Click Clack Wastes

Push the top once to seal, push again to drain. Click clack wastes do away with the plug and chain entirely, which is why they have become the default on modern basins. Available slotted and unslotted, square and round, in chrome, matt black, brushed brass and brushed nickel, plus easy clean versions for the bath.

The mechanism is a sprung cartridge inside the waste body. The easy clean models let you lift the top off without tools so you can pull hair out of the throat, which is the one job a click clack makes harder than a plug and chain.

Click clack: the trade-offs

• No plug to lose and nothing hanging over the front of the basin.
• Choose an easy clean version if the basin is used for hair washing.
• Still needs the slotted or unslotted decision — check whether your basin has an overflow.
• The sprung cartridge is a wearing part, so buy a model with spares available.

Also in this range: all wastes and traps, basin wastes and bath wastes.

Frequently asked questions

Do click clack wastes block more easily?

They collect hair around the mechanism more readily than a plain plug hole, because there is more in the way. An easy clean model that comes apart by hand solves it — without one you are fishing with a hook or taking the trap off.

Can I fit a click clack waste to an existing basin?

Yes, as long as you match slotted or unslotted to whether the basin has an overflow, and the waste size matches — 32mm for a basin, 40mm for a bath.