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Thanks to everyone for their advice - I managed to get a replacement valve from Travis-Perkins (they sell them singly, about 9 pounds each) and fitted it at the weekend. Apart from being a millimetre too long, it's perfect.

Definitely no spring - it's something like the arrangement shown at http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/ceramic_disc_taps.htm ... although the two discs are almost identical (if you look at photo 8, they are both shaped like part A, not part B) The washer has slight indentations where...

Thanks for the quick response, any suggestions on how to clean the mating faces ? I left them in descaler (twice) for 10-15 minutes, rinsed and wiped dry with a cloth and then re-assembled (with fingers). The tap also leaks slightly along the spindle, if that casts any further light...

The cold water drips on my kitchen mixer tap. I took it apart and found it consists of two ceramic plates and a thick rubber washer - I went to the local diy shop and was advised that the only "repair" possible was to descale everything. I tried that, and it now turns on and off much easier -...