How to fix a dodgy tap that won't turn on properly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2016
- Hamish the Plumber demonstrates how to fix a dodgy basin tap that won't turn on properly. Watch in real time as he services the tap valve so that it works again like new.
great video. thnks a lot. Saved me time and money. I could not figure out how to mend this problem. It's guys like you that keep the world turning. thanks
Thanks Hamish you have just saved me a call out fee etc , and I now know how to do it myself if it happens again , took this non plumber all of 30mins to sort it out .
Great video , simple straightforward instructions in layman's terms , thanks once again .
Thank you Hamish. Tap had stopped working and after following your video, all working again
Just did this exact job. 20 mins start to finish. Couldn’t see any obvious but cleaned everything thoroughly and Hamish is your Plumber ...beats Bob everytime. Thank you !!!
Thanks for posting this video. My hot water tap stopped running, so I followed your instructions to the letter and it's running perfectly now - thank you
Thank you so much. Had no hot water in the downstairs toilet for months now as couldn’t afford to replace taps. Watched your video once - 10 minutes and job done - including tightening other tap! Awesome! From a confident but novice DIY’er! Many many thanks!
Your smile could power the electricity for entire cities. And you happen to be a plumber, too. Two advantages in one. If you're not taken, ladies, form an orderly queue. If you are... lucky wife!
Thank you. I thought I needed a new washer. When that didn’t work - I had no idea what was wrong until I saw your video. Fixed in minutes.
Nice one! I have now done some Actual Plumbing for the first time in my life. Refreshingly, I fixed it better, rather than fixing it more broken, thanks to your excellent instructions.
I had put one together "without turning anticlockwise" and it would not turn on. After carefully watching this video I was able to fix it in a couple of minutes. Lifesaver!
He made a subscriber out of me.
Thank you Hamish for your help in sorting out a single tap.
Hamish lad. You have saved two blokes considerable time and energy by showing us what we needed to do! TK & SB appreciate it! Legend.
Fantastic and easy to follow, though in-depth enough for an amateur DIY novice like me to follow without wondering where the missing steps were. Managed to repair a bathroom tap which had stopped flowing. Had previously stayed clear of trying for fear of messing things up. All-in-all, no concerns and took about twenty minutes to sort (probably really slow, but with little confidence in my ability and lack of knowledge, this was a great result!). Thanks so much for sharing this, Hamish. Definitely saved us a call out fee and repair cost at least, or worse, those plus the £70+ that the tap set is now retailing for. Thanks again.
Know what you mean by maybe messing it up , maybe flooding the house! Having just seen this, Hamish has given me the confidence to give it a go.
Thanks Hamish, this video is the best one that deals with this problem. I tried to fix one just like it but the problem kept on happening. I now know to clean and grease the inside of the unit - will give it a go.
I've had an obsolete kitchen tap with low flow for a year, this sorted it in 10 minutes. Many thanks!!
Got our bath tap running again! Thank you so much for a clear, easy fix 👌
Thanks Hamish, Plumber changed washers and told tennant that needs a new ta for the poor flow.. Would have to dismantle bathroom to get to it though so I'm hoping that as I suspected it would most likely be debris. Just fixed my own tap this way so was perturbed by the plumbers instructions. So your video has confirmed my suspicion. Thank you
Fantastic, cheers Hamish. I've just done both of the kitchen taps and they're working perfectly. They had been driving me mad for ages. 👍🏻
Just used this to fix my bathroom mixer tap that had been slowing down for ages and decided to stop entirely this evening. Thanks for the video.
Crickey Hamish, I have been buying new ones on the advice of a plumber. Little did I know they were a bit dirty! I love all the technical terms for tap components.
I had this exact problem. I followed your guidance and fixed it myself. Thanks Hamish!
thanks - really clear explanation, that'll definitely save me money. The challenge now is to work out how to do this when there is no isolator value on the plastic pipework!
