my wife is very hard on tap washers, I swear she somehow turns them off with 6 foot of pipe on the handle. I found some dome headed washers seemed to last ok. they seem to seal right on the lip. got them at bunnings
cheers
blaze
Hello All,
Can anyone recommend a brand and style of tap washer for basin and shower taps -similar to the one pictured? I have used just about every different style available at Bunnings and other hardware stores.
Yes, I have re-seated the taps.
The washers seem to range from too hard - needing the grip of a gorilla to stop the tap dripping; even when the washers are brand new. Or the washers that are too soft and they seem to cut out inside the tap.
Yes, I am looking for a washer that is "Just Right". Not too hard and Not too soft. Hence, the bit about "Goldilocks tap washer".
There just does not seem to be the happy medium anymore in tap washers.
Kind regards
Lionel
my wife is very hard on tap washers, I swear she somehow turns them off with 6 foot of pipe on the handle. I found some dome headed washers seemed to last ok. they seem to seal right on the lip. got them at bunnings
cheers
blaze
I love the solid brass ones with an Oring embedded in them.
They have been leak free in my shower for 13years!
Regards PhilipA
Agree re brass but the bees knees are the taps themselves.
Ceramic Discs vs Rubber Washers
This explains it better. Plumbers are smart
My mum and dad are getting a bit senior and the taps were considered as a Elderly Friendly home. Levers considered best I think.
I replaced all mine with 1/4 turn ceramic cartridges and now people don’t kill washers by wrenching taps off.
Ceramic taps are OK if you don't have hard water, hard water tends to chip the ceramis , we only get about 3 years out of the ceramic inserts ( we are in Brisbane) & a pair for the taps we have cost around $600 for the taps my wife bought when we did our reno. We are thinking about putting a filter in the line coming into out house, cost's around $1200 but will be well worth it in the long run as we have 7 sets of these taps in the house,
I always found the old red fibber washer type the best providing the seats are clean with no pitting.
Make sure that you clean up the seat of the tap before you put a new washer in there, Simply repacing a washer in a damaged seat won't last too long.
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$600 per tap vs about $1.50.
Cannot see this bunny buying any.
Seriously, My kitchen tap has a ceramic disc and is great to use. It cost $65 .
Regards PhilipA
My ceramic units were $45-$60 per set to retrofit all our taps. Been in for 5 years and no problems.
If Mrs Tombje and son the Tap killers cant break them or make them leak then nobody will cause me any grief.
I normally get the Doust ones as they seem to last the longest and use the water pressure to seal as thy are a bucket shape, but for a "Goldilocks" type, I have one that I got years ago from Bunning or might've been BBC Hardware in those days, that is a rubber ball inside a spring and it hasn't leaked yet, I can always tighten it up hard enough to seal. I think as it is a ball, it rolls around and seats in a different position each time. I'd like to get some more of those even if I have to import them, but a quick web search doesn't seem to show any.
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