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do I need a popup drain for lav sink?

9 years ago

Hi all,

I'm replacing a faucet and noticed a few (more commercial types) don't have the popup assembly and instead have a nice strainer drain cover. After a lifetime of fiddling with malfunctioning popups and never actually filling a bathroom sink (since I've grown up and stopped playing in the sink), what the heck are they for?

This will be in a kid bathroom. Any reason not to forgo the popup and just get a strainer drain? It seems like it would be much better at catching hair and leaves and toothpaste caps and marbles not to mention the aerator screen that I happened to lose down the drain the other day...

Thanks!

Comments (2)

Babka NorCal 9b
9 years ago
For your situation it makes sense to me. Down the line if you change your mind, you can always install the click clack kind that you close and open with a push of your finger. Those lever operated ones rarely made a tight seal for me except when they were first installed, and the lever is one more moving part to clean on the faucet.

-Babka
Fori
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for the confirmation, Babka. I was wondering if I missed something obvious!
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