Hello all... I have an Ideal Standard tap the same as can anyone tell me if the tapered part on the upper part of the tap body should be removeable and if so how to do it? It appears to be 'solid'... The tap turns okay b ut no water... Any suggestions?
can anyone tell me if the tapered part on the upper part of the tap body should be removeable and if so how to do it? It appears to be 'solid'... The tap turns okay but no water... Any suggestions?
I'd expect that there's a screw holding the tap knob onto its shaft, either under the white central C/H logo in the top of the knob, or in the side of the knob screwed sideways into the tap shaft. Once you've loosened that the knob should come off.
Then the tapered section should just unscrew from the bit under it, though it might be pretty stiff. I should think the taper would make it tricky to get a good grip on it with a wrench. There might just be some slight 'flats' on the lowest part of the taper allowing a wide wrench to fit over them. If you have to exert a lot of force trying to loosen the tapered bit be sure to use your other hand to apply a counter-force on the spout of the tap to prevent the whole tap from rotating in its socket in the sink, as loosening that or - worst case - damaging the seal between tap and supply pipe will make the whole job much more complicated.
It should just screw off but you ahve metal, water and lime all mixed together... They can be a right begger to get off, try a soaking in lime scale remover, try and get some down between the shaft and cover. Gentle taps with a small hammer around the base, put a couple of layers of paper between hammer and cover to try and reduce marking. There ought to be some flats around the bottom of the cover tightly fit a wrench (adjustable) again with a sheet of paper, and try shifting it. Gentle taps with hammer in righty tighty and lefty loosey directions. Brace the tap body to stop it rotating in the basin.
Remove cover from tap top Remove screw inside. Remove tap head with a sharp tap (sic!) - usually seized. Remove tapered top with a wrench if you dont care about cratching or a strap wrench if you so Suggerst removing complete tap anyway to get force on it
Remove tap mechanism from body with wrench in a vice.
Replace washer discover tap now leaks at connector Replace connector washer. Discover tap now leaks at gland. Remove tap throw away and fit new tap :-=)
me if the tapered part on the upper part of the tap body should be removeab le and if so how to do it? It appears to be 'solid'... The tap turns okay but no water... Any suggestions?
I'm really very grateful to all... I have now done the job with your help. .. I should perhaps mention for others who may experience the same difficu lty that the shroud was absolutely solid due to 'limescale' -- I soaked abo ut a 30cm length of linen cloth with 'Harpic' (slightly acid) and left it ' bandaged' around the lower part of the shroud for about an hour or so, also I squirted a small quantity of the same Harpic down the shaft and in conta ct with the inside of the shroud... The result was, within about one minut e a 'bubble' reaction and frothing around the inside of the shroud... As I said, after about 60 - 70 minutes my wife was able to unscrew the shroud ( in a clockwise direction) with just her fingers... So all is now well... A big 'thank you' to everyone...
l me if the tapered part on the upper part of the tap body should be remove able and if so how to do it? It appears to be 'solid'... The tap turns ok ay but no water... Any suggestions?
p... I should perhaps mention for others who may experience the same diffi culty that the shroud was absolutely solid due to 'limescale' -- I soaked a bout a 30cm length of linen cloth with 'Harpic' (slightly acid) and left it 'bandaged' around the lower part of the shroud for about an hour or so, al so I squirted a small quantity of the same Harpic down the shaft and in con tact with the inside of the shroud... The result was, within about one min ute a 'bubble' reaction and frothing around the inside of the shroud... As I said, after about 60 - 70 minutes my wife was able to unscrew the shroud (in a clockwise direction) with just her fingers... So all is now well... A big 'thank you' to everyone...
Oh! Dear... Oh! Dear... ABOVE, I SHOULD HAVE SAID 'As I said, after about
60 - 70 minutes my wife was able to unscrew the shroud (in an ANTI-clockwis e direction) with just her fingers...
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