Can't get tap head off!

[stratplus]

Anyone know the secret to getting these heads off?? Took screw out, tried to pull head off and stuck solid on both hot and cold. Don't know the make of tap although there is a swan logo on the head.

 

[mfgs]

Universal tap head replacement will fit, just yank it or break it. The tap head kits come complete with new covers etc.

 

[gassafe]

Your almost there... They do seize on like that... Remove screw and prize off!!

Maybe some wd40 or apply some heat!

 

[gassafe]

Swirl Modern Reviver Kit Bathroom Basin Contract Tap ½" | Tap Reviver Kits | NoLinkingToThis

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Change tap mate , not worth damaging the sink

 

[Ermintrude]

Grip tap head with grips. Turn it anti aclockwise with some force and I believe that the guts should unthread with it.

 

[kirkgas]

Try boiling water then ice that might release it, other than that hacksaw right through it horizontally ten you can get grips on tap body

 

[stratplus]

Thanks for replies all, tried a towel over head and grips but wouldn't budge at all. Never known them to be this stubborn just thought there might have been secret screw or other method of release somehow before breaking the head or tap replacement.
Will try heat next, tried wd40. I've got head replacements ready to go on.

 

[RoyalCrabs]

Ugly old tap that... I would just replace the thing! Prob cost the same as parts + labor of change over !

 

[stratplus]

lol, changing the taps and they want the same ones!

 

[Best]

Had same problem with a similar bath mixer head & I levered it slightly on opposite sides of the head with flat screwdrivers, working all around the head. Patience & it came off after ages, but in your case if that doesn't work, just rip it off by turning the head with grips until if breaks in middle & fit complete new conversion heads.

 

[REDSAW]

is it a peglar?

doubt tap reviver will fit so you be buggered.

torch some heat on the brass then leaver it up!

 

[stratplus]

Doea anyone ever use tap reseating tools when changing tap washers that still drip?

 

[Ermintrude]

Yes it's a billy basic!

 

[stratplus]

I was always told they were no good

 

[Ermintrude]

By who a tap sales man ? That unscrupulous southerner mr stafford???? When you look at valve seat if it looks like a polo then just new washer but if it looks like It's been round the block and back freshen it up and cut a flat and clean face!

 

[Best]

Doea anyone ever use tap reseating tools when changing tap washers that still drip?

Yes, - you have to reseat them if there is a line or a piece corroded out of seating. Or it is complete new taps needed!
They work fine, if used properly - just a first turn or two & remove the tool & look at faulty seating with a torch & you can see any bits not clean brass. Just bare minimum filing down until seating is all clean brass & flush tap out of fillings.
Don't use reseating tool unless really needed as a last resort. Modern taps seating seem to last okay, although modern taps no longer last 30 plus years like the old taps did.
I don't seem to need reseater except for really ancient taps nowadays, but water over here is good generally, compared with England I believe.

 

[stratplus]

our old college tutor years ago said not to bother with them and change the taps.
I think i'll be buying one now then to keep in toolbox!

 

[stevetheplumber]

ive never had any luck with tap reseaters by the time the seat is worn the tap is scrap

 

[Best]

our old college tutor years ago said not to bother with them and change the taps.
I think i'll be buying one now then to keep in toolbox!

Probably only for the odd tap that you don't want to replace, or where a customer is tight with money or skint.
You could always buy a cheap reseater incase you need it. Strange little thing to use & you have to lean on it while turning it & finish it with less pressure to polish the seating. It probably leaves a finish not as smooth as original, but gives a worn tap years of use.

 

[RoyalCrabs]

If you dont 're seat' then you just end up putting a fresh rubber washer onto a shredding device.

 

[stratplus]

would explain tap still dripping with a new washer!!

 

[Best]

Sometimes you can't see much wrong with a seating, - even using a torch, but a rub with reseater can show a line cut into seating as if by a junior hacksaw. Often deep & caused by mains water.

 

[acecharly]

I just change them, £30 for a mixer tap why struggle then find it may still drip? In my experience youre better to change anything sooner than fixing it. Obviously, unless its a pressure guage on a 3 month old combi lol

 

[RoyalCrabs]

I just change them, £30 for a mixer tap why struggle then find it may still drip? In my experience youre better to change anything sooner than fixing it. Obviously, unless its a pressure guage on a 3 month old combi lol

Though this is very true... Just cast your memory back to those customers who, regardless of cost, insist on keeping the taps. "They match the house so well, I've grown so attached to them!"...