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REDSAW

how do you service theese?
got a customer who says its dripping but does not want new taps!
says they have been done by another plumber in the past, he also says you dont have to turn off the mains to do them?

this true?
 
Have you got a pic? are they like high neck pillar taps but the "tap head" is on the spout?

They sound like supataps, not seen a pair since collage where we re-washered and serviced and they can be done live!! but that was a while a ago now!

just checked out the trusty old Treloar's, and there in there!!
 
Change the washer, grease the spindle and repack the gland if necessary. Usually no need to reseat it.
Use a domed washer if you think it is dodgy.
And no you don't need to turn the water off if you can't be bothered emptying under the sink or jumping up the loft.
 
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Straight out of the old trusty Treloar!!
 
If they are supataps they are even easier.
Can't be many of them left out there. Never seen any for a few years around this way.
 
I have a cupboard of reclaimed ones and globe taps....cant bring myself to chuck them in the scrap bin.
 
had a go previous, but couldnt figure how to strip it!.

theres a few round here but first time (or i cant remember) been asked to service them and they want it doing tomorrow!!
 
Jeezo, not seen supa taps for years, if I looked hard enough I bet I could even find some washers for them somewhere
 
Rhere is a thin jamb nut at the top of the nozzle. Slacken that then turn the tap onh and keep turning until it comes off.
Give the spout a knock and the inside will come out.
Swap the washer then put it back together.
 
You can get the complete works for them in some of the tap repair kit boxes, as they come with a couple of spare brass works with good quality washers built into them. Using a black washer that fits a standard 1/2" ballvalve will do the job, but not as good as renewing entire 'jumper'.

I only know one pair of these still in place & working. Would be 60 years old & I used to fix them occasionally until I finally changed the works & they have been working fine since. The lady is over 90 years old. She once got a plumber recommended by her neighbour to try to unseize one tap & he made a bit of an idiot of himself as he hadn't a clue & told her had to be new taps. I fixed it in seconds. I must be getting old & too experienced in old stuff! :smile:
 
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REDSAW said:
bought 4 in different sizes today from my local.

your missing out somewhere ray.lol
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Most council houses round here have Peglar 159 HNP taps in the kitchen - unless they have been updated. And 159s are virtually bullet proof.
 
Ray Stafford said:
Most council houses round here have Peglar 159 HNP taps in the kitchen - unless they have been updated. And 159s are virtually bullet proof.
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Which also require special washers, Used to carry loads of them and the little coloured doohickeys (forgot their name) when I was on HA.
 
A company called Sanitary Appliances in Sutton used to hold the inners for these ,they used to have like a finned torpedo type arrangement inside. Harris and Bailey bought out SA so they now have the stock.
From memory, when the undo the top nut, wasn't it reverse thread...there was something weird about them, that's for sure.
 

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