Thread: fixing a leaking tap on christmas day

Originally Posted by disco_mitch

its leaking out the outlet its like the tap cant turn it off all the way when i pulled it apart there is a seat type thing that looks like it is what seals it totally im thinking maybe that is shagged is there anything i can do to stop it for a few days till plumbing shops open back up like can i wrap the bottom seat thing with thread tape

Tried the tape thing once and it didn't work for me
This will sound strange but worth a try...
Take the washer assey from your tap outside and use it inside to stop the leak there.
Fit the worn one to the outside tap, fit your hose and turn the nossle end off.
The hose will be under preshure till the washer is replaced but it might be an out for you.

when you take the tap out of the body of the outlet and you hold the thread in your hands can you turn the tap handel clock wise untill it portrudes out about an inch or 2
there is no way you can lose that much water even with a stuffed washer the only thing i can think of is that washer has a sharft on it that fits into a hole in the tap and it is tilting sidways when you are replaceing it and stopping the tap from screwing all the way down

Originally Posted by alien d2

Tried the tape thing once and it didn't work for me
This will sound strange but worth a try...
Take the washer assey from your tap outside and use it inside to stop the leak there.
Fit the worn one to the outside tap, fit your hose and turn the nossle end off.
The hose will be under preshure till the washer is replaced but it might be an out for you.

thats a great idea will it work because the tap outside is just a normall single cold tap the one inside is different ill post a pic up

I FIXED IT I FIXED IT I FIXED IT

wow how good is that i got the little seat thing in the bottom it was all cracked so i wrapped it up with thread tape and now it dont leak.....dodgy i know it will do till tomoz when i can get to bunnings and get a new seat......i hope

the seat thing is of brass and is part of the tap mould ,do you mean the thing that has a little brass sharft that slides into a hole in the threaded part of the tap that you unscrew

Originally Posted by richard4u2

the seat thing is of brass and is part of the tap mould ,do you mean the thing that has a little brass sharft that slides into a hole in the threaded part of the tap that you unscrew

thats the one i think i can best describe it as a little plug with a shaft on it and it looks like the tap handle pushes this plug in and out which lets water through i know thats the problem part coz its stopped leaking since i wrapped it in thread tape i looked like it was plastic and it was cracked i have a few pics ill try upload them

this is the thing i was talking about all wrapped up



this was how much it was ''leaking''

the tap itself

When you go to BUnnings do yourself a favour and buy a tap reseating tool, pay a bit more and get a good one and as you do washers just touch up the seat. That way they will close off with hardly any pressure and the seals will last longer.
(try to get one that has a couple of carbide? cutters rather that lots of 'teeth')


Martyn