Replacing washers on monoblock mixer tap

[Mark]

[Andrew]

First of all discover that the gate valves have seized up solid, so spend many frustrating hours trying to sort that out before saying 'sod it', and just using the time while the header tank is drained to fix all the leaking taps.

leave the sodding gate valves as they are (unless you have half done the job, so have no option but to sweat on).

[DerbyBorn]

Are they ceramic - or conventional washered taps - with coarse thread to give quarter turn?