Single hole mixer sink taps leaking at base. How to fix it.
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- Опубликовано: 25 сен 2018
- One of those leaks that is an irritation, as it leaves a stain on the sink unit.
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This is an awesome video. Watched it, watched it again, got the tools out, fixed my leaky faucet (that had really been driving me nuts). And I’m a 65 year old woman! Thanks so much!!!!
Great to hear!
65! Wow well done!
Thank you very much for this video - it helped me carry out the task successfully: 3 factors helped:
1. The excellent video, even with a US faucet/tap with a couple of differences. The cartridge had the 2 little plugs on the bottom to align and the hot/cold rotator thingee that goes on the cartridge also had 2 plugs to align on the cartridge itself. Also, there was no o-ring or washer inside like in the video, but after taking everything out, cleaning all the parts and putting them back in, the leaking stopped.
2. The tip from other commenters to use a rubber jar opener to loosen the ring.
3. Serendipity; I had some to squirt some WD40 in order to loosen the nut holding the handle in place, as I could not turn the Allen key at first. Also, I did not put back the top ring and screw in the handle nut immediately, just as well as I had not aligned the cartridge, rotator thingee correctly at first, so I adjusted, tried again and all was well. Then I screwed everything back in place.
Pleased you sorted it ok Micheal.
Thanks again for a well explained video. Just fixed my parents tap with your help. Wasn't sure how those taps came apart. Thanks again, your videos have helped me out alot in the past. Merry Xmas and a leaky free new year.
Have a nice Christmas Stephen.
thanks , dereton33 , i was struggling for 30mins to find out how to dismantle the unit until I see your vid showing me the secret tiny allen key hidden behind the plastic cover . Thanks Chief .
Glad I could help
I'm just getting used to being on my own so this video was a real boost for me. Thank you.
No problem Vicki.
Excellent! I'm having trouble sealing my mixer tap, after fitting a new cartridge. Your video takes me on to the next stage of disassembly with more confidence! Thanks!
No problem.
Thanks for the video. We used a rubber stubby holder to avoid scratching, worked a treat.
That`s a good idea Susan.
Thank you for your help with this problem. We have the same tap and hubby was averting the job because he thought you had to tackle the problem from under the sink. Now I know better and will probably do the job myself.
No problem
Thank you for your excellent video! I was able to repair our faucet (tap) by using a bit of plumbers tape to increase the seal between the plastic o-ring and the faucet, where it swivels at the base. Again many thanks, as it saved my engaging a plumber for what is truly a minor job that even I could repair in under 15 minutes.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for your hint!
I did the same thing here for the rubber seals at the base of my Price Pfister kitchen sink tap: I found that covering them with a few wraps of teflon tape also helped the overall faucet move more freely and also stopped some slight drips getting out. For me that was happening due to the interior of the cylindrical part of the faucet having become slightly corroded (with the chrome plating wearing off to reveal a copper surface underneath, so the rubber ring was probably no longer making nice even contact, allowing a few drips to squeeze out at the base of the tap when it was turned on). With the teflon tape added over the rubber seals, that slight drip when the tap was turned on stopped completely for me. As a plus, the faucet is also no longer stiff to move from left to right! So it seems like this simple fix is working great, thanks for the hint! Perhaps using teflon tape also makes the rubber seal last longer? There would be less friction within the cylindrical part when moving the faucet from left to right, so less risk of the seals getting "shredded". I wonder why more plumbing channels don't recommend using teflon tape over these rubber seals? Perhaps it helps increase the sales of the replacement rubber seals?
Unbelievably helpful. My parents tap has this issue and now I know how to fix it. Thanks so much. Will like and subscribe.
Thanks for the sub!
Very clear step by step instruction. Thankyou
No problem Jason.
Amazing to realise I’m repairing EXACTLY the same tap as you while watching your video. Same problem abs same solution. Thanks :)
You're welcome!
Thank you for this video.
I needed this to fix my elderly mothers kitchen faucet!
❤️🙏🏻❤️
You are so welcome!
Great video! You could try using one of those rubber jar openers. The ones that look like an oil filter wrench. It'll help with the marring
Great tip
Funny u mentioned that - i was doing that, too. Messed it up sadly lol. Still didn't work
Never even thought of that thanks worked great 👍
Thanks for the help! After watching your video, I fixed the issue! The problem was the plastic nut that holds the cartridge in place...it was pretty loose. I tightened it up and it seems to be behaving now! :)
That`s great pleased you fixed it.
Thank you for this excellent video ... just noticed that our sink mixer seem to have a similar issue and now I know how to take it apart and what to look for.
That's great
Thanks for the video got the job done now I’m in the good books 🙏🏼
No problem 👍
Thanks for posting. Been looking at the leak and wondering. Appreciate your help.
