Metal filings and tap washers

[mike004]

Just installed a new washbasin in the bathroom.
One of the taps is leaking already!
Could this be due to the fact that I cut back the copper pipe to fit a flexible tap connector? Some metal filings fell into the water supply. Maybe they are making their way up to the washer?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Softus]

How did you cut the pipe?

What type of tap is it?

 

[mike004]

I cut the pipe using a hacksaw.
When I first turned the tap on, some metal filings came out with the flow into the basin.
It's just a conventional rotary tap. Brand new from Screwfix. Not sure if it iuses ceramic washers.

Mike

 

[Softus]

I cut the pipe using a hacksaw.

Ah. That was courageous.

When I first turned the tap on, some metal filings came out with the flow into the basin.
It's just a conventional rotary tap. Brand new from Screwfix. Not sure if it iuses ceramic washers.

If it rotates only quarter (or half, in some cases) of a turn, then it's ceramic disc. Otherwise it's a conventional washered type. Neither variety will benefit deposits of copper filings inside the mechanism.

If you're lucky then it's just a matter of a lickle bit of copper on a rubber washer. If you're not then you've buggered a ceramic cartridge. In the latter case, if your scruples permit it, you might seek a replacement under warranty.

 

[mike004]

It's a conventional rubber washer type AFAIK.
Hopefully, it just needs a new washer....

Mike