Cobra
04-May-13, 22:53
Hi folks,
Once again, I'm hoping to draw on the collective knowledge of all those on the forum - any advice would be most appreciated, as usual!
One of my bathroom taps began to play up, and wasn't turning on easily. It needed a new washer, but when I got in about it I found the the gland is really badly corroded. I paid Homebase a visit but I found that they stock only ceramic "quarter-turn" glands, as opposed to the ones used in my bathroom taps, like these:
http://www.hardwarewholesale.co.uk/user/products/large/R37088.jpg
...which do this:
http://www.diydata.com/problem/taps/standard2.gif
Is it possible to fit ceramic glands like these:
http://www.cutlershardware.com/images/products/ceramic-glands-tap-tops-C3wl.jpg
...to old-style taps?
I've tried Google but without much success, and I didn't want to spend £18 on a pair of glands that I couldn't use.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Cobra
Once again, I'm hoping to draw on the collective knowledge of all those on the forum - any advice would be most appreciated, as usual!
One of my bathroom taps began to play up, and wasn't turning on easily. It needed a new washer, but when I got in about it I found the the gland is really badly corroded. I paid Homebase a visit but I found that they stock only ceramic "quarter-turn" glands, as opposed to the ones used in my bathroom taps, like these:
http://www.hardwarewholesale.co.uk/user/products/large/R37088.jpg
...which do this:
http://www.diydata.com/problem/taps/standard2.gif
Is it possible to fit ceramic glands like these:
http://www.cutlershardware.com/images/products/ceramic-glands-tap-tops-C3wl.jpg
...to old-style taps?
I've tried Google but without much success, and I didn't want to spend £18 on a pair of glands that I couldn't use.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Cobra