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Bath tap problem
My bath taps need maintenance.
I estimate the age of these taps as about 30 years.
The problem is that the internal screw which moves the plunger vertically is badly worn and the tap sometimes jams. It has to be removed from the body and freed by hand then refitted.
Replacement internal workings of a similar design are available as in link following
http://www.screwfix.c...rs-4.1/&company=ae235
but these are not exactly the same. The overall length of the new ones is about 6mm shorter than the original. The result of this is that, when closing the tap, the plunger falls off the end of the internal screw before the tap is shut.
The original plungers do not fit in the new housings because some diameters are larger than the new version.
Also the new screwed shafts do not fit the old housings as various dimensions are different.
Does anyone know of any fix short of replacing the entire tap?
thanks
I estimate the age of these taps as about 30 years.
The problem is that the internal screw which moves the plunger vertically is badly worn and the tap sometimes jams. It has to be removed from the body and freed by hand then refitted.
Replacement internal workings of a similar design are available as in link following
http://www.screwfix.c...rs-4.1/&company=ae235
but these are not exactly the same. The overall length of the new ones is about 6mm shorter than the original. The result of this is that, when closing the tap, the plunger falls off the end of the internal screw before the tap is shut.
The original plungers do not fit in the new housings because some diameters are larger than the new version.
Also the new screwed shafts do not fit the old housings as various dimensions are different.
Does anyone know of any fix short of replacing the entire tap?
thanks
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A proper plumbers merchants (City Plumbing, Plumb Centre etc) should have reducing rings.......... but they may only be to fit a new valve into an old body :o(
Maybe a daft dea, but........... any chance of packing out the new valve with two washers or a spacer and a washer.......... with a longer retaining screw?
Or............ go to a reclamation yard (architectural salvage for taps that match the old ones, and use the valves from them.
A proper plumbers merchants (City Plumbing, Plumb Centre etc) should have reducing rings.......... but they may only be to fit a new valve into an old body :o(
Maybe a daft dea, but........... any chance of packing out the new valve with two washers or a spacer and a washer.......... with a longer retaining screw?
Or............ go to a reclamation yard (architectural salvage for taps that match the old ones, and use the valves from them.