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Our kitchen tap is leaking, both from the cold tap, and the ‘bottom’ of the mixer spout. Pictures attached. Can anyone tell me what should be present on the mixer spout – i.e. should it be a washer or an O ring? The PTFE tape is only just holding back the flood.
Also the tap valve (if that’s even the right term for it) has corroded so that the pillar with the washer wouldn’t accept the nut (which held the washer in place). I replaced it with a push-on domed affair which was better than nothing but only just. Is it possible to replace the shaft which holds the washer? And should there be anything else to seal the tap apart from the washer?
It would be good to strip the whole thing out and take it to someone for advice/servicing but it’s our only kitchen tap, and I don’t know who to take it to anyway.
Sorry if these are rather simple questions for the forum, but you lot seem like the best people to ask.
John
Our kitchen tap is leaking, both from the cold tap, and the ‘bottom’ of the mixer spout. Pictures attached. Can anyone tell me what should be present on the mixer spout – i.e. should it be a washer or an O ring? The PTFE tape is only just holding back the flood.
Also the tap valve (if that’s even the right term for it) has corroded so that the pillar with the washer wouldn’t accept the nut (which held the washer in place). I replaced it with a push-on domed affair which was better than nothing but only just. Is it possible to replace the shaft which holds the washer? And should there be anything else to seal the tap apart from the washer?
It would be good to strip the whole thing out and take it to someone for advice/servicing but it’s our only kitchen tap, and I don’t know who to take it to anyway.
Sorry if these are rather simple questions for the forum, but you lot seem like the best people to ask.
John