Questions tagged [taps]
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How can I determine what is in my water?
My question is, how can I determine exactly what these "floaties" are that I see in my drinking water? I know that I sound crazy and more than a little obsessive-compulsive....my wife tells me this all the time.
For a while, we had a Brita water…
SalarianEngineer
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Can I oil a squeaking tap?
I have a tap with one handle for hot and cold water (not sure how to call it, it looks like the picture)
It worked good for about 2.5 years. But now, its handle became hard to turn and it makes squeaking sound when the handle is turned.
I wanted to…
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Are either of these tools suitable for tightening the pipe union nut underneath a bath?
I'm having trouble tightening the pipe union nuts on some new bath taps I've fitted at my mum's house. I got everything out OK, and (because the previous plumber had put the hot tap on the right rather than the left) I used flexible pipes to connect…
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Why does my bath faucet drip for a few minutes after it's shut off?
I have a traditional two handled (one hot and one cold and they are separate) bath faucet. I recently had it reseated and the washers replaced, however, what I noticed was that immediately after shut off, there is still water coming out of the…
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How can I replace a non-standard (20cm) bathroom faucet?
The bathroom sink has a separate cold and hot tap, their centres are 20cm apart. I want to replace them with a mixer tap. However, the mixer taps I see have 18cm distance.
What are the options for building in a mixer tap without getting a new…
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Cannot undo tap/Faucet to replace washer
my mixer tap started to drip and has got worse to the point I have to turn off the water at the mains. I got the knobs off but despite using lots of penetrating oil (WD40) and leaving it for 24 then 48 hours, I cannot remove the brass valve part to…
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Why does my shower keep alternating between freezing and boiling by itself?
A little while ago our totally fine bath/shower tap unit broke in our bath. Our landlord's plumber installed a new one and since then we've had big problems. Steps to reproduce:
We get in the shower, and turn the hot tap to the 'on' position.
After…
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Will having reversed hot and cold damage my faucet?
On our old kitchen tap handles, the cold is on the left side and hot on the right. The new taps are the exact opposite, cold being on the right and hot on the left side. Is it okay to just connect them as they are as long as we, obviously, remember…
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How can I fill a large container in a shallow sink?
I'm moving into a dormitory building and the bathroom sinks are very shallow. I want to be able to pour water into my Brita water filter but it doesn't fit beneath the tap. I was thinking of getting some surgical tubing and slipping it over the…
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How to stop a whistling hot water tap which also has a mind of its own?
The hot water tap in my kitchen whistles quite loudly when it is in a certain pressure range -- at very low and high pressures it is fine, but within the sweet spot it whistles away.
It also seems to have a mind of its own, where it will turn itself…
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Why does water randomly come out of the kitchen tap every now and then
Sometimes the taps have a little bit of water come out for a few seconds while I'm just sat around not doing anything with the sink
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How to remove tap valve within shroud (Franke ascona mixer tap)
I'm trying to replace the cold tap valve on a Franke Ascona mixer tap.
The valve is slightly recessed in a non removable shroud. The new replacement valve fits a standard 14mm socket set which I can use. However the existing valve I am trying to…
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How to remove the cap/plate/cover off this tap
I've got a stuck cold water tap on the mixer tap below. If I could get the cover off the tap I'd be okay from that point I think but it's not budging.
I've sprayed plenty of WD40 into the sides of it but it doesn't pull, pop or turn at all.
Any…
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Replace o-ring on Ideal Standard 'Silver' Bidet
Ideal Standard 'Silver' Bidet has this little swivelling nozzle on the spout. The o-ring on this deteriorated over time, leading first to leakage around the nozzle, then it came off all together. Photo shows the various parts:
A: Remaining end of…
Rob Jordan
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Help name or identify tap valve without rubber.
I have a leaking shower at home and decided to try and fix it today. When I opened the tap I found a small metal valve with no rubber on it at all. Instead it had a metal ridge around the edge. The seat has a corresponding ring so I assume it's…
Jay Kyburz
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