Dripping Tap Help

joey1211 said:
They don't even have product codes stamped on them. You need to provide 4 different measurements to the exact millimeter or it's the wrong one.
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This is what ****** me off, if you going to have a part for something make sure its identifiable and trying to get exact dimensions is a pita when everything isnt the same thickness.

My taps at the bottom of the handle are all calcified and the taps are looking a little worse for wear as I think I used the wrong type of sponge on one of them and it just looks dull and dirty now and won't clean out properly.

They look like these and the bottom of the ones you turn have hard build up
 
Applying vaseline or silicone grease to the white bit inside can sometimes stop it dripping depending on how worn it is.

 
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joey1211 said:
Applying vaseline or silicone grease to the white bit inside can sometimes stop it dripping depending on how worn it is.

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On the white ceramic bit inside you can see a slight gap despite it supposedly being shut, ill get a pic when I go downstairs again.

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Original taps that was put in around 20 yeras ago, always used to think you had to shut water off in order to take the screw out lol, shutoffs are downstairs in the kitchen.

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I think they were too limescaled up, started breaking apart at the very built up areas, will get some replacement heads.
 
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Seems my bathroom hot tap has decided to play up now, its a full turn tap and the hot tap where the teeth part is just under is every so slightly letting water through and if I turn it on and take the knob off whilst on you can wiggle the part with the teeth thing but the thing is after over 20 years I cant tell how many teeth there are but on screwfix the only different for bathroom sinks for replacements is threaded and non threaded and it looks like non threaded to me (I had to take cold tap knob off as the hot one is nearly all black, possible from being wet along with any buildup that may be happening)

It could have been doing it for a while but I just didn't notice as I just assumed any water on tap came from my hands.

I tried taking top down photos but its very worn and trying to count going around im going crosseyed lol

I have been having a bit of an internal debate about whether to just try replacing the gland and the tap heads or just replacing the taps altogether, I have watched some youtube videos and seems simple enough but the nut under the sink itself as well as the bit above it seem like such a pain in the backside.

Will be a weekend job but curious to what anybody else would do, its the original taps 20+ years old and I tried cleaning one tap with wrong brush and it scuffed it all up but not really bothered about that.

I even had a punt at trying to count in paint lol
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the first key is have the right tools before attempting to take the valve out. last thing you want to be doing is stripping the top otherwise you will have a nightmare on older ones especially. ive got one to do myself soon. :p
 
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