's all right, that bathroom sinks aren't supposed to hold water.   

Then why do they have a stopper to stop the sink up?  SMH. People are so stupid.

Exactly!  I don't know if he's stupid, or if he just thought I was lol

I talked to a guy that use to work at Lowe's and he told me you can convince people of anything if you say it with confidence and don't say uhh or stutter when you speak.  He went on to tell me some stuff he had gotten people to believe.    He is actually right.   I convinced a woman that the reason the eggs were all cracked at Walmart was because some of them were coming in with baby chickens inside and that they chicks were pecking at the shells cracking them.  LOL

[hkckk5]

That just seems weird. I thought that sinks were suppose to hold water. I can't imagine why he said that.
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[paints]

Sinks aren't supposed to hold water?

That's what my maintenance man said.

I had a cracked pipe in the faucet, and water was pouring out underneath the sink. 
He replaced the faucet and the pipes underneath, and no more leak. 
Except when I filled the sink, the water drained out. 

He said it's all right, that bathroom sinks aren't supposed to hold water.   

Then why do they have a stopper to stop the sink up?  SMH. People are so stupid.

Exactly!  I don't know if he's stupid, or if he just thought I was lol

I talked to a guy that use to work at Lowe's and he told me you can convince people of anything if you say it with confidence and don't say uhh or stutter when you speak.  He went on to tell me some stuff he had gotten people to believe.    He is actually right.   I convinced a woman that the reason the eggs were all cracked at Walmart was because some of them were coming in with baby chickens inside and that they chicks were pecking at the shells cracking them.  LOL

LOL that's awesome!  I guess we're all gullible sometimes.

[ancmetro]

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