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Mixer and faucet repair in Dasma usually starts when hot or cold water cuts out, or the tap keeps dripping no matter what you do. Dasma is a residential area close to the city centre with apartment blocks, older houses and shops, and the mixers there range widely in age.
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
Older flats and houses near the Grand Mosque area in Dasma have mixers installed years ago, and their cartridges dry out or start to leak. In slightly newer homes, the mixer sits over a kitchen sink or bathroom basin, and the leak shows up underneath. We can disconnect the mixer in minutes and check whether the cartridge needs replacing or the old seals just need cleaning and lubrication.
Dasma is in Kuwait governorate, an older residential area with a mix of flats, houses and commercial shops.
Most mixers in Dasma are single-lever types, and the cartridge sits above the spout where the handle cap comes off first.
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 Dasma
No, the new cartridge slides into the same slot as the old one. We just make sure it is original or a proper fit for the brand, otherwise it won't turn smoothly or seal right.
No, just that one mixer stops working properly. But if it is leaking under the sink or onto a shelf, we need to act quickly before furniture or plaster gets soaked.
Other services
Other services in Dasma
Other work we do in the same area.
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