Thanks for posting. Having watched your step by step instructional video I managed to remedy mine! Probably saved at least £100. A huge "Thanks" to you! I'll donate my saving to charity.
Followed instructions and now have a working tap, great video. Thanks
Now I know how to fix my taps tomorrow. Thanks for that Hamish.
Thank you Hamish. Your video helped me fix my kitchen mixer tap. You are a superstar!
Just wanted to thank you for your videos, I've learned something new today.
Thanks for the video. My kitchen tap was slow to start flowing then gushed and was stiff to turn off. This was exactly the problem. Cleaned up and greased and works like new now.
Thanks for this video. I was going to buy a new stem but thought I'd search for a possible fix before I part with my money and sure enough there was plenty of corrosion and grit inside. Cleaned it all out, applied some vaseline and is good as new.
Thank you for this! Great video and clear instructions. Very useful!
A fine video. My hot tap now flows like it did when brand new. Thanks.
Had this problem yesterday. I fiddled around with it until it worked. Now I know how it worked, and how to do it properly. Thanks!
A good and informative video thank you.will work on mine tomorrow along with fitting a new ball valve.
Very nice clear and helpful vid. Thank you Hamish.
… I was quoted silly money to resolve , your video £5 from local plumbers for the grease , all sorted !!! Many thanks Hamish… 👍
It's always something simple. Cheers!!
Thank you so much for making this video. Really helpful and really appreciate it!
Great Vid. ..... clear and concise ... thanks Hamish
I'm really chuffed to have followed your video and fixed my tap! Thanks for your video
very helpful. nicely explained the cause and correction. my plumber was telling me to change all 12 years old taps. now I figure it out to save thousands of rupees.
thanks once again.
Hi Omar, thanks for your comments. I'm glad you found this helpful
Thanks Hamish. Quick trip to the hardware and have fixed my tap. Although I suspect it is quite old as it took a bit of effort to remove the spindle - it was proper stuck!
Thanks for this tutorial - fixed my bathroom tap within a matter of minutes!
Thanks mate. Would never have figured out that grit was the problem. Sorted out an annoying kitchen tap finally! 5 ⭐ for you.
Perfect, I've got a completely different tap combo and this worked a treat. Nice one thanks and Merry Xmas
Thank you!! Just fixed my temperamental tap without having to spend a penny.
Brilliant! Just fixed one of my bath taps with this. Had no water coming out of it at all and it's fully functional again now 😁
You couldn't have made that easier , thanks for your help mate..fixed all the taps in the household now my partner will stop nagging for another week or 2
Lots of videos on fixing cold water tap washers so nice to see this one on a common hot tap problem. I would have liked to see you protect the chrome work and sink from spanner damage though. Very easy for a diy-er to damage stuff.
Great video thanks a lot, you have saved me a lot of money!
You're welcome. I am glad you found it helpful
Great job Hamish i have replace the washer 3 times, now i know where the problem is
Ha! Hi Hamish. It,s ok my wife fixed the tap. What a surprise.
Excellent, fixed my tap in a few minutes after watching this video.
Thanks, solved the problem by following your video.
Thanks Hamish - worked perfectly, exactly as you described.
Thanks for this, followed your instructions and now works like a dream.
Brilliant Thank you Hamish!! 🙂
Thanks buddy I just fixed my tap. I wouldn't have attempted it without your video as I am uber cack handed.
Thank you it was great advice. I would like to know if the tap should be in an open or closed position before removing it to replace a washer?
My hot water tap became stiff to turn after I replaced the washer.!!!
Done this, and now sorted thank you
Thanks for that Hamish. Just what I was looking for. Neither taps turned on at all. Now they do :)
Thanks Hamish - good stuff!!
Thanks Hamish! Just fixed both my taps 🎉
Great video. Couldn't believe it was the same sink basin and taps as mine. I'd bought them from MFI 20-30 years ago, just before they shut down, and before planned obsolescence came in!!...
