I'll be hugely grateful if anyone can help me out here . . . we had a new kitchen fitted lasy year and (stupidly I think now) bought a monoblock mixer tap from ebay (see picture). Over the last couple of weeks (10 months later) this has been sticking a bit when we've tried to turn it off and dribbling a little, then gradually more. Last night the tap mechanism stopped completely and wouldn't turn off at all. Tried everything, but whereas before you could stop the water flow by moving the lever slightly more to the side, now nothing works. The thing is, I'm not sure if this is just a dud tap - it was cheap - or whether there's something I can do.
Having been persuaded I reluctantly went and bought another new tap tonight . . then decided to just see whether the problem could be down to the washer or the ceramic disc. My dad's idea. A great DIY-er but far away! I've isolated the cold and hot water and tried to get the tap apart. So far, I've taken the lever off and managed to get the top of the tap off. I can see a brass disc/ hexagon-shaped thing but I've no idea where to go from here . . . .?? How does this brass thing come out?? Aaghhh . .
Having been persuaded I reluctantly went and bought another new tap tonight . . then decided to just see whether the problem could be down to the washer or the ceramic disc. My dad's idea. A great DIY-er but far away! I've isolated the cold and hot water and tried to get the tap apart. So far, I've taken the lever off and managed to get the top of the tap off. I can see a brass disc/ hexagon-shaped thing but I've no idea where to go from here . . . .?? How does this brass thing come out?? Aaghhh . .