No problem 👍
Thank you for this wonderful video, its exactly what I was looking for!
You're very welcome!
Just did this it worked thanks great videos over the years thanks
You're welcome!
Thanks for this - couldn't for the life of me work out how to do it! And your an old Mod like myself - keep on keeping the faith!
Thanks, you too!
Great vid mate and good simple instructions that anyone can follow
Thanks 👍
The best clip I found. Thank you!
No problem.
Great video. It showed me that the base of the tap can be unscrewed so that the sealing rings can be reached and renewed. This is my problem. And I will fix.
Glad it helped
Great video , very practical . Helped me out . Appreciate it
No problem 👍
Brilliant video. Well done. Makes me believe i can now do mine. Only thing is, i dont have those tools 🤣
O well never mind.
Thanks for the lesson , I at least got an understanding as to the method required , no to put it into practise , I'm sure it'll work for me , cheers mate .
Good luck Kim.
Thanks very Good video👍👍opened it up and saw the inner element was cracked and has to be replaced
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for your video....I just fixed my tap 🙂👍
You're welcome!
They make a wrench for car oil filters that instead of using a metal band to grip, they use an adjustable rubber band that fits any size. It's called a Rubber Strap Wrench. About £3 ($6).
AHA! I knew there was something like that on the market! I asked the man in the hardware store and he said he didn't know of anything like that. I was at Harbor Freights and just looked up Rubber Strap Wrench and sure enough they sell them! Whether it works or not who knows. $5 in USA.
www.harborfreight.com/rubber-strap-wrench-set-2-pc-69373.html?cid=paid_google|||69373&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTHQcug1dbQiLq3gVIjOPbp53EMeILtuOXwK9vi2mO4G2qyvuE3a5sIaAij-EALw_wcB
Life saver this guy
No problem.
Spot on help, thank you very much.
You're welcome!
Great vid with heaps of information, thank you
No problem 👍
I had the same problem with a similar tap. I used a strap wrench to avoid scratching the chrome with a spanner. As you say Al the top parts only need to be hand tight and the strap wrench worked a treat.
Thanks for the extra info Cliff. Hope you are keeping well.
No worries Al. Hope the two of you are also keeping well.
I've just bought and fitted a new one it's leaking slightly from the top joint above the one yours was ... hopefully I'll have a look today and it'll just need that top nut tightening a bit
Thanks for the excellent video
Mark in Poole:)
Good luck with it Mark.
Wow another great video brilliant thanks again
No problem.
Thanks. I hope to save my parents the cost of a plumber by doing this for them.
You can do it!
Very helpful thanks. As you say good luck with trying to find the exact size of O ring & seals.
No problem 👍
Great video same problem thought it was the pipes but same problem
Glad it helped
Thank you.
For the rubber seal at the base, I found that covering it with a few wraps of teflon tape helps the overall faucet move more freely and also stops any slight drips getting out (sometimes that can happen due to the interior of the cylindrical part of the faucet having become slightly corroded with the chrome plating wearing off to reveal a copper surface underneath, so the rubber ring is probably no longer making nice even contact, allowing a few drips to squeeze out at the base of the tap when it is turned on). With the teflon tape added over the rubber seal, that slight drip when the tap was turned on stopped completely for me, and also the faucet is no longer stiff to move from left to right, so it seems like this simple fix is working. Perhaps using teflon tape also makes the rubber seal last longer, as there would be less friction within the cylindrical part when moving the faucet from left to right. I wonder why plumbers don't use teflon tape over the rubber seal?
That stuff will not last long, we plumbers hate having to go back to jobs
@@dereton33 Thanks. I have an over 20 year old faucet and struggled with that leak, though slow, at the bottom and discovered that large ring was broken. I got a kit but of course the bottom ring was a "mouse hair" smaller but I slipped it on;. No luck.
Thanks so much for this. really helpful.
You're very welcome!
Silicon grease is very good for using with 'O' rings instead of plumbers mate, less messy and I found it a 100% perfect solution to seal and does not affect rubber 'o' rings.
Thanks for sharing
excellent video it really helped me out
Glad it helped
Canadian here, with the exact same problem. I suspected both upper and lower leaks were the result of a build up of lime (scale). Out water in Toronto is very hard, 7 grains, I think, and we require water softeners to prevent the build up of scale inside kettle, clothes irons, water heaters, steam irons and shower and kitchen faucets. The O-rings no longer made a complete seal with the build up of scale on them
Limescale is a tap destroyer. We have hard water in London and the south east.
Thanks for sharing
You can definitely get the seals and cartridges. Local plumbing suppliers have them even some general hardware store's.
Helps to know the model number but most are standardized.
Thanks.
Excellent Video.
Thank you very much!
Hi, I have a similar leak but is not going into the cupboards underneath the sink also from the tap. , Do you think this process will help?
Worth a go.
