bathroom tap

[pagey]

hi does anybody know how to take this tap apart ..i have been getting the van ready for a trip filled up with water bled the system but only a small amount of water coming through the basin tap in the bathroom on hot or cold , all ok everywhere else so i think the tap is at fault ..it looks like i will have to take the bathroom apart to get the tap out which i am trying to avoid

 

[TheBig1]

look in the mirror in photo. It takes a small allen key

 

[TheBig1]

Once the tap head is off, you unscrew the big nut below and replace the ceramic insert.

Before you strip it down, have you removed the strainer from the end of the spout to check it is not blocked?

 

[pagey]

Once the tap head is off, you unscrew the big nut below and replace the ceramic insert.

Before you strip it down, have you removed the strainer from the end of the spout to check it is not blocked?

no i haven't i did suspect it was a possibility but i cant see how to undo it .. i am having a bad day today i feel like **** i hope its not covid had to walk away from the tap as i would have probably broke it, thanks for your help

 

[TheBig1]

no i haven't i did suspect it was a possibility but i cant see how to undo it .. i am having a bad day today i feel like **** i hope its not covid had to walk away from the tap as i would have probably broke it, thanks for your help

When you feel better, the strainer usually unscrews from the spout. unless you have a long flexible neck it is done by touch, as you can feel it in the end of the spout. I must admit that once or twice I had them refuse to unscrew due to limescale, so killed the strainer with a screwdriver and levered it out. The strainer tames the outlet flow a bit but otherwise is pointless as there is a strainer at the pump

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[pagey]

When you feel better, the strainer usually unscrews from the spout. unless you have a long flexible neck it is done by touch, as you can feel it in the end of the spout. I must admit that once or twice I had them refuse to unscrew due to limescale, so killed the strainer with a screwdriver and levered it out. The strainer tames the outlet flow a bit but otherwise is pointless as there is a strainer at the pump

i think you are on the money with the strainer as cold or hot or both at the same time makes no difference thanks

 

[Wabs]

no i haven't i did suspect it was a possibility but i cant see how to undo it .. i am having a bad day today i feel like **** i hope its not covid had to walk away from the tap as i would have probably broke it, thanks for your help

Just take it easy,deal with it when your feeling better,,you’ll make a better job of it

 

[Lenny HB]

Looks like a Reich tap, the strainer is a push fit.
The main barrel of the tap will be held in place with a very small torx grub screw. Not worth trying to sort it in situ easier to take the tap out to work on it.

 

[Manic]

Is it a micro switch system. Can you hear the pump start when operate the tap.

 

[pagey]

hi guys tap update the tap is a comet the problem was that several flakes of the fake chrome had got on top of the aerator and blocked it simple fix or should have been but i could not undo it so many tools and many anglo saxon words later its done thanks for the help

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