Sue wrote:
In article .com,
"Dumbo" wrote:


Sue wrote:

Having replaced the washer in one of our taps in our shower at home this
now makes us experts in the eyes of our friends who have called upon us
to help them do the same for their leaky shower tap.

However, the shower has 2 square taps, both of which have a stylish
little piece of granite glued on top of them. Am I correct in assuming
that this needs to be removed (it's going to take a hammer and a chisel
to do so) to get at the cap nut underneath to remove the tap? There
doesn't seem to be any other obvious way to remove the tap but maybe I'm
missing something.

So do I have to pry off that granite bit?

Yes, preferably with a sledge hammer. NOT! Abort mission! ABORT
MISSION!

(I think I smell a troll)



I guess I'm really missing something here, or not explaining myself very
well. Not trolling. look me up. I've posted here before. the other
slightly differently munged addresss is just another computer.

It probably sounds like a stupid question so let me rephrase it. most
taps have a cap nut concealed under some type of decorative plate. the
little decorative granite piece on this particular tap is 1.25" x 1.25"
and is in the right place to conceal the cap nut. It is firmly glued.
Is it likely that underneath this little square of granite lies the cap
nut? or is likely that is purely decorative and if I pry it off I'll see
nada.

In other words... is there some other type of fitting that is in fairly
common use that I should be aware of and go ah ha! that must be a
"------" tap fitting, it comes off this other way.

Sue, it would help if we got on the same wavelength first.

Is the part you keep calling a "tap" something most knowledgable folks
would call a "faucet handle"?

Is the thing you call a "cap nut" something that the same knowledgable
folks would call a "screw"?

I've taken the handles off a lot of taps, but I can't recall ever
finding a nut under the pry off cover plate, it's always been just a
screw threaded into a hole in the end of a splined shaft which secures
the handle onto that shaft. But, I'm open to learning something new, so
which is it Sue, a "cap nut" or a screw?

Sue, do you really understand what you are talking about? If you don't
maybe you better back out and let your friend call in a professional.

Respectfully,

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."