I'm refurbishing a quarter turn mixer tap which I saved when ripping
out a kitchen, for use in another kitchen. AFAICR, the 1/4 turn valves
were fine, but I just took them apart and cleaned them anyway. They
have a rubber sleeve which sits in the tap body where the valve seat
would be on a conventional tap, and seals against the bottom of the
ceramic insert. One of these is slightly deformed due to having got
badly position when the tap was originally assembled, although it
didn't leak. It might do now of course -- are these standard items
available from anywhere? Should the ceramic parts be lubricated
with anything?

The other problem with the mixer was it had started to leak from the
spigot swivel. Using one hell of a lot of force, I managed to pull
the spigot off, and the two O-rings need replacing. Any suggestions
where I might buy a very small quantity of O-rings of very specific
sizes (they're different of course)? I looked in my O-ring stock of
various odds and ends collected over the years, and I don't have any
with thick enough cross section. Also what about lubricating these?
Is silicone grease as used with push-fit plumbing OK?

BTW, the name stamped on the valve body is Tantofex -- don't know
if they made just the valve body ot the whole tap.

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Andrew Gabriel

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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I'm refurbishing a quarter turn mixer tap which I saved when ripping
out a kitchen, for use in another kitchen. AFAICR, the 1/4 turn valves
were fine, but I just took them apart and cleaned them anyway. They
have a rubber sleeve which sits in the tap body where the valve seat
would be on a conventional tap, and seals against the bottom of the
ceramic insert. One of these is slightly deformed due to having got
badly position when the tap was originally assembled, although it
didn't leak. It might do now of course -- are these standard items
available from anywhere? Should the ceramic parts be lubricated
with anything?

The other problem with the mixer was it had started to leak from the
spigot swivel. Using one hell of a lot of force, I managed to pull
the spigot off, and the two O-rings need replacing. Any suggestions
where I might buy a very small quantity of O-rings of very specific
sizes (they're different of course)? I looked in my O-ring stock of
various odds and ends collected over the years, and I don't have any
with thick enough cross section. Also what about lubricating these?
Is silicone grease as used with push-fit plumbing OK?

BTW, the name stamped on the valve body is Tantofex -- don't know
if they made just the valve body ot the whole tap.


http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects..._disc_taps.htm

do a google for tantofex and BES carrys some spares

Regards Jeff

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
I'm refurbishing a quarter turn mixer tap which I saved when ripping
out a kitchen, for use in another kitchen. AFAICR, the 1/4 turn valves
were fine, but I just took them apart and cleaned them anyway. They
have a rubber sleeve which sits in the tap body where the valve seat
would be on a conventional tap, and seals against the bottom of the
ceramic insert. One of these is slightly deformed due to having got
badly position when the tap was originally assembled, although it
didn't leak. It might do now of course -- are these standard items
available from anywhere?

I don't know wher you'd get just the rubber bit, but ceramic disk glands
are cheap enough

Should the ceramic parts be lubricated
with anything?

not AFAIK

The other problem with the mixer was it had started to leak from the
spigot swivel. Using one hell of a lot of force, I managed to pull
the spigot off, and the two O-rings need replacing. Any suggestions
where I might buy a very small quantity of O-rings of very specific
sizes (they're different of course)?

Drews?

The other problem with the mixer was it had started to leak from the
spigot swivel. Using one hell of a lot of force, I managed to pull
the spigot off, and the two O-rings need replacing. Any suggestions
where I might buy a very small quantity of O-rings of very specific
sizes (they're different of course)?

Drews?

AHC - Camberley and Farnham (01252) 735176

Nick

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"nick smith" writes:

The other problem with the mixer was it had started to leak from the
spigot swivel. Using one hell of a lot of force, I managed to pull
the spigot off, and the two O-rings need replacing. Any suggestions
where I might buy a very small quantity of O-rings of very specific
sizes (they're different of course)?

Drews?

AHC - Camberley and Farnham (01252) 735176

Thanks for suggestions. I know both those places (but wouldn't
have thought of them for O-rings I must admit). However, I
wasn't anywhere near either. I popped into a Plumbcenter,
and they just gave me the O-rings (wasn't worth the paperwork).

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Andrew Gabriel