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You say "Carefully remove the ceramic cartridges" - how? My bath creaks as I try to turn the unit, or pull the cartidge free.
(I've removed the decorative cover, and the circlip around the spindle, leaving a hexnut visible above a rubber washer, sitting on externally threaded main body of the unit.)

Any ideas?

Hello,

Our bathroom mixer tap lever is broken and the lever came off completely. Can someone please advise if it is the cartridge that needs replacing? Which spare parts do we need to replace without having to buy a new mixer tap?

I have 25 yr. old taps in a bathroom basin and the cold one has been leaking badly for several months. Previous plumbers have shied away but my current one is tackling the job.
He finds that the head (or spindle or valve)
is not replaceable by today's stock which all seem to be 8mm. This one has a spline count of, I think 14 with ceramic disc.
Does anyone have any pointers as to where I might find one please?

We have a very expensive, solid brass, single lever kitchen faucet, 6 years old. We are on a well with a water softener. The tap leaks from the body after every 2-3 years. I get a free replacement cartridge from Rubinet but this time the leak was worse when I replaced the cartridge. I had cleaned up the small deposits on the sealing surface with emery cloth, and used a small amount of silicone grease on reinstallation. I screwed down hard by hand the body of the tap but did not use a wrench as I didn't want to damage the antique brass finish. Please help.

Hi all,

we have the opposite to a leaking tap! Tap is gold coloured 'Regency' style, cold water. About 10 years old I think. For the past 6 months or so we have put up with the tap not working when turned on. You have to physically pull upwards hard on tap to get water out after turning it 'on'. If you let go the water stops and you have to pull on it again. Even then water usually only comes out about 1/4 -1/3rd normal flow rate.

Has anyone any ideas before I get too stuck in? In the past have cleaned black gunge off spindle which has helped but only temporarily.

thanks in advance.

The cold gland is slowoly dripping and I took the gland to B%26Q to get a replacement. No-one there was able to advise as to which size gland I should purchase.
They stocked:
1/2" 8mm spline
1/2" 9mm spline
1/2" 10.5mm.

How do I determine which one to purchase?

Any ideas welcome - my bathroom sink tap is dripping and I can't seem to take it apart. There is a small plastic cap at the top but when you take this off there isn't a screw underneath. There are no visible screws anywhere on the tap, even when you have the tap fully on. There doesn't seem to be any part to undo and I'm not sure what to try next.

Where can I obtain ceramic tap discs - the taps are under 2 years old from B%26Q. Thanks Dave.

hi can u tell me if i need to replace the cartridge in my bath taps i have the imperial deva collection which is the two taps and a shower head with a leaver in the middle of the two taps that turns it from bath to shower but it leaks water from the shower head when on bath and also from under the leaver can u advise me many thanx its driving me made as its in my ensuit

hi can u tell me if i need to replace the cartridge in my bath taps i have the imperial deva collection which is the two taps and a shower head with a leaver in the middle of the two taps that turns it from bath to shower but it leaks water from the shower head when on bath and also from under the leaver can u advise me many thanx its driving me made as its in my ensuit

Please advise.

When removing the ceramic cartridge from the hot tap, is the thread a left handed thread. I am having trouble removing it but don't want to put too much pressure on the spanner in case of damaging hex head of cartridge. Thnx

When the tap is normally turned off it very slowly drips. However, if the lever is lined up with tap body it doesn't. Is ther a way of adjusting the lever so that it not only lines up but results in being drip free.
Many thanks

We have a leak coming from the shower in our mobile home, it's dripping from the underside of the lever and I'm unsure how to remove the lever to see what I can do to fix this. There is nothing as annoying as listening to a drip falling onto the shower base!
Many thanks
Tricia

hi there i have just installed a 20cm rain shower head, but noticed that after i have shut my taps, that after about 5 mins there is a small gus of water that is realesed from the shower head.
please can you advise

Good advice on garden taps which have eluded me for years. Having sorted the push fit connector out, the pressure caused a leak through the upper gland. Advice - pack with loads of PTFE tape. Thank you!