Fix / de-scale kitchen tap

Oct 09, 2016 59 Replies

After my kitchen mixer has been in place about 7 years, both hot and cold began to drip. I opened them up, more in hope than expectation, but I found scale deposits on the ceramic disc, which were quite easily removed, and all was well.

Perhaps the hardest part is knowing how to gain access; once in it may be simple to fix.

Chris

no, just mentally impaired

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don't recognise any of the symptoms

Not all areas. All of Cornwall and Devon has soft water, some other areas have medium soft. There are also a few areas in the north that have hard water. there are also a few pockets of the south that have soft water, but generally, yes, the south has mainly hard.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3396141.stm

Indeed, there are several areas in the north east that have hard water.

Denial IS one of the symptoms ;-)

That's how bad the mental impairment is ;-)

AS someone pointed out, its really an east west divide. Granite to the west of the pennines and sometimes chalks and clays to the east.

Most of Wales, the west country, Cumbria and nearly all of scotland is soft.

Its the south east, well up as far as Lincoln and beyond that is all limestone and chalk.

You may not have reached the same potential. No way to tell.

Smokers have a 50% chance of dying from it.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 05:43:18 +0100, Simon Mason wro= te:

99% Cu, 1% CuO probably.

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Regular sex and red wine also do.

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On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 05:45:02 +0100, Simon Mason wro= te:

NW/SE.

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I got the strangest recording when I called the phone company the other = day. It said, "You have been connected to the correct department on the first= try. This is against company policy. Please hang up and redial."

'The top 50 local areas with the highest male life expectancy at birth were in the South East, East of England, South West, London and East Midlands'

Life Expectancy at Birth and at Age 65 by Local Areas in England and ...

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With lead solder.

That's because people are more well off.

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On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:37:38 +0100, harry w= rote:

Most plumbers use compression fittings, much quicker.

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Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

No they don't. Compression fittings are far more expensive and less reliable.

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