Mixer Tap

[v1no]

Two years back I had to replace the two glands to stop dripping. It did work, but recently it is about to start dripping although not serious yet,I would like to have another go. I am a bit apprehensive to start with.

Recently I have got a new Worcester greenstar boiler fitted.

I know this much that I have to close the feeder tap in the ground floor before opening all the taps to drain the water.

before getting on to undo the tap. Could someone tell me if I could go ahead with the job without switching off the boiler at the mains.Do I have to drain off the boiler as well(I hope not)?

[v1no]

A few weeks back I wrote about a dripping tap in the kitchen. Until now there is no feedback. So I decided to write

another version to highlight my problem.

I know this much that I have to:

1. turn off the feeder stopcock

2. open all taps to drain the water off

before getting on with undoing the parts of the mixer tap.

But what I need to know if I have to switch off the central heating boiler at the mains and drain the

residual water from the boiler as well.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[Rich]

Hi Vino

Dont you have shut off taps or valves to your mixer tap?

It should be fairly common to install a shut-off valve to a mixer tap from both the Cold and the Hot taps, so you can simply switch those valves off and work on the tap as needed..