Having put up for ages with a trickle from the kitchen hot water tap - the cold was better from the same tap, I had the long overdue idea of checking the tap filter. On unscrewing this, it was full up with scale and bits. The hot water ran freely without it. Do I have to replace the filter (I have now cleaned it)? The tap runs perfectly well without it. The water has a softener and is not drinking water as I have a separate tap for this. What function do these meshes provide - other than restricting the flow!
Mesh Tap Filters
- Thread starter msmarie
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The mesh is as you say a filter periodically must be cleaned.
If there is a leak, you can use a tap reseating tool to clear the thread of the taps and use a new washer.
The other option is to change the tap(s).
It is not a filter but an aerator to minimise splashing.
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Many thanks - I didn't know that. There is more or less no splashing without the filter (aerator) so I shall leave it off. No more waiting for the sink to fill, ie wandering off to do something else and forgetting and losing all the hot water.....
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