How to fix a dripping tap

[Music] dripping Taps waste water and stain sinks and bars and the thing is you can't just leave them because the problem only gets worse fortunately they're a doled to fix check if there is an isolation ball valve on the pipe under the sink if there is turn it off by turning the screw head or handle on the valve so it's at a right angle to the flow of the pipe a parallel position means on if the valve isn't there you'll have to turn off the water supply at the stop coock you may have two of these so double check once isolated drain remaining water in the pipe by turning on the tap remove the tap head undo the head gear nut with an adjustable spanner or pipe grips if it's tight protect the tap with a cloth and prevent it from rotating whilst undoing the nut remove the headgear assembly the washer sits in the the jumper and is either pressed in place often over a small button or retained by a nut if necessary unscrew the nut hold in the washer in place with an adjustable spanner prize out the old washer insert a new washer and push it into the jumper reassemble the tap in the same way that you took it apart turn the isolation ball valve under the sink back on or the stop if required test the tap and make sure there are no more leaks here's a good tip for when you're doing the work pop the plug in and that way any bits and pieces won't fall down the plug hole also try to have numerous different washer sizes on hand because different Taps obviously require different [Music] sizes

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Id: 0MyvS5lacgE

Length: 2min 5sec (125 seconds)

Published: Sun May 06 2012