Hello again,
We have these sort of taps in one bathroom, for hot and cold use in the shower.
We can only turn them about 90 degrees maximum before they stop...too tight to turn more.
This makes it hard to adjust temperature, as well as not boost the pressure up high enough for a strong shower. The vanity taps next to the shower go a million miles per hour, so it is not a presure problem.
To try to fix, I took off the little screw caps at the end of the handles, and I can then take the spindled knobs off of the centre, but for the life of me, I cannot get the conical section that abutts the tiles to come loose and look in there to see if it needs some silicone lubricant or the like. It's as if the dome shaped covers are super glued to the tiles, and being round, there is no way to grip them, or know if they turn/screw off, or simply pop off. If the taps ever start dripping, gosh knows how I would get to the washers?
Any thoughts please ?
We have these sort of taps in one bathroom, for hot and cold use in the shower.
We can only turn them about 90 degrees maximum before they stop...too tight to turn more.
This makes it hard to adjust temperature, as well as not boost the pressure up high enough for a strong shower. The vanity taps next to the shower go a million miles per hour, so it is not a presure problem.
To try to fix, I took off the little screw caps at the end of the handles, and I can then take the spindled knobs off of the centre, but for the life of me, I cannot get the conical section that abutts the tiles to come loose and look in there to see if it needs some silicone lubricant or the like. It's as if the dome shaped covers are super glued to the tiles, and being round, there is no way to grip them, or know if they turn/screw off, or simply pop off. If the taps ever start dripping, gosh knows how I would get to the washers?
Any thoughts please ?
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