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[EMD]

Got a leaking mixer tap in the kitchen , the water leaks onto the work surface and has been doing so for a few years  but only in certain positions . How do i fix it , does it need to be totally disassembled or can it be done by just taking the top off 

Its like this :

[zirk]

Thats easy,

this should stop it from dripping. 

[Terbs]

 

[EMD]

 

Well managed to take it all apart without flooding the kitchen  Seems it was leaking from underneath the rubber o ring"cartridge type" where the chrome plating had eroded . Cam cover sealant to the rescue  All water tight , only wanted a temp fix as having a new sink put in soon 

[aaronjb]

Better than the time I fixed the thermostatic mixer in the shower and didn't realise that the mixer is before the on/off flow valve. Whoops. That was a lot of water, luckily the thermostatic side was wall-side over the bath!

[Terbs]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

[pauls]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

Did you turn the water back on fully

[Kevin Wood]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

Bet you're turning a funny colour by the time the bath is full, mind.

[TheBoy]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

Bet you're turning a funny colour by the time the bath is full, mind.

I am.  I'm laying here contemplating letting some water out to top up with hot...

[Marks DTM Calib]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

You have to check the details quite carefully if on a gravity fed hot water system.

A lot of the ceramic cassette units only have a small orifice so flow rate is adversely affected on the hot side.

[Terbs]

I just fitted mixer/shower taps to the bath. Useless, I can pee quicker than the water comes out !!!!!
Not as though they were cheap, either

You have to check the details quite carefully if on a gravity fed hot water system.

A lot of the ceramic cassette units only have a small orifice so flow rate is adversely affected on the hot side.

Never knew that......must check.
By the time I have run a bath full, I have lost interest !!!!! 

[Marks DTM Calib]

As a guide you would typically have circa 0.2bar pressure at a bath tap on the first floor assuming tank in the loft (e.g. 10m head is 1 bar pressure)

[aaronjb]

What he said..

http://www.tapstore.com/gravity-fed-water-system

Or install an in-line pump (which I had to do in my flat as the cold tank was at chest height so there was 0 head of water)

[Terbs]

Excuse my lack of knowledge about this..... my cold water tank is in the loft, the hot water tank in a cupboard in the bedroom, next to the bathroom, and the boiler is in the kitchen. There is a pump by the hot water tank (I assume heating system). So how does my hot water get to the bath !!!!!

[TD]

Excuse my lack of knowledge about this..... my cold water tank is in the loft, the hot water tank in a cupboard in the bedroom, next to the bathroom, and the boiler is in the kitchen. There is a pump by the hot water tank (I assume heating system). So how does my hot water get to the bath !!!!!

The pump probably pumps both the hot water and central heating if you have a 3 way valve (when I say pumps the hot water, I don't mean to the taps.....it pumps the water from the hot water tank to the boiler)
It matters not where your hot water tank is....it could be on the ground floor....the pressure at the hot tap comes from where the cold water tank is.

Imagine syphoning liquid from a jar into another container.....the lower down the 2nd container is the faster the liquid flows....bring the 2nd container up higher and the flow slows. Bring the 2nd container up higher than the first and the flow stops.

HTH