I sympathise with this drastic approach. I had one of these completely jammed solid. All these nice tips about WD40, rubber gloves, tape, suction cups, dental floss... ha, yeah, no. Couldn't budge it. I got down under, took off the U-bend placed the head of chisel against the underside of the plug assembly and whacked the other end with a hammer. Sorted. Then I took the whole thing out, chucked it in the trash and went and bought a good old fashioned rubber plug. These things are infernal, over-designed pieces of crap and I'll never have another one as long as I live. I mean... what's wrong with the old rubber plug? It does the job, right? And there's absolutely nothing to go wrong with it! Modern life is rubbish...

Thanks for sharing - very extreme drilling it though. I just watched a video and they used a glove just like yours and used it to put friction on the plug and unscrewed it anti-clockwise

Did stages 1 and 2 and worked a dream. Didn't have to drill the plug as I got a pin on the edge of the plug and released it by gently knocking it in the side and moving the plug away from the seal

I will try this maybe because my sink is fancy and sealed into the wall so I can’t access the pipes and suction cups don’t work for me, thank you.

Use a plummers plunger to pull the valve up by using a quick pull up and the valve will come up and you do not need to drill. Alternatively you can undo the s bend and use a screwdriver from underneath to push the valve up. You may need a slight blow with a hammer.

Lol, that’s a bit drastic to use a drill, I found doing the first part and then swearing profoundly at God and his merry little elf’s worked its magic ! ( alternative suggestion,it worked for me ! ) 😉😁

No need to drill. Just use a small silicon suction cup to pull up or turn anti-clockwise to remove the stopper cover.

Just use vacuum cleaner if you are sure that water isn’t clogged ..

Push up from underneath

Thanks

I may try this....my stopper just doesn't move. Just drill it out and replace it after removing sludge and a toothbrush.

Noooooooo ..... you don’t need a drill. Did you really try hard to unscrew it ?

Gorilla tape worked for me. Just put some tape on the plug and pull it up

I hate these plugs

I just hit it with my screw driver and the stopper popped up...it funny but true

I got mine out in 1 second, using some duct tape.

What un idi.! I used the tape , hold the tape down in one thump and twisted with the other hand. Removed it in 10 seconds.

Watching this video is like watching paint dry. Is this a joke???