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Mixer and faucet repair in Qairawaan handles villas and flats in a southern residential area away from the centre, where the main line extends under the Seventh Ring Road. Taps there need regular service as water comes from one shared tank.
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
Qairawaan is a mixed area with villas and apartment blocks, mostly medium-size villas built five or six years ago. The main line runs under the Seventh Ring Road and distributes water to each home at limited pressure. When a tap drips or runs slow, the cartridge is usually the cause. We open the tap from the front, remove the cartridge, and fit a replacement the same size. Some Qairawaan villas have small electric water heaters under the sink, and kitchen hot taps may need a stronger cartridge than bathroom ones.
Qairawaan sits in Kuwait governorate, a southern residential area some distance from the centre, near the Seventh Ring Road.
Qairawaan's main line runs under one road, so pressure is lower than in areas closer to the pump station.
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 Qairawaan
Slow hot water may be the cartridge or the under-sink heater is weak. We open the tap first and check the cartridge, if there is scale or wear we fit a new one. Then we check the heater, it may be losing heat or the hot line may be partially blocked.
Cartridge size depends on the mixer, not the flat or villa. If both tap bodies are the same brand and size, the cartridge is the same. If they differ, each needs its own sized cartridge. We measure each tap and fit the right one.
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