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Advice sought: dripping kitchen mixer tap
- Thread starter Bozza
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- #23
Sorry - just catching up.
Our taps have a long relatively thin spindle that you grip to turn the tap on and off. We discovered this spindle actually screws into place, so unscrew it and you're on the way in.
Our taps have a long relatively thin spindle that you grip to turn the tap on and off. We discovered this spindle actually screws into place, so unscrew it and you're on the way in.
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- #26
So our tap looks a bit like this...
grip the spindle from above between 2 fingers and a thumb and twist it.
grip the spindle from above between 2 fingers and a thumb and twist it.
¡Cereal Killer!
Whale Oil Beef Hooked
I have a Mixer tap in my bath and the cold water tap doesn't come out, not even a drip, the hot tap works most of the time.
Problem is we don't have a water stop, and if we do, it isn't visible or unable to get to. I thought it might be a quick washer change, but my Dad says that it sounds like the whole tap system is broken.
There is like a black rubbery seal thing at the bottom of the tap unit which has become exposed, not sure if that has anything to do it?
Pretty much this tap system.
Problem is we don't have a water stop, and if we do, it isn't visible or unable to get to. I thought it might be a quick washer change, but my Dad says that it sounds like the whole tap system is broken.
There is like a black rubbery seal thing at the bottom of the tap unit which has become exposed, not sure if that has anything to do it?
Pretty much this tap system.
Take it from your post DIY is not your thing?
¡Cereal Killer!
Whale Oil Beef Hooked
Westdene Wonder
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If you cant turn off the water in the house go out to the pavement outside,little metal plate,and turn off from there.
SIMMO SAYS
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Get a Plumber in! We are not all rip off merchants yer know. Changing cartridges doesnt always work as the old heads dont always fit the new. The seatings can also wear out if the tap has been dripping for months. Taps today only last a few years if yer lucky. My kitchen is six years old and I'm on the third set of mixers at around £100.00 a pop ffs!