Recent content by wingreen

I think it was a "weak" internal seal in the monobloc but I got no joy from the supplier. Water pressure is high so I've closed the stop cock a bit (I know, that doesn't change the pressure, but it does reduce the flow). That seems to have done the trick (and the reduced flow hasn't affected...

I've discovered that everything is fine UNTIL I turn off and on the basin that's in another bathroom which is next door to the bathroom with the problem. If I do that, in sets the trickle off. I'm assuming that what is happening is that when I turn tap(s) back off in adjoining bathroom, then...

Finally caught it while it was happening. Quite a trickle, coming out from the base of the tap - difficult to see for sure exactly where (I can only twist my neck so much!). The interesting thing is that I tried just turning the hot water valve off - no effect, still trickling. So I turned the...

I fitted isolation valves but its definitely not coming from those. I did fit the rubber ring (although it was tricky, but I'm pretty sure I got it in the right place (groove in tap). I can see that the water splashing could be the problem - but the basin was last used yesterday evening and...

This one is very strange. I installed a monobloc, single lever chrome tap about 2 weeks ago. Tested before fitting and everything sound, no leaks. Then installed it into the basin - again, everything fine, no leaks. The strange thing is that, every now and again (say every 2 days or so) it...