Just saved us a trip to B&Q on a Saturday just by showing us the internal workings, the tap is now working again.
Thank you. You have helped me sort out my tap. 👍
Very useful One tip is to put the plug in before it swallows a screw. There are many different designs whixh all look v similar. My old taps would go on the new spindle so I had use the new mechaniisms as spares. Useful vid which gives confidence. But by golly I needed a good spanner and lots of strength
Many thanks, just what my bathroom tap needed, saved me tonight
Thank very much for this, now I can fix two taps in my home with this same issue.
Congratulations and thanks. I spent hours watching YT vids on Tap probs, looking for someone to explain, the importance of turning the spindle anti clockwise ( fully open) before returning it to the Tap body. i was only getting a trickle of water, and only one turn, before it hit the fully open position.
Thank you. Easy to follow instructions, once I'd figured out how to get my bath tap off.
Good tutorial - thank you. Worked a charm on mine.
Thank you Hamish great video will give it a go
Hi, thanks for this. Is the principle the same for a deck mounted bath tap (traditional tap with screw down valve) showing the same issue?
Worked a treat on my bathroom hot tap! Thanks.
Thanks Hamish. I have this problem bit on a very old sink/copper pipe. What do you do if you have no isolator?
Thank you for the How to video, really helped me in a pinch
Thanks alot, just fixed my very slow running kitchen taps, too man 👍🏻
Thank you, Hamish 🙏🏼
Thanks so much for your lesson!
Brilliant work well explained many thanks
Congratulations on the video! 👍
Thank you - exactly what I needed.
I have the same problem on a mixer tap. Would I do same thing
Thanks. You’ve solved my identical problem. Delighted.
Thank you, Hamish - a really clear explanation.
This helped a lot! Thank you 🙏
Is vaseline ok or bearing grease ? as We cant find silicon grease here tia
Cheers mate. Really helpful
Good video, thanks 👍
I use a cut piece of old 'rubber bike inner tube' to wrap round the tap, as not to scratch the chrome finish with the spanner
Very helpful video, thank you. Can I just ask... what are you gripping underneath the tap to stop it turning at the beginning? The nut that secures it to the basin? The threaded section below that? Don't want to damage that thread, obviously, by using a mole wrench on it 'naked'. Thank you.
Nice one. Just saved me a few quid. Can this type of tap be replaced with a ceramic inner?
Can i ask a question please other day i changed both of my taps. Reason being was when you turn the hot water tap on it would splutter and then stop. You had to turn it a little more to make it work then it would splutter again and stop . When it splutters it make a hammering sound. What would cause this for future reference. Since i replaced the taps it has stopped the issue
You get hammer when the washer vibrates under the flow of water and reaches a resonant frequency. As washers get older they stiffen up and are more likely to hammer. But it's also partly the design of the tap valve, as some are more prone to it than others. The tap valve has a piston that slides up and down within a cylinder. In most cases there's a rubber piston ring, but some designs don't have one and I think allow a bit of lateral vibration of the piston. As for why the hot flows and then slows down to a stop, I think it's because the static pressure is slightly more than the pressure when the water is flowing. So there's more pressure pushing up against the washer initially, but as water flows that pressure drops slightly and the washer springs back to close the flow. It's especially an issue when the cylinder wall becomes corroded (as in my video) as the sliding movement of the piston is restricted. If the valve is working smoothly, you can easily open the tap enough that the pressure drop isn't an issue.
And thats why, you get THE MAN to fix it. Amen
Thankyou, very helpful. 👍
Thank you, you saved my day.
I have a new tap just like the one featured. The tap head keeps coming loose and I have to keep tightening it every three days. Can you advise?
Thanks for taking the time to publish this, really helped and gave me confidence to tackle myself. Many thanks
Brilliant, hardly used the hot tap as I always shower.... Butt now the bath has got water again... For free ! Thanks thanks thanks
On my sons bath mixer tap with shower head the shower works but there is nothing from both the taps it self can you give me how to fix