Dripping mixer tap

QuestionQuigley · 26 Oct 2014

My kitchen mixer tap is dripping badly and I want to fix it. I bought a bag of mixed washers, but I've read that it might actually be a case of replacing a ceramic cartridge, since the tap is a quarter-turn type?

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Is that the cartridge I need to replace? And do I need to turn off the water supply before doing so?

Thanks for any advice.

jackthom · 26 Oct 2014

Yes you need to turn off the cold supply before going to work with a spanner.

There are a few different sized replacement cartridges and it also needs to have the same direction of rotation going from OFF to ON as the old one.

Some examples here with pictures from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_6u6qonzylk_b

Burnerman · 26 Oct 2014

Yes, you'll need a new tap insert for this.....the diy sheds do stock some, but there's a better choice from Lunns.net
Any replacement must be exact - which gives us many problems at times, and often a new tap is easier.
John

QuestionQuigley · 28 Oct 2014

Thanks for the replies. I turned off the cold water supply and thought I'd take out the cartridge and take it to a plumbers merchants to get an identical one. However, despite liberal application of WD40, I can't unscrew the thing. Looks like I'll have to consider other options.

longdogs · 28 Oct 2014

Burnerman said:
Yes, you'll need a new tap insert for this.....the diy sheds do stock some, but there's a better choice from Lunns.net
Any replacement must be exact - which gives us many problems at times, and often a new tap is easier.
John

Is it really beyond the realms of possibility to standardise some of this ****. Narrowing it down to about ten types of valve would be great, then all the plumbers merchants could stock them. They could even print an identification code on them.

I suppose the fact that so many people end up buying new taps stops this happening.

Burnerman · 28 Oct 2014

A bigger spanner, Mr.Cassidy

I have to say that I don't recognise that particular tap......I have to place a personal curse on taps from Aldi and Ikea et al for all the problems they give me - I now go for the traditional rubber washer taps from the Toolstation range as a replacement.
Try making money from jobs like this

John

longdogs · 28 Oct 2014

Burnerman said:
A bigger spanner, Mr.Cassidy
I have to say that I don't recognise that particular tap......I have to place a personal curse on taps from Aldi and Ikea et al for all the problems they give me - I now go for the traditional rubber washer taps from the Toolstation range as a replacement.
Try making money from jobs like this
John

Days trying to source the correct valve and five minutes to fit it...I know.

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