Does anyone know why my new and expensive bath taps dribble after I turn them off??
Question:Have just had some Pegler Visio bath taps fitted which dribble for a couple of seconds after I turn them off. Obviously its not a major problem but they weren't cheap and I'm a bit annoyed that their technical dpt just said its residual water in the spout. I have used taps with much longer spouts that dont do this. Am I being fobbed off? I also have the Visio monobloc basin tap which is due to fitted next week and i'll be well annoyed if it does the same thing. Any thoughts welcome.
Answers:
poor seal with the washers or as the rep said you may find that the inner design is such that some water will be left in the tap section aft of the washers will drain of as the tap is closed
call the tech back sounds like a bad washer
yep..agree with the two above me?
If you dont alredy have an inline filter on your water main,install one this will keep small grains of sand and other particals out of your facuts.With most new design taps this is critical.
I agree with the manufactuer.
The water dribble is most likely from residual water. This could be held back by the water having a meniscus in the valve/seal washer area. The meniscus only breaks once the valve is shut, then allowing the water to flow. Or the diameter of the out flow pipe reduces from the valve area toward the outlet end. This causes the same thing to happen.
I reckon Pegler's tech. department are right char. What they might also have said is that the tap design is rubbish. Good old fashioned shaped taps didn't have this problem, but I have come across many fancy modern taps that do this.Also the designs are that bad sometimes that the spout of the tap is angled upwards (as it points towards you) and any downturn at the end is either too short, or non existent, resulting in the water running back down the underside of the spout creating a pool on the sink everytime it's used. All this modern technology, "improvements" in design, and taps are worse than ever. Good quality old fashioned taps, with common or garden tap washer just can't be beaten for functionality and durability..am stepping down from my soapbox now, :-)
Think about it ,if the dribble stops then the washer and seating must be ok. I dont feel u r being fobbed off
This sometimes happens when a plumber has done soldered joints. Tiny bits of solder get into the pipe and when the mains water is turned on , these bits get washed along the pipe and end up between the tap washer and the face of the washer seating. This causes a small amount of water to dribble or drip from a tap.It could even be some debris trapped in the manufacture of the tap.
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