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Kitchen tap issue

  • 28-05-2024 9:24am
    #1
    naughtysmurf
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    so I have a tap in the kitchen similar to pic, that constantly has a drip, I suspect on the cold feed, I’ve taken off the end cover piece & tightened the screw as much as possible, didn’t really get much if anything on it anyway , is there a fix or is it a replacement job, access is a pain

    Thanks

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  • #2
    Lenar3556
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    If it’s a quarter turn valve, which the one in the picture would be - these often have a tendency to develop a drip. Sometimes you can take out the ceramic assembly and clean it, but in my experience any success is short lived.

    Options are to replace the whole tap or replace the spindle, which is worth a try if you can get one to suit. You would need to remove the spindle completely and replace it with a new one. A relatively simple job - lots of videos on YouTube I am sure.
    something like this. It might help if you removed the current one first and brought it to your local plumbers merchants, there are different variants.

    https://www.mcmahons.ie/quarter-turn-spindle-kit-pair-1-hot-1-cold-spindle-53026



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