Part appears to have has come off on our new-ish kitchen tap

[Sarah Curtis]

Hi

We had a new kitchen mixer tap fitted back in October, it was highly rated on tool station and not a bad price.

I noticed yesterday that the part in between the tap handle and the body (in the photo) seems to have come off or something odd has happened so it’s showing the inside connections of the tap?! It used to be a chrome cover if that makes sense. Sorry I’m rubbish at explaining!

Is this a design flaw of the tap or is there anything that can be done to fix this easily?

Thanks
Sarah

 

[Deleted member 120897]

It might just have worked loose (by the look of it). The little cap next to the lever is where the screw should be, if you want to do it remove that cover, push the handle back on and tighten. The grub screw is likely an Allen key type.

 

[snowhead]

It looks like there's something with a thread, the same as the exposed brass part up and inside the top section.

 

[Deleted member 120897]

It looks like there's something with a thread, the same as the exposed brass part up and inside the top section.

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Good spot!

 

[Sarah Curtis]

Nice one thank you for the replies and ideas! I’ll have a look 😊

 

[Sarah Curtis]

Is there an easy way to remove the screw cap without scratching the tap? Also once I remove it, will screwing it tighter move the fixing back to the original thread it has worked itself off of?

 

[Sarah Curtis]

Forget that, done it! Stuck a knife in and managed to get to the loose fixing and get it back onto the thread.