Talking of mixer taps...

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

Ours has quite a piddle when it's turned off - it looks like it's syphoning out what's in the tap. It's had a new washer doodah recently and doesn't leak.

Any ideas to stop the piddling?

Si

[Mary Fisher]

I tell Spouse to use a rubber band.

Mary

[Owain]

Give it a little shake when you've finished

Owain

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

I suppose it's worth a try. Base or end?

Si

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

This group has been taken over by the Jimmy Tarbuck Appreciation Society!!

Si

[Mary Fisher]

LOL! I suspect it was your eloquent description which engendered our appropriate responses :-)

Mary

[Owain]

It's what I do with my mixer tap. If you don't like the answer you shouldn't have asked the question.

Owain

[Mary Fisher]

Actually I do the same - or hold a cloth under the end to absorb the excess. It'snot aproblem though.

Oh come on, Owain! I suspect Si thought you were continuing the spirit of the thread, he didn't imply that he didn't like the answer. It's not like you to be pompous and it's not like Si to be indignant! He's a long standing and good humoured poster, as you are.

Mary

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

Oh, I see.

The point of my question was to see if the excess water flow could be eliminated, or if there was a fault with the tap which caused it, rather than the best way to make the water actually come out.

It's not just a few drips, rather a whole tap-full.

Si

[Owain]

No, my mixer tap doesn't snot, just piddles.

I didn't mean to be anything other than humourously pompous.

I plead not having had my lunch at that point in mitigation.

Owain

[Owain]

Yes.

I suppose some arrangement of syphon and vent at the bottom, whereby mains pressure water was emitted through the spout but low pressure standing water drained away would be possible.

However the water in the tap couldn't be returned back to the mains, so it would have to be drained somewhere.

Alternatively compressed air could be injected at the bottom of the tap, to blow the water out of the spout.

If you have a slightly leaky washer, the water let through will build up in the tap until a critical point is reached when you get a gush.

For some reason all this reminds me of the recent "Still Game" episode where Navid had prostate problems.

Owain

[Mary Fisher]

Note to self: be more assiduous in proof reading...

Sorry ... I WAS serious but was genuinely surprised at what I now realise was my perceived understanding of your reaction.

LOL!

Low blood sugar?

Mary

[Owain]

two mugs of tea and a lidl bar of chocolate does not a breakfast make.

Also not a good Time of the Month[1]

Owain

[1] council tax payment due :-(

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

It's only just started doing it, hence new washer doodah recently.

Si

[Mary Fisher]

Direct debit is the answer. I use it for everything, that way I don't have to worry about forgetting as well as not worrying about being able to pay.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

Shall I smack your hand too?

Or was that humour ... I get so confused ... :-)

Mary

[Owain]

I won't use DD for anything unless I get a discount, and I wouldn't trust my council with access to my bank account even if I did.

Owain

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

Everyone has to have a hobby.

Hard to tell, isn't it? I'm sure people don't speak to each other face to face in the same way as they do in newsgroups though. I hope not anyway.

Si

[Mary Fisher]

Well, we usually do and it's a bonus but why wouldn't you use it?

If you send a cheque they know the details, don't they? Have you had a bad experience - yourself I mean, not hearsay?

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

That's my motto!

I probably do ... :-(

Mary