On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:28:28 +0000, MODERN LASS wrote:

Hi! My upstairs bathroom sink hot water tap has stopped working with no
water at all flowing. I don't think that its the water pressure as the
other 3 taps in the bathroom are fine ...any ideas?

Depends on the make/quality of the tap, some have a washer mount that
floats free in the bottom of the handle screw (the bit that turns the tap
on and off), others have a washer mount that is captive in the bottom of
the screw.

The free-floating ones rely on water pressure lifting the washer, the
captive type lift the washer as you turn on the tap.

I'm guessing that you have a tap where the mount floats freely, and the
washer has stuck to the seating, probably through being turned off rather
tightly, so when you turn on the tap the washer mount doesn't lift into the
bottom of the handle screw.

Two or three *gentle* taps - try the handle of a large screwdriver - on the
side of the tap might be sufficient to release the washer, otherwise it's
turn off the hot water and take the top off the tap. And if you need to go
that far, it's worth changing the washer anyway, unless the tap is newly
fitted.


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