Recent content by cairwyn

now you see how i got mixed up, not that i knew what it was anyway lol

Ok thanks for all the help, definately learned a valuable lesson, I won't be doing any more tap repairs without looking under the sink first again lol

The hot side tap seems to be difficult to turn, so when the plumber comes I was wondering if it could be repaired or is it better just replace the whole lot, I thought these were just normal taps which is why I attempted the repair, I did take off the hot side thinking it was exactly like the...

What I meant to ask, can the tap valve on the hot side be removed and repaired like the cold side ?

No thank goodness I left that alone, lesson learned get a plumber which I will do as it needs sorting, just so I know can the hot tap be repaired ie, is it better to tell the plumber that I just want the taps replacing I ask because I think the hot tap seems to have a reduced flow Thanks

ok thats it thanks, i thought this was a straight forward tap washer replacement job because the flow from the taps was so poor, when i removed the tap valve on the side without the spindle because the flow was very slow the valve had no tap washer on it so i put one on the tap works fine now...

it just seems to be a normal mixer tap, underneath the one side has a normal 15mm connection with a normal tap valve the other side on the cold has a manifold with 3 x 15 mm pipes going to the water heater, however when i took the tap valve out to repair what i assumed was a faulty tap washer...

can anyone help here, i want to change the tap washers on a kitchen sink mixer tap i took off the right hand side, normal tap washer tap configuration, took the other tap apart expecting a normal tap washer and their was a long rod about 5 inches long going right down into what looks like a...