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Do you have a Kraus sink? Drainage basket question.

9 years ago

Plumber decided, without asking me, that he would put in the more traditional sink drain - instead of the cute one that came with my Kraus sink. He said that the plastic parts can crack. (Unfortunately, I was not quick enough to point out that my house is now filled with PVC drain pipes.)

Does anyone have this Kraus drain basket? Do you like it? Should I make plumber change it out?

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Mags438

9 years ago

I have a kraus sink but switched out for garbage disposal hookup. It is true - the plastic ones do crack. It made my list of 'reasons a remodel is needed now'. The bottom of my sink base eventually got destroyed.

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9 years ago
Thank you Mags438!
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huango
9 years ago
hmmmm...
my plumber asked to switch my kraus drain for the one he had because of the way my plumbing was set: the Kraus one was too ?long?. Else he would have had to replumb everything.

I don't like the quality of the one he installed (seems low-grade metal), but perhaps it's better than a plastic one?

I didn't look/didn't know the Kraus drain was plastic.

Amanda
lisapoi
9 years ago
My husband also said the Kraus drain basket was too long and swapped it out for a shorter, but very similar, drain basket. To be honest, it is a bit of a pain to constantly be cleaning it as it fills with bits and pieces of stuff quickly. I guess it is better to toss this junk in the trash than to let it go down the drain, but it is icky to have to constantly clean it out.
gardenamy
9 years ago
mdln - I have the original Kraus drain basket. I love it. My last sink had the type of drain that your plumber installed. Worked ok until years later when it wouldn't hold the water. I like the deeper basket for catching things vs the smaller one that I used to have.
Shell King
9 years ago
but if I understand correctly, you wouldn't have either if you had a garbage disposal, right? I'm getting ready to install my new Kraus sink and I'll be adding a disposal. Thanks.
Errant_gw
9 years ago
My Kraus is split 60/40, so I have the GD on the small side, and the large drain basket on the other side. I love it, but yes, I was up all night trying to figure out the new placement of my drain pipes.

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