Thank you so much!!!!!
Thank you very much, i have the same problem on my mixer tap.
You're welcome!
@@dereton33 i subscribe to your channel 🙂
Very helpful, thanks very much 👍
No problem 👍
I'm back here again, my leaky tap is a bit different, it has a two 1/4 turn taps and I'm going to change the cartridges in those to see if that solves the problem. I can see the the cold one leaking quite a lot, and I have not got a "Round2it" till now its causing a puddle in that mess under the sink. I'm just hoping that a pair of new cartridges solves the problem as I dont want to have to replace the tap. Its a nightmare under there ... the kitchen was fitted by a pair of bodgers and one of them thought he was a plumber. So its a complete hideous mess of Polypipe and right angled joiners.
But great to see your videos again.
Good luck with it Tony.
@@dereton33 Yesterday was not a good day .. everything I touched came back to bite me.
I ordered a couple of cartridges from screwfix but they were not the right ones when I picked them up.
I was studying the original valve in my van, when I dropped it from my hand down the back of the seat in my brand new Transit.
Ollocks! I could not reach it, I was in Stevenage and I was nowhere near home.
I had to source one of those flexible grabby things .. I ordered one from Tool Station ...
Got there ... no they didnt have one in stock.
But! There was a very helpful plumbing supply next door ...
So I bought another couple of cartridges that looked right. (from photo) + a complete new tap with flexi hoses and olives etc just in case.
I managed to get a grabby think from Letchworth Tool Station and rescued the original valve in a jiff.
Back home .. They still were the wrong valves :(
My luck changed this morning when I went down the road to my local plumb shop (I don't know why I didn't go there first)
And they sorted me out, not exactly the same ones, but good enough.
Went home and changed both cartridges in 5 minutes.
Thanks for your video and I would underline that there are only about 50,000 different cartridges out there to choose from.
Hi Al. I have a single lever valve tap for the hot & cold on the bath. It's leaking from the underside of lever part of the tap that moves up & down, left & right. Could that be a seal as well or could it be the cartridge?
No brand name on the tap itself so I presume it'll be impossible to get the replacement parts.
It will be a washer seal on the cartridge. As you say it will be impossible to get a replacement.
@@dereton33 replacement cartridges are available but they come in a variety of sizes. Take your old one for comparison. or if you buy on-line, compare sizes
Top job !!
Thanks PB.
good video thanks man
No problem.
Well done
Thanks Amen.
I , being a window cleaner, use old squeegie rubbers when gripping any chrome with spanners etc. protects the chrome and actually grips better too.
Thanks for the tip.
Brilliant, thanks a lot, i wasnt sure if i should undo the chrome ring or whether it was part of the lower body. Right, wheres them grips
Glad it helped
Great job👍👏👏👏
Thank you! 😃
Great video, thanks.
You are welcome!
Hi - excellent video - I have exactly the same leak and the same dirty parts - what did you use to clean the black marks around the washer and thread ?
WE 40
Oops WD 40.
atleast his leaks back into the sink lol mine is on the counter basically. Found the water first underneat the sink, dripping right from faucet area , but then noticed its the actual faucet leaking at the base and water running down from the counter top basically through to bottom. Luckily it wasn't that much water and have it contained, watching this video though because it seems no plumbers around here want to work a small job so now i'm scared i'll have to try my unskilled self to fix it. I always scared to make things worse! lol
Thanks for that… I’ve a similar leak to check out, and bought two cartridges of different sizes yesterday. The kit had the Allen key and other o-rings etc included.
BTW, I’ve heard your footprints wrench called multi-grips or a Stilson wrench in Australia (mistakenly) thanks for the vocab boost.
Not sure what Boss white is? Lithium grease?
Kind of, it just works well on belt and braces type leaks.
Thanks 👍
No problem 👍
Hi under my kitchen sink there is ony 1 flexi hose its a combi boiler do you know what kind of tap i need to buy
I bought second hand kitchen but on that sink it has 2 connections on the tap
If you just have cold then just plug off the hot side.
Good show 👍
Thanks 👍
I can't get the base piece on the faucet neck to turn. I sprayed w-40 and let it sit. I have the perfect curve jaw wrench that locks and I can't get it to budge to loosen the thread. Any advice?
Some models do not split and if yours is one of those, new taps is the only answer.
Good video thank you
No problem 👍
Hi Great video BUT I have removed the cover and then I cant find a hole to insert the Allen Key. Used a torch to look but there appears to be nowhere to insert the Allen Key into. I have rotated the handle so the hole is looking at different parts of the inside but luck in finding a slot for the key. Surely there must be something holding the handle in place?
It may be just a push fit one, try pulling upwards. If no luck try tapping it upwards with a light hammer. Make sure the hole is not covered by a chrome cap, or hot or cold dot.
