Leaking bath tap?
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Depending on the style of faucet, you need either a new cartridge, or new seats and washers. Without anymore info, this is the best advice that you will get. Good luck!
Unscrew the faucet and replace the rubber gasket inside. You can buy them at any hardware store and some grocery.
At first glance your first answer makes sense, easy isn't it?
No it's not, I had this problem so I nipped into the local hardware shop, Ikew it was a hot water washer I needed, that was the sum total of my knowledge!!
Size? I thought they were all standard. So I asked for an assorted pack of hot tap washers, I had it all worked out, turn the water off at the main whip the top of the tap off, change the washer, job done!!
The guy in the hard ware shop asked was it a half turn tap? a quarter turn tap, all sorts of stuff I had never heard of, I stood there like a real plonker.
I called a plumber in to do the job, it was a half turn tap, no washers, a big lump of tap needed to be replaced.
So good luck with that.
1) Turn off water.
2) If the hot tap, turn off boiler and run tap until no water comes out. Turning off boiler is very important or you will be heating a lot of air. Not good.
3) Unscrew the tap head (usually a screw at the top, often hidden by press-fit 'H' or 'C'.
4) You will find a large hexagonal nut. Unscrew it.
If you did not turn off water, get bucket, mop & call insurance company.
5) Remove rubber washer and fit a new one.
6) Reassemble in reverse order.
If you don't know what size washer, B&Q sell a pack of mixed washers (or at least they did last tine I changed one). Get this first!
Neither one of those makes any sense. You said bath tap. but I'm not sure if you mean tub or shower. If it's a shower, it could be as simple as cleaning your shower head. It could also mean that you need to take apart the valve ( after turning off the main, of course ) to get to the o-rings, seals, etc. You should be able to see the cause right away once you do this, then you can TAKE THE ITEM WITH YOU to the hardware store, and find a suitable replacement.
If it's a tub, just look straight to the valves as I just mentioned, since there is no showerhead, or any kind of aerator.
If it's the sink, then it could be as simple as cleaning the aerator, or as I mentioned, you may have to take apart the valves. Hope this helps.
Do you mean the tap is leaking internally, or is the tap dripping when it is turned off. more info please.
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