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kitchen mixer tap - cold water at just a drizzle

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:50 pm
by vh99
hi there,

complete novice needing some help.

Our mixer tap in the kitchen is not playing the game !! The hot water is flowing fine but the cold water comes out at a dribble, I have tried putting hand over the tap when running (got very wet ) and for a second or two this did the trick, howeverm as soon as I turned the tap off and then on again the problem returned with barely a trickle coming out.
The cold tap is also taking more turns than previously to get even the tricke.

As I say complete novice here so really would appreciate some assitance.

many thanks

vince

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:25 pm
by htg engineer
Sounds like the tap is faulty - the tap handle may be turning on the spindle, or the washer may be stuck - you need to strip the tap down.

htg