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Wimblowdriver said:
Up late this morning, didn't gerrup until half eight. Bones aching a bit, after a couple of days contorting me bod doing a bit of plumbing in dottir's bathroom. And a couple of rather large whiskies (without an extra 'e') last night. And I've got to undo some of the pipework and take out the brand new bath mixer tap which is faulty. The hot tap does not fully shut off :mad:.
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Coincidentally, I am now going to have to undo the pipework etc in the guest bathroom, fortunately to the sink as the hot tap will barely open and the water only trickles through.

(Never come across this before, every day is a school day.) but I feel your pain. Bath tap stuff is a nightmare to get to.
 
Wimblowdriver said:
It certainly is. I fitted the taps before lifting the bath into position, fixed the bath and attached the Flexi pipes and overflow in sequence so not too difficult. And not too difficult to do in reverse, just a pain in the rear.
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So does that mean you are going to take the bath out again before removing the taps?
whichever, tis a total pain.
I haven't started yet.
I am wondering if for some weird reason calcium is blocking the threads in my case, but I have no idea.
Will I be able to fix it or will I have to buy another mixer tap?
We'll have to see. :rolleyes:
 
Stanleysteamer said:
So does that mean you are going to take the bath out again before removing the taps? be able to get the taps out without disturbing the bath.
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Taps are removable without taking the bath out. Access is a bit limited, but I have the right tools for the job. Just a big pain in the Harris. And after the tap has been swapped out under warranty, I've got to fit it all again. Fortunately I used long flexi-tails to connect to the taps, and speed fit pipes back to the original copper a metre or two away, so pipework can be pushed aside to give a bit more hand room.
 
Wimblowdriver said:
Taps are removable without taking the bath out. Access is a bit limited, but I have the right tools for the job. Just a big pain in the Harris. And after the tap has been swapped out under warranty, I've got to fit it all again. Fortunately I used long flexi-tails to connect to the taps, and speed fit pipes back to the original copper a metre or two away, so pipework can be pushed aside to give a bit more hand room.
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Looks as if you might be doing better than me. At least I also have decent l;ength flexis etc. And isolating valves.
Took the hot tap off and apart to try and understand what had gone wrong. Couldn't see it. Had never before come across a tap where the turning of the tap anti clockwise results in a left-hand threaded part moving clockwise and up to let the water through. But that aside decided to take the cold tap off, which works perfectly, to compare.
So removed the centre cap, undid the screw then "worked" at getting the rest of the tap off the splines on the spindle so I could get the rest apart. It fought me but eventually gave way. Then I noticed that the splined end of the spindle was in the female splined part of the tap!!!
Very rude words ensued. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
It appears to have sheared off, yet again something I have never experienced before. Well not in these circs.
Meanwhile I put the hot tap back together and now it works better than ever!! Typical! And no I am not sure why it packed up and why it is now OK!
I'll be off out after lunch to plumbers suppliers to see if I can buy a new inner, but I doubt that'll be possible. So I suppose it'll be a new flipping mixer tap.
Just trying to decide how much of the tap to take with me, don't really want to "unplumb" further but guess it would be daft not to take the whole thing with me, instead of just the bust inner.
Why is life never easy?, Well, just sometimes?
Grrr!:mad::mad::mad:
 
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Stanleysteamer said:
(Looks pretty old to me!!!););)
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Which one though?

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Stanleysteamer said:
Looks as if you might be doing better than me. At least I also have decent l;ength flexis etc. And isolating valves.
Took the hot tap off and apart to try and understand what had gone wrong. Couldn't see it. Had never before come across a tap where the turning of the tap anti clockwise results in a left-hand threaded part moving clockwise and up to let the water through. But that aside decided to take the cold tap off, which works perfectly, to compare.
So removed the centre cap, undid the screw then "worked" at getting the rest of the tap off the splines on the spindle so I could get the rest apart. It fought me but eventually gave way. Then I noticed that the splined end of the spindle was in the female splined part of the tap!!!
Very rude words ensued. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
It appears to have sheared off, yet again something I have never experienced before. Well not in these circs.
Meanwhile I put the hot tap back together and now it works better than ever!! Typical! And no I am not sure why it packed up and why it is now OK!
I'll be off out after lunch to plumbers suppliers to see if I can buy a new inner, but I doubt that'll be possible. So I suppose it'll be a new flipping mixer tap.
Just trying to decide how much of the tap to take with me, don't really want to "unplumb" further but guess it would be daft not to take the whole thing with me, instead of just the bust inner.
Why is life never easy?, Well, just sometimes?
Grrr!:mad::mad::mad:
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Are the internals ceramic cartridge type? If so there are many different combinations of splines, depth and diameter of spline, height of spindle. Been there, done that. And a new tap ain't much more expensive than some of the cartridges.
 
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