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Mixer and faucet repair in Bnaid Al-Qar works across a coastal residential area with newer apartment blocks and older houses. Taps and mixers in this zone often fail because the cartridge wears out faster due to the salty air.
Mixer symptoms
Four cases wesee often.
Each one of these points at a different part inside the mixer.
01
It drips after closing
If it keeps dripping with the handle fully closed, the ceramic discs inside the cartridge no longer meet cleanly. A single grain of grit is enough to score that face and keep the drip going.
02
The handle has gone stiff
A mixer that needs force to move has lost the grease inside it, or deposits have worked between the discs. Forcing it keeps breaking the cartridge, and you end up changing the mixer instead of a part.
03
The flow sprays sideways
When the flow breaks up and sprays to the sides, the small aerator at the tip is partly blocked. It is the easiest case of all, cleared by unscrewing the aerator and cleaning or replacing it.
04
Hot and cold are swapped
You open it towards cold and hot arrives, or the other way round. This follows a new installation with the two supplies reversed, or a cartridge refitted the wrong way up. The correction is simple and does not need a new mixer.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Bnaid Al-Qar sits near the coast and the old airport road, so the apartment blocks are newer and the plumbing well laid out, but salty water and humid air accelerate cartridge and seal wear in any mixer. Kitchen, bathroom and shower taps need proper fitting to resist moisture and mineral spray. We work on the original cartridge first, then fit the new one carefully so the coastal air does not degrade it from day one.
Bnaid Al-Qar sits in Kuwait governorate, a coastal residential zone with apartment blocks and villas near the shoreline and old coastal road.
Mixers near the Bnaid Al-Qar waterfront need quality cartridges because salt and humidity damage them quickly.
In short
The mixer work.
Service
Kitchen and bathroom mixer and tap repair
The parts
Ceramic cartridge, rubber rings, aerator, flexible tails
Types
Single lever, two handle, wall mounted, and hand shower
Where it applies
Kitchens and bathrooms in houses, flats and chalets
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
The method
From the handleto the test.
Careful work on small parts, and all of it above the basin.
We close both angle valves
A mixer has two supplies, hot and cold, and both have to be closed. We then open the mixer to release the pressure still held in the two tails.
We lift the handle off
The handle is held by a small screw hidden under a plastic cap, and beneath it a ring clamps the cartridge. That comes off with the right tool so the mixer body is not scarred.
We change the cartridge
The old cartridge comes out and its seat is cleaned of deposits, because a new cartridge dropped onto a dirty seat gives you the same drip again before long.
We open it and check both
Both valves open, we run hot, cold and every position between, and we look under the basin while it runs to be sure the tails are not weeping.
Common questions
Questions about Mixer and faucet repair in Bnaid Al-Qar
Yes, if you use a quality original cartridge and fit it properly. Quality makes a big difference in this humid and salty air. We fit the cartridge to protect against salt and moisture as long as possible.
This usually happens when the cartridge wears and mineral and salt deposits build up inside. We remove the cartridge, clean out the sediment, and fit a fresh new one. The water will run clear and clean afterwards.
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Other work we do in the same area.
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