[SOLVED} Pedestal sink stopper stuck

[MoodyBlues]

True enough, it should work, especially after paying for it to be functional. But I'm with you... if it's not needed it's certainly not a priority. The stopper on my tub/shower was functional the last time it was used. That was likely in the late seventies or early eighties. I personally don't feel as clean after a bath like I do after a shower so I shower. The tub has not been used as such since we had a big dog. The little dogs that followed always bathed in the kitchen sink.

Personally, I think baths are gross. I already felt that way anyway, but after re-watching an episode of "Extreme Cheapskates," it was reinforced big-time! This one family (two adults and two teenagers) all use the same bath water, one after the other, starting with Dad. By the time they showed the youngest in the tub--and the mother's voiceover was saying 'we don't have cooties, we never get that dirty....' the water was BROWN. Brown!! Ugh.

Oh, and it's COLD water. They don't believe in using heat, either.

I used to bathe my Great Danes in the tub, but using the hand-held shower, i.e., not filling up/stopping the tub. In the summer, they were bathed outside (in the sizzling 100+ degree heat). I haven't taken a bath in decades....nor do I want to! The next time I have someone here who can fix the trip lever, maybe I'll ask them to do that. Or not. I don't really care. I've lived in this house for 16 years now, and haven't needed to use the tub for bathing since my grandchildren were babies--they're both in double-digits now!

 

[olbriar]

Personally, I think baths are gross. I already felt that way anyway, but after re-watching an episode of "Extreme Cheapskates," it was reinforced big-time! This one family (two adults and two teenagers) all use the same bath water, one after the other, starting with Dad. By the time they showed the youngest in the tub--and the mother's voiceover was saying 'we don't have cooties, we never get that dirty....' the water was BROWN. Brown!! Ugh.

Oh, and it's COLD water. They don't believe in using heat, either.

I used to bathe my Great Danes in the tub, but using the hand-held shower, i.e., not filling up/stopping the tub. In the summer, they were bathed outside (in the sizzling 100+ degree heat). I haven't taken a bath in decades....nor do I want to! The next time I have someone here who can fix the trip lever, maybe I'll ask them to do that. Or not. I don't really care. I've lived in this house for 16 years now, and haven't needed to use the tub for bathing since my grandchildren were babies--they're both in double-digits now!

I trimmed a multi million dollar home a few years before retiring. One of the slick things they installed was a pet shower. It was walk in and larger than a tub shower. Not only did it have a hand held shower outlet, it had a number of shower heads that imitated a gentle rain fall.
It had two benches so one could sit while bathing their dog. It was slick!!! I had a Saint Bernard for a decade or so that was a real treat to bathe. He was as big as the tub and left little room to get in there with him and impossible to bathe from outside the tub. When I saw that pet shower I thought how wonderful that would have been back in the day. The German Shepard and the mom and pop Dalmatian weren't a problem and their son begged for a bath.