1/4 turn ceramic disc basin taps

Dec 03, 2006 6 Replies

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SilverWrinkly 19 years ago

Does anyone know where I can get replacement cartridges for these taps? Originally supplied by Aston-Matthews in 1991, they are no longer manufactured. I did once get spare cartridges from C.P. Hart but they can't supply them any more. C.P. Hart's code for a replacement hot cartridge was: XLIBAGH. No idea of the code for the cold one and It's the cold that I need. The cartridge is about 23mm diameter over the widest part (the thread that it screws into the tap body with) and about 74mm long, including a 9mm dia. by 27mm long spindle with splines at the top that fit into the operating lever.

If anyone knows a supplier of these, I will be very grateful for the information.

Thanks

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Dave Liquorice 19 years ago

Take the old one along to a decent plumber merchant and see what they have. I suspect that these parts are fairly standard.

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The Central Authority 19 years ago

AFAIK a "Hot" tap is identical to a "Cold".

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Sparks 19 years ago

...other than it usually turns the other way...

To the OP - what is up with it, is it dripping or has it gone stiff?

Our bathroom basin taps went stiff, so I took the cartridge apart and cleaned and re greased the spindle, works like new now :-)

If you do need a replacement, make sure you take the handle with you too, as the spindles are different sizes.

Sparks...

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Dave Liquorice 19 years ago

Depending in tap design hot and cold might be "handed". Our kitchen mono block 1/4 turn jobbie has both hot and cold turned on by moving the top of the tap handle away from you. Hot is clockwise on, cold is anticlockwise on.

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The Medway Handyman 19 years ago

Not with quarter turn ceramic cartridges. They have to be 'handed'.

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Roger Mills 19 years ago

Indeed - but you can often convert them by taking the discs out and putting them back the other way round.

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