Can I have a plug and chain on a Kaldewei steel bath?

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I have my eye on a lovely Kaldewei steel bath, but all the wastes on their website are the pop-up kind, which I suspect might leak eventually. I’d like an old fashioned plug on a chain. Can I fit one of these to a Kaldewei bath? Or does it have to be the one they recommend to fit? Thanks!

I can see no reason why not.

Have you asked the maker?

We had a Kaldewei steel bath about 10 years ago, i’m pretty sure it had a plug and chain.
Pop up plugs that operate with a metal rod are useless but I don’t mind the ‘click-clack’ ones.

Pretty sure bath wastes are universal. We had a plug and chain on a steel bath. They do clank about if it's a metal plug. Or fall out of the overflow thing they are supposed to fit in.

I don’t mind clanking but I don’t like the idea of falling out!

I have emailed Kaldewei so shall see what they say - though I suspect they'll probably just recommend their own kind.

Yes, the lever type I am desperate to avoid, as I always manage to break them. I don’t think I’ve tried the kind you press, which does sound a bit better... instinctively I would go for the tried and tested method of plug on a chain though!

Hmm... their wastes are 52mm diameter, so I guess I would need one that size. Not sure if that is standard or not (suspect not).

Is this any good?
www.drench.co.uk/crosswater-standard-bath-waste-with-plug-and-chain

Honest we have had two different kaldewei baths, just used off the shelf waste fittings from the plumbers merchant. I think 52mm/2 inch is a standard size for the hole in the bath. Mcalpine do good quality waste fittings if you want an alternative.

Yes.
I had a kaldewei steel bath from bathstore. It came with a standard bathstore branded chrome plug and chain...nothing fancy.
Never broke and never scratched the bath in the 8 years of my ownership.