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Mixer tap (kitchen sink): spout getting 'heavy' to swivel
My nearly new kitchen (almost brand new house) is fitted with a white
mixer tap on the sink. It has a central swan neck-type spout with hot and cold taps either side of the body (180 degrees opposite each other). Over the last few days I have noticed that the spout is increasingly difficult to swivel. However, it gets easier when I run the hot tap for a minute or two. There is a threaded ferrule (a smooth white ring on the outside, threaded inside where it screws over the boss) holding the spout into the tap body. I unscrewed the ferrule and there appears to be a kind of circlip that actually holds the spout in place. (The ferrule merely covers up the clip.) However, the circlip, while having a small gap in its circumference, is round in section and looks pretty impossible to get out. Is this in any way serviceable? Could I actually achieve anything by removing the spout and possibly replacing a seal? The 'feel' you get when you turn the spout is of a rubber seal that is 'dry'. MM |
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