Hah!

[bunn]

The kitchen tap began to drip, and I thought of the task that is 'Summon Plumber A Week Before Christmas' and quailed.

Instead, having done some online research I decreed that we would take the tap to pieces and attempt to identify the broken bit.

I turned off the water!  I drained out the water!  I looked carefully at the tap and worked out what tools to use!   I learned which bits are the ceramic tap glands and removed one of them (Pp, encouraged by my success removed the other one).  I sourced new ceramic tap glands of the correct size and model and ordered them, while Pp, still feeling encouraged, put the old tap parts back together temporarily!   I turned the water back on, and the kitchen did not impersonate a fountain and leap on high!

The tap no longer drips.  I can't decide if I am pleased or annoyed about this, but at least we have a non-dripping tap, a spare set of ceramic tap glands, and a feeling of having Achieved Something. 

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Toilet repair is a scary field with additional risk factors, so I'm definitely giving you credit there!

[songblaze.livejournal.com]

The stuff involving water going in isn't so bad. It's the bits involving the water going OUT that scare me! I've replaced things like flappers and intake hoses and whatnot myself, and they're really not all that bad. After all, you're just dealing with clean tap water at that point.

But things like the lower seal? Oh hell no, I'm not even going to think about touching that!