This is wonderful...I appreciate the detailed explanation for a layman (or woman) such as myself. I have a question though please since I do sometimes have bad luck when I'm full of good intentions and have the confidence to attempt repairs myself ..You said that it would be very unlikely to find a washer "that size"..so in that case what should I do ? I think that that may well be my problem. The tap is about 2 years old and leaking from the base constantly. Hope to hear back Thank you and Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦. 🙂
You can try local plumbing stores in Canada, or just good old Amazon. There are so many different types of washers you may end up with ones that do not fit.
Legend, thank you.
No problem
Thank you very mutch great video...!!!
You are welcome!
Thanks for the friendly help there! I really wish we had some form of shut off valve for our hot water, it looks like I’m going to need to empty the whole cylinder before I can get in to check out these o-rings.
How common is it these days to install shut off valves on each faucet in a home? I feel like that would save a lot of sanity being able to just isolate before a tap haha
It is a common thing these days.
There is a simple tool called a strap wrench you can use to loosen/tighten the chrome bits without marring them. It's one of the oldest and most useful tools out there.
Thanks bruce.
Very good video on disassembling a tap. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to me the white nylon washer looks like a sort of bearing ring that facilitates the tap rotating. I don't think it seals the tap. If the blue layer of the cartridge makes good contact no water should ever get as far as the white ring.
Thanks for the info!. You could be right.
I need help with my kitchen taps? I want to change my 2 kitchen taps, for, 2 leaver taps I have looked for a tutorial on you tube, but, can only find kitchen mixer tap demonstration. ???
Same job for them as single taps.
Thank you. Saved me $sss
No problem Colin.
thanks
No problem
... thanxz mate
No problem
Like you, if this was on my own tap I would have a go at repairing it because I'm a tight arse. But as a jobbing plumber if I tried this for a tenanted property and it failed again within twelve months I would be expected to go back free of charge to resolve it so I don't bother and would replace it.
Best bet.
Hey, Al! Just out of interest. What hat is your most hated tap design, repair/service?
I had a problem with a glass bowled, mono, lever, waterfall bath tap.
Could not for the life of me get the chrome top screw plate off to get to the cartridge.
The blessed thing was seized tight and the angle of the glass bowl frustrated me no end.
It dripped for ages, but that was the start of the problem.
The flexis supplied in the box were about 500mm long and were tightly bent over in the packaging and strapped tight with an elastic band. I reckon the rubber inner was stressed/fatigued being held in a kinked position during transit (probably all the way from China) Eventually perished, fine misting spray through the metal braided outer sheath.
Even worse. The tap was located 1/2 way along the back, long length of the bath and both ends were butted against end walls. Had to cut plasterboard off bedroom wall on other side to get to the darn thing to swap it.
I had the same tap in the same position on my bath, the flexis also leaked on mine luckily, I was able to get under the void underneath the bath and replace them. By the way I think they are the worse taps to repair. Never again.
Thank you for the video. That was really gross at the base. Is that mold or bacteria or what?
Probably both.
Thnx alot
No worries
PERFECTO 👍 SEÑOR
Thank you.
Silicone grease which is waterproof is great for lubricating and sealing joints like this.
Thanks for the tip.
You could try wrapping the white washer with ptfe tape
No it doesn't work.
Very useful.
Ours seems to leak from the same place, but the base ring of the tap becomes loose as there are not enough threads on it to hold it together through use.
Very annoying!
Terrible bad quality of taps these days.
Great video. many thanks
No problem Tony.
Excellent 👌👌👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
*Google search "fix faucet base leak", finds this video, watches videos to try fix myself... Google search plumber in my area* 🤷🏾♀️
Why don't u Google search : husband
I'll fix it for you babyyyyy but I want those luscious lips in return!
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Nice
Thanks
Mine is slightly leaking only at the base, where it meets the sink top. No water dripping down from higher up. What might cause that please?
P.s. under the sink everything is bone dry with the lines nice and tight.
Cartridge bottom washer leaking
What size Orings for these size taps?
No idea, best to get an o ring kit with a range of different sizes.
I tried this but no screw visible to extract? Are there different types?
Yes some just pull off.
I thought the same but If you look a little closer it could be a very small allen wrench
😊thank u karau
No problem.
Im in Home Depot, what's the name of the tool used? What type of wrench?
I have a link to the right tools, but a basin spanner is the one.
I’ve took the grub screw out but it won’t lift off no matter what I try? Any help please
WD 40 and a tap upwards with a hammer.
dereton33 thanks got there in the end was well stuck
Top guy.
No problem.
Mine's a brand new tap. Could it just be that loose bolt on the top?
Unlikely.
@dereton33 that isn't very helpful!
I thought you had a low cut top on for a minute, wouldn't put it past you.
Ha ha.
A little cleavage would of made for a sportier video
Same!!