Kitchen and bathroom hardware that lets go

These notes are the bits that drop, stick, or weep while the unit stays the same. I write them when I have already blamed the kitchen. This is not a new kitchen. I do not write boilers. I do not write a re-pipe.

This is not a second homepage. The home page already says what I keep and what I skip. This page is only a way into the notes by the way they fail.

A drawer does not need a new carcass because a runner has walked. A door does not need replacing because two screws are spinning in dust. A sink does not need swapping because the rim bead has pulled away. People order a kitchen. I do the slide, the plate, or the seal.

Most of the failures repeat. A drawer that stops halfway is a runner off the timber. A door that hangs is hinge screws in a blown hole. A wet cupboard floor with a dry trap is the seal under the rim. A wet stripe outside the cubicle is silicone that was smeared onto the old skin.

I empty the drawer or take the door off before I buy anything. I isolate before I lift a sink. If the chipboard is mush, the bowl is chipped through, or I cannot shut the supply, I stop.

Runners, plates, and seals

• A kitchen drawer that sticks is usually the runner
• A cupboard door that hangs is usually the hinge screws
• A sink that weeps at the rim is usually the seal
• A shower tray that leaks is usually the silicone

I am pmac. There are no buy links on these notes. If I later add one, it will be labelled Advertisement.