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Ramadan Drain CleaningMixer and faucet repair in Rai
Mixer and faucet repair in Rai is usually straightforward, the cartridge needs a clean or a swap. Rai is a busy commercial zone with offices, compact flats and restaurants, and mixers there get heavy use and wear quickly.
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
Rai near the Avenues and shopping centres has compact and larger flats for workers and office staff, and kitchen and bathroom mixers run almost constantly. The cartridge gets dirty quickly from mineral-laden water, and the faucet starts to drip. We carefully pop the cap, pull the cartridge, flush it hard and check for limescale or rust. If it clears it works again, but sometimes we fit a new one.
Rai is a commercial district in Kuwait governorate, near the Avenues Mall and major shopping complexes.
Flat and office mixers in Rai run all day, so cartridges get dirty faster than in residential areas.
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 Rai
We pull the cartridge and flush it thoroughly, it usually just needs a proper clean. But we check the hot water line is connected and sound before we say the cartridge needs replacing.
Yes, the method is the same in Rai whether the flat is old or new. But new mixers have one cartridge type and older ones may have several different types.
Other services
Other services in Rai
Other work we do in the same area.
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