Russdl Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Looks like I’ve had a very slow leak from a bathroom mixer tap for a while and apparently all I need to do to stop it is tighten the brass nut behind the domed cover plate. The domed cover plate screws off, well it would unscrew if the corrosion (red arrow) didn’t have such a death grip on it. Any idea how I can break the corrosions grip on the domed piece without causing any more damage (yellow arrow) than I already have. The domed piece is very thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Pair of multi grips wrapped in a rag put the grips hard up against the shoulder where it’s stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 What's this! Today's challange!! Hi @Russdl Yup @Russell griffiths Idea will do it, however sometimes multi grips not big enough so another choice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 Thanks both, I’ll give those ideas a go later and award a prize to the winner 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 No prizes to be awarded. I can’t get grips in deep enough to get hold of anything substantial and the domed thing is way to domed for Marvin’s plan to work. The domed piece is on its last legs now but the injuries are invisible when the tap lever is in place. I gave the manufacturer a call and hopefully they’ll send me a new dome thingamajig so that I can cheerfully destroy the stuck one in my efforts to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 On 10/12/2024 at 13:52, Russdl said: award a prize to the winner Expand https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314963947746?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 Thanks @joe90 but that’s just a posh version of Marvin’s idea and it would just slip of the domed thing. It’s actually not dissimilar in size and shape to the bottom half of an egg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted December 12 Author Share Posted December 12 (edited) Success!! I’ve got the dome thingy off 😃 I’m not sure if it will go back on again though, it didn’t come off without a fight. We have two of these taps, here’s the dome thingy from the other tap, the one that isn’t leaking. Incredibly thin material. And I’m delighted to say that the manufacturer is going to pop a new one in the post. I’ll keep a closer look out for a slow leak this time around. Edited December 12 by Russdl Added the egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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