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Removing the valve insert on kitchen sink mixer tap (Oliver Häffner)
Woke up this morning, washed the breakfast plates, only to find the hot
water tap on the kitchen sink stuck open. It's a Oliver Häffner "Izia" tap, 1/4 turn ceramic "cruciform" mixer tap. The tap rotates the normal 90 degrees without any influence on the rate of water discharge. In the last week or so it has seemed to bind slightly when closing, so I think this is the final breakdown of the tap. So. I understand that there's a valve insert that can be removed from the tap body, one each for hot and cold. I've located a hole under each tap which, with the tap closed alignes with a hole in the rotary part of the tap. but despite my best torch, and the wife's best hand mirror I can't for the love of me work out what I need to do to get the valve out. I would expect a hex-head grub screw, or something, but it just looks like a smooth bore hole, pretty much through the tap mount and the rotary part of the valve assembly. Any clues?, I've tried googling for the manufacturers website, a general google - which just returns stockists, and a group search which brings nothing for "Oliver Häffner". |
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Removing the valve insert on kitchen sink mixer tap (Oliver Häffner)
Mike Dodd wrote:
Woke up this morning, washed the breakfast plates, only to find the hot water tap on the kitchen sink stuck open. It's a Oliver Häffner "Izia" tap, 1/4 turn ceramic "cruciform" mixer tap. The tap rotates the normal 90 degrees without any influence on the rate of water discharge. In the last week or so it has seemed to bind slightly when closing, so I think this is the final breakdown of the tap. So. I understand that there's a valve insert that can be removed from the tap body, one each for hot and cold. I've located a hole under each tap which, with the tap closed alignes with a hole in the rotary part of the tap. but despite my best torch, and the wife's best hand mirror I can't for the love of me work out what I need to do to get the valve out. I would expect a hex-head grub screw, or something, but it just looks like a smooth bore hole, pretty much through the tap mount and the rotary part of the valve assembly. Any clues?, I've tried googling for the manufacturers website, a general google - which just returns stockists, and a group search which brings nothing for "Oliver Häffner". Should include... tried 3mm hex-head, which spins freely, 4mm which just doesn't fit in. Tried T10, T15, T20, which spin freely, and T25 which doesn't fit. |
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Removing the valve insert on kitchen sink mixer tap (Oliver Häffner)
Mike Dodd wrote:
Ah, never mind, found a proper hex key (rather than a screwdriver/socket head) that fits. Yup, hex key. Now to find a supplier of the complete valve insert :s |
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Removing the valve insert on kitchen sink mixer tap (Oliver Häffner)
"Mike Dodd" wrote in message ... Mike Dodd wrote: Ah, never mind, found a proper hex key (rather than a screwdriver/socket head) that fits. Yup, hex key. Now to find a supplier of the complete valve insert :s I am fairly certain that Oliver Haffner is an own brand of Wolseley. Try Plumb Center. SalesGuy |
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Removing the valve insert on kitchen sink mixer tap (Oliver Häffner)
salesguy wrote:
"Mike Dodd" wrote in message ... Mike Dodd wrote: Ah, never mind, found a proper hex key (rather than a screwdriver/socket head) that fits. Yup, hex key. Now to find a supplier of the complete valve insert :s I am fairly certain that Oliver Haffner is an own brand of Wolseley. Try Plumb Center. SalesGuy Thanks, that is indeed where I bought the tap from, in the first place, and yes, the pair of inserts that I bought for a tenner was in a Wolseley bag. Job done, and - for once, a seemingly potentially expensive job done for very little money. One happy bunny. (except the tap now operates in the opposite direction - if it bugs me enough I'll try swapping the red-marked valve with the currently superfluous blue marked valve, to see if that cures it) Thanks. |
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