Hi folks,
I really appreciate the help I've gotten on this forum. Our new Drake is installed, and has been awesome. (Only toilet in the house, eight of us (kids from 12 years down to 4 using it), almost a month now and we've had NO clogs, the CEFIONTECT (CeFiONtect) really does cut down on cleaning, and I'm a happy mama. (At least on that point. lol)
Now, I'm putting together the drain & trap for my new kitchen sink (Ikea Domsjo apron-front), and I've read somewhere that stainless strainers with a rubber gasket underneath don't need anything to seal them on the topside. (I read it on the internet, so it must be true, right? ) The strainer that came with the sink has a generous rubber gasket underneath the sink that seems to really snug up and seal well, and a thin white styrofoam-looking gasket for the inside-the-sink side of things. But. The white gasket leaves a space between the flange of the strainer and the sink surface, as the gasket isn't as wide as the strainer flange. I don't want to leave it that way, as I won't be able to clean under there. (Yuk!) And it just doesn't look nice, with the flange standing proud of the sink surface. But I'm not sure I want to use plumber's putty, either, as it's so stinky and I'll be using the sink to wash/prep bulk produce. I've used plumber's putty before, and so I know how . . . I just want to be sure it's what I really need to do before actually using it.
Fwiw, looking at the way the strainer is constructed, any dripping water that might find its way under the strainer flange would be caught in the gasket and directed down the drain.
I really appreciate the help I've gotten on this forum. Our new Drake is installed, and has been awesome. (Only toilet in the house, eight of us (kids from 12 years down to 4 using it), almost a month now and we've had NO clogs, the CEFIONTECT (CeFiONtect) really does cut down on cleaning, and I'm a happy mama. (At least on that point. lol)
Now, I'm putting together the drain & trap for my new kitchen sink (Ikea Domsjo apron-front), and I've read somewhere that stainless strainers with a rubber gasket underneath don't need anything to seal them on the topside. (I read it on the internet, so it must be true, right? ) The strainer that came with the sink has a generous rubber gasket underneath the sink that seems to really snug up and seal well, and a thin white styrofoam-looking gasket for the inside-the-sink side of things. But. The white gasket leaves a space between the flange of the strainer and the sink surface, as the gasket isn't as wide as the strainer flange. I don't want to leave it that way, as I won't be able to clean under there. (Yuk!) And it just doesn't look nice, with the flange standing proud of the sink surface. But I'm not sure I want to use plumber's putty, either, as it's so stinky and I'll be using the sink to wash/prep bulk produce. I've used plumber's putty before, and so I know how . . . I just want to be sure it's what I really need to do before actually using it.
Fwiw, looking at the way the strainer is constructed, any dripping water that might find its way under the strainer flange would be caught in the gasket and directed down the drain.