Recently bought a kitchen mixer tap from ikea(alright, there's the error), fitted fine. Both hot and cold have good pressure. Cold comes out fine in nice steady stream whereas hot sprays like a jet car wash all over the bloody place! Fed from a Vaillant Turbomax combi. All other taps work normally, as did original kitchen mixer until handle snapped.... any ideas?Simon
Mixer tap that sprays hot everywhere!
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Know exactly what you mean.
This is possibly illegal so don't do it:
Remove the spout by taking the small screw out and pulling up. You'll see the centre (hot) supply goes through a narrow tube, about 15-20mm long, poking out of the bottom end of the spout. Use a sharp HSS drill, about 5mm diameter, and drill through the tube sideways, making 2 holes (ie both sides of the tube). Then both H and C can go up both channels in the spout and your problems are over.
The H & C are kept separate to avoid cross contamination if the mains fails. But since they're both on the mains I don't see a problem. Perhaps someone else will.
This is possibly illegal so don't do it:
Remove the spout by taking the small screw out and pulling up. You'll see the centre (hot) supply goes through a narrow tube, about 15-20mm long, poking out of the bottom end of the spout. Use a sharp HSS drill, about 5mm diameter, and drill through the tube sideways, making 2 holes (ie both sides of the tube). Then both H and C can go up both channels in the spout and your problems are over.
The H & C are kept separate to avoid cross contamination if the mains fails. But since they're both on the mains I don't see a problem. Perhaps someone else will.
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