Recent content by Paul Phoenix

I've tried! I got a seat cutter from Wickes which shaved a little off, but the groove was still pretty deep (1-2mm). Then I cut the end of the cutter and attached it to my drill and it still doesn't make much difference to the tap seat. I get shiny copper but it looks like it'd take years to...

Yep! That's correct. I thought the jumper and washer were supposed to just pull out.

Hi, I have an old bath mixer tap which has a deep channel in the cold tap seat. Since I can't get the bath out (a long story) to change the taps, I've put a plastic/silicone seat cover in and am trying to install the new tap washer/seat into the tap. However, whatever I do I can't get the...