Dripping Taps

[Tonynoplumber]

I have a relatively new kitchen installed by Magnet, The taps which are a Norrie mixer set are now dripping contnuously on the cold water side. As my name suggests I'm not a plumber but I'd be happy to take them apart if I could find a good set of instructions. I suspect that there will be a method for either reseating or replacing the tap washer which I believe is the most likely problem.

Has anyone any information. Urgent as my wife's nagging about this is worse than the drip itself.

 

[joe-90]

Are they ceramic or standard? How much do you need to turn them to switch them on?

 

[Tonynoplumber]

They're standard chrome finish taps. A round knob on each side of a swan neck outlet. They dont take a lot of turns to operate but you cannot seem to close the cold side tightly enough to stop the drip.

 

[45yearsagasman]

If ceramic taps then usually 1/4 turn is all that is required to turn full on and full off.How many turns exactly?

 

[Tonynoplumber]

Just tried it and its a quarter turn only from fully open to fully closed

 

[HERTS P&D]

Go and get a new tap reviver head kit from your local plumbers merchant and change them over. If under 1 year old then contact your kitchen fitter.

Please note there should be isolation valves under your sink to turn off the water.

Happy plumbing.

Andy

 

[Tonynoplumber]

Thanks for the info so far. I now know a lot more about the taps and what to do about it. I just have one remaining problem. I can't figure how to take the damn thing apart. There is a small solid bar that sticks out from the body of the knob. This unscrews but does not realease the the mechanism.

 

[Nige F]

the very top of the bit the bar sticks out of ( body of the knob )may simply unscrew with a fine, almost invisible line where the 2 pieces join