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| 650307 |
2008-03-19 06:19:00 |
Most newer type taps have a ceramic insert such as the Methven centeque which you change to prevent leakage. take a digital pic of the inside of your tap then go into somewhere like Mastertrade and show it to the plumbing counter staff they will then advise you what you need, worked for me in Nelson when I needed to stop a leaky tap. |
gary67 (56) |
| 650308 |
2008-03-19 10:27:00 |
If you have ceramic insert taps (1/4 turn, dear enough that you know you've bought them) then you should also have a filter on the inlet side to stop grit getting into the ceramic insert and scoring the sealing faces. |
PaulD (232) |
| 650309 |
2008-03-19 21:24:00 |
Word of warning. Never use vaseline or petroleum Jelly on rubber parts it will rot them PDQ. You can buy special waterproof grease for the job. |
Colpol (444) |
| 650310 |
2008-03-21 03:25:00 |
Word of warning. Never use vaseline or petroleum Jelly on rubber parts it will rot them PDQ. You can buy special waterproof Petroleum JellyVgrease for the job.
Vaseline or petroleum jelly os OK to use on "some" types of rubber (Vitron) for example, but not all rubbers are made equal nor is petroleum jelly. One option is to use a Silicone based grease. We used this in the lab for all sorts of things, just never use Silicone grease on metal to metal parts. |
Gordon62 (11771) |
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