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Subject Topic: Whale Taps Leaking
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PersonKKorky1
28/6/2014 at 8:58pm
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The kitchen taps in my caravan have just started to leak, slight weap on one of the joints which I've ringed in red, picture below.

Can you repair these taps.?
Is there a O ring kit.?
Or is it just one of the joints that needs tightening up.?

Cheers,

Korky.


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PersonFrannyvan
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We had a leak on ours. The spout screws off. Think you turn it in the opposite direction. Our O ring was fine and had a hairline crack in the thread. We managed to fix it by melting the crack back together with a soldering iron as suggested by someone on this forum.

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Hi, if its the O ring you can buy a selection box of O rings from the poundland type shops, I keep a box in the caravan its helped me out on a couple of occasions. and guess what they,re only £1


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they can get damaged by frost.. you can buy a srew on new tap but they are about £17 quid..

mine was cracked all the way up.. it got wrapped with clear hockey tape.. i am too mean to buy a new tap..

my plastic garden hose guns all go the same way.. get cracked by frost.. he he

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29/6/2014 at 12:51pm
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Thanks for the replies...

So am I right in saying the plastic nut underneath is holding the tap in place....unscrew it, & the spout will pull out.?

Thanks,

Korky.


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Hi, the plastic nut should enable you to release the spout but can be difficult to get at as it may be recessed into the work top. so you may need to release whole tap assembly by removing the 4 screws at each corner of the tap plate [ they are under plastic caps ]. then you may have enough pipe to allow you to lift taps to get at the nut, if not you will have to disconnect water pipes at the underside of the taps then whole assembly will be in your hands for a good inspection and will make any repair easier to do.   


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Thanks for the replies, appreciated..

DIY head on tomorrow then & a trip to poundland..

Cheers,

Korky.



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