Is this tap repairable

[Fallout]

Do you think the bodys will remove from this tap to rewasher?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Yes, or replace the innards if easier. Just need a suitable spanner to undo them.

 

[Madrab]

Or just fit a reviver kit

Swirl Bathroom Basin Contract Tap Reviver Kit

Order online at Screwfix.com. Easy way to update old taps. Fit quickly and easily without disturbing existing plumbing. Sold in pairs. ½

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[Scally-Ho]

Make sure your spanner is a good and tight fit, or you could round off the brass making the hex faces worn and distorted.

 

[Fallout]

Or just fit a reviver kit

Swirl Bathroom Basin Contract Tap Reviver Kit

Order online at Screwfix.com. Easy way to update old taps. Fit quickly and easily without disturbing existing plumbing. Sold in pairs. ½

www.screwfix.com

Fancy heads

 

[Elsa TLC]

Fit a new one.

 

[Scally-Ho]

Dont fart around trying new tops because the inner seating could be worn. Save yourself time and frustration and opt for a new mixer of some description. Here you are, a new garanteed deck mixer for forty quid

Ebb + Flo Contract Deck Mixer Kitchen Tap

• Brass tap body with zinc handles• Suitable for high and low pressure• Compression valve operation• Min working pressure: 0.1 bar• Complete with brass plated zinc back nuts and rubber washers• WRAS approved• 5 year manufacturer's warranty (T&Cs apply)This kitchen mixer tap from Ebb+Flo features...

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[Madrab]

I’m very much a believer is repairing rather than replacing if possible. Too much thrown away these days for the want of a little work and some new parts.

 

[Scally-Ho]

I’m very much a believer is repairing rather than replacing if possible. Too much thrown away these days for the want of a little work and some new parts.

Then what will the OP do with his new tops when he finds the original seatings are the major problem? I doubt if he/she will know how to reseat the deck block even if they had a monument seating cutter.

 

[Madrab]

Then what will the OP do with his new tops when he finds the original seatings are the major problem?

@Fallout is a tradesman, so all he needs to do is add a seat cutting tool to his tool bag. That being said, in all my years of doing this I’ve only ever had to cut the seats on a deck mixer twice and then that was just because they were pitted not that they actually really needed it. I’ve found a valve reviver kit works 99% of the time and takes all of 5 minutes to do.