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A tap (also spigot or faucet: see usage variations) is a valve controlling the release of a liquid or gas.

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    ProBoil hot water tap boiler leaking

    I have a proboil 2x boiler for my instant hot water tap. It has developed a leak from inside the casing. This is the 3rd boiler i have had now as replacements and all developing the same leak. I live in a soft water area, any ideas what could be causing this or is this a known fault?
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    Outdoor water tap not working

    Outdoor water tap not giving water. Out of the wall is this strange junction with a turntable square pin. Then a pipe going up towards a tap on the wall. Turning square pin doesn't seem to do anything to help get water through. I have pictures if I can send them. Any help or advice is much...
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    Wall mounted water tap

    Hi need help on how to remove the valve on both fixtures attach to the wall. Pls see picture as I am stuck. Thks.
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    AEG Hot Water Tap - Replacing tap only

    There was an AEG Prosource Hot Water tap (model GYB00418DT) in the kitchen when we bought our house. The 'standard' mixer handle (i.e. not the boiling water handle) has started to leak intermittently - it doesn't switch off and the tap leaks as a result. I can't find a spare tap online...
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    Arezzo Instant boiling water tap - No hot water input

    Hi, I've bought an Arezzo Matt Black Instant Boiling Water Kitchen Tap (Includes Tap, Boiler + Filter) from Victorian Plumbing to install in my summer house which i'm converting into a bar. As there is only one cold water source coming into the building i thought the boiling water tap would...
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    Instant hot water tap

    One of my daughters has been persuaded that she needs one of these instant hot water taps when she gets her kitchen done out. Oh dad is not too bad at £900. I replied by saying you can get a damned good kettle for £900. As she is on her own and out most of the day I do not see the point in...
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    What am I doing wrong? Boiling water tap connection.

    Hi, I'm really needing some advice please. I'm trying to connect an instant hot water tap, but haven't got as far as switching the tank on yet. There are 3 water pipes and a rubber tube coming from the tap, hot, cold and cold connection to the tank, then the rubber instant hot water pipe. I...
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    Looking for the size of the bathroom tap valve

    My bathroom tap is dripping water, I want to change the tap valve, but I don't know the valve size, if somebody familiar with the type of tap, please tell me the valve size. Thank you in advanced.
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    I need to turn the water off to cold water tap

    Hi, I was wondering if you could help a beginner to turn off the water to my bathroom tap that needs replacing. I’ve used an isolated valve like the one on the left before and just turn it with a flat head screwdriver, but I’ve not seen the one on the right which is the one I need to turn off...
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    why ive no water coming out of hot water tap ?

    Ive no hot water coming out of the tap, I turn it on and nothing happens
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    How To Stop Hot Water Tap Black Bits Debris?

    Hello to All, How To Stop The Black Bits Coming From The Baths Hot Tap? Just recently it has been noticed that there have been some ‘Black Bits’ coming from the just the Baths Hot Tap. This is not noticed when using the Cold Tap or any of the other Taps that are Mixer Taps. The Hot Water Tap...
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    Hot water tap takes 10 minutes to come on?

    Hi there, i really need help as i am absolutely baffled. We have a DUX hot water system, my problem is that only in the main shower the hot water tap has NO water coming out for around 10 mins, it will then kick in. but the basin sink tap next to the shower, the hot water works straight away...
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    dripping hot water tap

    My hot water kitchen tap downstairs is leaking. I can't find a valve in the hot water feed. There's a red wheel valve in the airing cupboard upstairs next to the immersion heater that controls the water into the bottom of the immersion heater (there's also a normal square valve just before it...
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    Franke Minerva 3 in 1 hot water tap plumbing advice

    Our newly installed franke hot water tap keeps running out of hot water when there is plenty in our heating system. Is this because the hot water supply is also coming from the small Franke boiler? I had assumed it would be just the boiling water part of the tap that this tank feed and the hot...
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    Heating won't come back on after using hot water tap / shower

    Good evening . I have a Vaillant boiler that although the heating and hot water work perfectly independently the heating if in use will not come back on after using a hot tap or shower . If I press the reset button the heating will come back on but will not do so on it's own accord . Any advice...
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    Dripping Grohe instant hit water tap -red duo

    Hi I have a Grohe instant hot water tap that is dripping, and the spring safety handle burst. Bought a new cartridge and handle and got a plumber to fit them but a) the spring for the safety handle still doesn’t work (plumber swears he fitted it properly) and b) it’s still dripping after...
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    Solved: how to open very very old water tap

    Solved by snowhead: "Just pull on the chrome head I believe, you may not need to remove the centre". Hi guys, Would you please share your knowledge on how to open the following water tap. It is an very old tap, one I never saw in my life. Most of the internet DIY are for newer versions which I...
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    Hot water tap in kitchen has low flow, but the bathroom hot tap flow is fine

    I have been having trouble with my hot water tap in the kitchen lately. The flow rate had been dropping over the past few months to the point where it completely stopped running at all. My boiler is an old hot water cylinder, so water pressure is essentially not meant to be great for the hot...
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    Boiler not registering a hot water tap being turned on.

    Hi All, Before we start I will admit that I am a total novice when it comes to plumbing but before I call someone out I want to try and see if it is something simple. I have a triton mixer shower and when the tap is turned all the way to hot it doesn’t effect the temperature at all! It remains...
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    Boiler briefly calling for heat after shutting cold water tap

    hi guys any help or advice would be good, I have a Ariston Clas eco he 30 combi boiler it’s only 9 moths installed but just noticed that it occasionally calls for heat if just after the cold water tap is closed it’s litteralky a second the icon for head comes on n then off I’m assuming that’s...
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