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How To Remove Ceramic Cartridges In Pillar Taps

How To Remove Ceramic Cartridges In Pillar Taps

by Mark on 05. Jan, 2010 in Bathroom DIY, DIY, Home maintenance, How to, Kitchen DIY

1- unscrew the ‘H/C’ disc on top of the tap. This will expose a screw (some discs might pop off) 2- remove the screw 3- lift off the tap lever head. This exposes the brass nut on top of the ceramic cartridge 4- remove the nut which is part of the cartridge and so the [...]

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How To Clean Ceramic Disc Cartridges In Taps

How To Clean Ceramic Disc Cartridges In Taps

by Mark on 15. Dec, 2009 in Bathroom DIY, DIY, Home maintenance, How to, Kitchen DIY

What and how: Ceramic disc cartridges are made with two ceramic discs each with two holes (for mixers) or 1 hole (for pillar or 2 handle taps) in it. One disc moves with the tap handle and the other disc remains in position. When these holes are aligned, the water is allowed to flow. In [...]

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How To Connect A Lever Pop Up Waste

How To Connect A Lever Pop Up Waste

by Mark on 12. May, 2009 in Bathroom DIY, DIY, Home improvement

The lever operated pop up waste is a series of levers connected through a hole in back of the basin mixer tap, down through the basin tap hole to the basin waste plug. You pull the lever up to close the plug and you push the lever down to open the plug. This lever system [...]

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Cleaning Black Mould Off Silicone Bathroom Sealant?

by Mark on 18. Mar, 2009 in DIY, Home improvement, Home maintenance

Is there any way of cleaning black mould off silicone bathroom sealant? I’ve never had much success with cleaning off mould and have always replaced with new. Cut out old with sharp blade, remove residue and renew. It can be a bit fiddly but worth it. Its also worth spending a bit more money on [...]

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