Dismantling Basin Mixer Knobs, Fixing Dripping Tap & Shower Faucet Issues

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I warmly welcome! I have a problem with disassembling the taps of the basin faucet shown in the first photo below. Unfortunately, despite removing the plugs from the taps and then unscrewing the screws in them, the taps cannot be removed further. I wonder if you don't need to unscrew these...

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Regarding the first basin tap, after unscrewing the taps, you need to unscrew the conical sleeves indicated by the arrows in the photo. After unscrewing them, you will have access to the heads and you can unscrew them. In my case, in a similar battery, I unscrewed these sleeves manually without using a key. A # 17 wrench was needed to unscrew the heads on my battery. Of course, you have to close the earlier valve so that you do not flood the apartment when unscrewing the head.

Parowy · Accepted Answer

Welcome.

As for the second question, this is normal. I have the same with a typical shower faucet, the water left in the hose slowly drips out of it after hanging up, I suppose it would disappear if you held the handset much below the battery before hanging it up.

Kenworth 18 · Accepted Answer

If after removing the plugs there is a screw securing the cocks, they must be removed.
I used to repair the battery for a friend of mine, I suppose the cheapest Chinese-style retro and, surprisingly, the taps were permanent.
Unfortunately, the angle grinder had to go into motion because the heads were damaged.

Kenworth 18 · Accepted Answer

If you want to save the heads, tap the taps on the screwed tap. If they don't let go, twist and cut as much as possible. Then you will only save the hens, provided that the axis can be punched.

TomToM97 · Answer

So yes:
1. Remove the knob covers and unscrew the screws.
2. Unscrew the conical sleeves.
3. The cocks should let go and I got to the heads.

Or so?
1. Remove the knob covers and unscrew the screws.
2. Take out the taps somehow and then take care of the conical sleeves?
3. And I have access to the heads.

I have doubts because you indicated that the sleeves will be unscrewed, but at the beginning you wrote "after unscrewing the taps" so as I understand it, the latter variant, right?

Do you have any way to let these unfortunate cocks let go?

Kenworth 18 · Answer

I suppose a colleague is going to replace the heads in this battery?
Or just head gaskets, commonly known as mushrooms?
I think the chanterelles just stuck on the spines over time.
Spray with some descaler and then use a rubber mallet like a surgeon with a scalpel during the operation. Just gently tap these cocks from the bottom and the top.

TomToM97 · Answer

The plan was to replace the entire heads, because one of the knobs is not too interesting anymore. Unless it is only a stone or a gasket that is to blame, then maybe and without replacements, the question of checking them is. Well, first I have to get to them somehow, I'll try to figure something out tomorrow to finally move them.

TomToM97 · Answer

I understand, then thank you all for dispelling my doubts. Good night!

Anonymous · Answer

First you need to remove the cap. Depending on the construction of the battery, only the white "eye" with the word "Hot" or the entire plug is removed. I have two faucets for a washbasin and a bathtub, and in the washbasin you can take out the entire plug, and in the bathtub the only "eye".

View of the cap and tap after removing the cap. Inside the tap there is a screw that fixes the tap to the head. You have to unscrew it.

View of the battery after unscrewing the tap. Access to the head of the "arms" decorative sleeve.

We unscrew the sleeve by hand and we have access to the battery head. In my case, we unscrew the head with the key No. 17.

The head is made of brass plastic and has a fairly fragile structure. There is no point in resuscitating it, it just needs to be replaced. In my website, it costs PLN 8.90 (I bought it last week). You need to pay attention to the replacement because they are similar in appearance, but differ in small details, e.g. teeth (knurling) on the axis on which the cock is placed. Water deposits (limescale) may make it a bit difficult to disassemble the battery and replace the head. You should also remember to close the main valve so as not to flood the apartment.

Zbigniew Rusek · Answer

There is also one thing. Namely, the heads can have different ways of fixing the knob. It can be either with a screw (as shown in the photo - i.e. there is a hole with an internal thread in the head), or (much less often) with a nut (in the head, a threaded pin protrudes from the head, for which a nut fixing the knob is given). Therefore, you also need to pay attention to this detail. Of course, you have to pay attention to the size of the head to fit the battery - here it is probably a typical 1/2 '', since it is unscrewed with a 17 key. How can the head be made of plastic? It's made of brass and shouldn't have any plastic parts. If it has, it means it's some trash.

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