Leaky tap - please help identify part and repair

Mr_Black

Hi, this tap connection leaks when I turn it on. Could anyone please advise me what kind of connection is it exactly and maybe explain how I disassemble and replace? 

Many thanks! 

ThisIsWeird

Could we also have a pic of an intact tap? Any idea of make?

But, yes, it will be dismantleable and fixable.

Browntoa

I suspect there's more of it sealed behind the grouting .

To me it looks like the brass part should come off the fitting behind the grouting 

OliverLacon

Is it a shower tap?
Is it just a hot or cold tap - or is it a mixer tap.

Mr_Black

Hi guys thanks for the responses. It's a cold tap 

Mr_Black

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Mr_Black

ThisIsWeird said:

Could we also have a pic of an intact tap? Any idea of make?

But, yes, it will be dismantleable and fixable.

Unsure of make. It has this brand mark on the mixer 

Mr_Black

OliverLacon said:

Is it a shower tap?
Is it just a hot or cold tap - or is it a mixer tap.

Cold handle for a mixer tap. 

ThisIsWeird

Can't find that logo anywhere, I'm afraid.

How DIYish are you?

Can you get behind that wall at all, from another room or cupboard? Can you find an isolating valve on the supply pipe?

I certainly wouldn't try anything until you have a means of isolating the flow to that actual tap. If anything goes wrong - or even for the duration that fitting is removed - you'll want the rest of the house's supply to be running!

But, almost certainly it'll be a case of placing a well-fitting spanner across these flats, and unscrewing. Be aware that part of this unscrewing will involve breaking the seal between the thread and the grout. I'd ideally want to be able to see what's happening behind this tap, that the whole valve body isn't turning...

It might even be that the rest of the cartridge body is wider than the threaded part you can see, in which case that grout is going to get in the way. Probably best to use a small screwdriver - like an electrical one - to grind away the grout immediately around the thread first.

Once the cartridge is removed, you should be able to take enough detail from it - measurements and such like - to find a replacement.

Mr_Black

ThisIsWeird said:

Can't find that logo anywhere, I'm afraid.

How DIYish are you?

Can you get behind that wall at all, from another room or cupboard? Can you find an isolating valve on the supply pipe?

I certainly wouldn't try anything until you have a means of isolating the flow to that actual tap. If anything goes wrong - or even for the duration that fitting is removed - you'll want the rest of the house's supply to be running!

But, almost certainly it'll be a case of placing a well-fitting spanner across these flats, and unscrewing. Be aware that part of this unscrewing will involve breaking the seal between the thread and the grout. I'd ideally want to be able to see what's happening behind this tap, that the whole valve body isn't turning...

It might even be that the rest of the cartridge body is wider than the threaded part you can see, in which case that grout is going to get in the way. Probably best to use a small screwdriver - like an electrical one - to grind away the grout immediately around the thread first.

Once the cartridge is removed, you should be able to take enough detail from it - measurements and such like - to find a replacement.

That's great advice thank you 

OliverLacon

You could also try the DIYnot site - lots of tradesmen give advice there.
https://www.diynot.com/diy/