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How to remove a tap for repair

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

Hiya all so everytime I try to search about how to remove my tap head to repair it my style of tap is never showed can anyone please help?

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Daisy England
3 years ago
What are you intending to do to the tap?
baseblade
Original Author
3 years ago
Well I hope to repair it. It's close to not being able to turn so I need to find a way to replace the washer in it. But every help page, video or blog all the taps have either a cap you remove on top, a screw you can see on top or a leaver tap, mine is non of that

It's solid.
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Daisy England
3 years ago
It is a washer or blocked with limescale?
baseblade
Original Author
3 years ago
Washer, as it hard to turn there is no blockage
Daisy England
3 years ago
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjvzv-ZyZHvAhUGTxUIHW08CxkQFjABegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGdGdwxSR_Tk&usg=AOvVaw0KBKS0JPysnE1SxNWqmkCp
baseblade
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks for the link but the video still has the same problem, the too of my taps do not come off to reveal a screw to take the head off (screen shot is from the video link)

But thank you for trying
Sonia
3 years ago
When taps get old they begin to corrode inside and they sometimes cease to function properly. Our plumber tried to fix a dripping tap and he couldn’t get into it to change the washer. I then decided to change the whole tap and the new shiny tap works much better. Your tap looks pretty old?

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