I have traced an excess of water around the base of a bathroom sink mixer tap to the hot water tap. I am guessing either the o-rings or the cartridge itself needs replacing. I have unscrewed the tap cover and moved it as far away from the base of the tap as possible (shown with white outline on image). I then rotated the handle to reveal a small Allen key screw. I have removed the screw (shown with red arrow) but the handle (shown with green outline on image) will not move away from the base to allow access to the cartridge.
I did not know if there was:
I did not know if there was:
- another item that had to be removed first
- a certain technique (ie twist a particular way) to remove the handle
- if limescale had caused the handle to be stuck