Re: Ceramic tap cartridges
Just a quick one guys on Ceramic discs. I have had a leaky ceramic disc type tap for a few weeks, was only a drip at the time. However I tried to turn the tap off tonight an it failed to turn off at all, it was running at full bore even after several attempts to turn it off. So I stripped it down and removed the disc cartridge. After inspection it seems that the discs would not align at first and then would occassionaly align which would shut off the supply. Is it likely that the cartridge will need replacing? I have put it back together at the minute with the discs aligned so as to shut the water off to the tap but I know when I turn the tap on it will probablly not turn off again. Also I noticed that when I took the cartridge out it had a blue ring but it is the hot tap! Would this cause a problem?? I have heard that the hot and cold cartridges are different, why is this? Any answers would be really appreciated. Darren.
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