How do i stop mixer tap being loose on sink

young plum · 3 Jul 2005

I have a mixer tap on sink but it has become loose and moves about i am not sure how i tighten it back up to the sink to stop it moveing there is a little gold thing under neath that looks like a pipe but i dont no how to tighten tap back up to sink

please please help

ChrisR · 3 Jul 2005

There is usually a brass long tubular "nut" on a threaded rod which sticks down from the base of the tap. Something between 10 and 14mm hex. Best tool to use is a long box spanner, otherwise rather awkward to get at.

The Nut goes against a flat but strangely shaped piece of steel which is intended to push up against a rubber piece against the underside of the sink equally each side of the hole. A fiddle.

young plum · 3 Jul 2005

cheers thanks allot i will try it and also my wc will not flush is this due to flapper valve

ChrisR · 3 Jul 2005

More likely the mechanism which lifts the flapper valve, unless you mean that the water flows but fails to do the necessary?

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How do i stop mixer tap being loose on sink

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