How to change this taps washer

[thenoodle]

Hi,

I have spent a few hours researching (looking at) these taps but am clueless on how to take apart to change the washer - any insight welcome.

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• thenoodle
• 24 Feb 2014
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• thenoodle
• 24 Feb 2014
• 1

Thanks

I am not new here - just got a new username as been away for a while

 

[HERTS P&D]

Would be easier to fit a new mixer tap.

Andy

 

[thenoodle]

That doesn't sound easier or cheaper - any specific reason you recommend that?

 

[Grenage]

I had the same issue with a kitchen mixer, and ended up replacing the whole thing.

I swear to this day that there was no way to remove the cartridges.

 

[oldbuffer]

They look like quarter turn taps, so they won't have washers, but two ceramic disc cartridges. If you do manage to take then apart, you'll need to find a plumbers merchant with the patience to match the cartridges to their stock. Take the old cartridges and the handles with you. You will be lucky to find someone prepared to do this. If you know the make and model then its much easier, unless they are a "shed" special, in which case your chances of getting spares are almost nil.

Hard to tell from the photos, but it look as if there is a very shallow cap right at the top of the spindle, above the handle. If so it might unscrew or pop out with the use of a sharp edge. If not, then its possible the handle itself unscrews.

 

[thenoodle]

Reckon they are cheap taps, had similar ceramic carts in the kitchen. But some effort to work out how to remove may save a few pennies as the basin has smaller versions which one is now leaking a little too.

 

[WabbitPoo]

Do the wide cylinders just beneath the handles unscrew? It may expose the cartridge....?

 

[footprints]

My guess is (and it's only that!) the levers unscrew then the shrouds around the bodies unscrew ment to be hand tight but will be seized up with scale.

Use one of these.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BOA-BOABABY-Baby-Strap-Wrench/dp/B00096JDJY

Or wrap sticky tape around the item to protect from the teeth on pipe grips.