mixer-taps

[Bob]

my kitchen mixer tap is dripping, presumably I need to replace the washer or whatever. It's a Carron Pheonix Aztec. (similar to this one:

There is a collar around the neck of the outlet pipe, do I remove this and if so do I have to turn the hot and cold water supplies off?

Thanks for any help

Bob

[Set Square]

Are they quarter turn taps? If so, they probably have ceramic discs rather than conventional washers.

I imaging you get at them by removing the knobs. There's probably a screw under the red and blue markers in the centre of the knobs.

You *will* need to turn the water off before dismantling the tap. Hopefully you have a quarter-turn service valve on each supply pipe? You shouldn't need to disturb the outlet spout.