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Ramadan Drain CleaningMixer and faucet repair in Rehab
Mixer and faucet repair in Rehab usually starts with a call saying the mixer will not shut off or water drips all night. Rehab is a quiet family area in Farwaniya with flats and small villas surrounded by gardens.
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
Houses in Rehab are relatively modern with spacious bathrooms and equipped kitchens. Mixers are fitted at different heights depending on the unit, and the water pressure is balanced. But the cartridge can wear from heavy daily use in large families. We open the mixer carefully, remove the cartridge, rinse it if it has light sediment, and if it does not clean we fit a new one. We test the open and close several times before we leave.
Rehab sits in Farwaniya governorate, a modern family area near Rehab Co-op.
Most flats and villas in Rehab have more than one bathroom, and mixers are used simultaneously during morning hours.
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 Rehab
There may be trapped air in the hot line, or the cartridge is opening the hot water only partway. We run the mixer briefly, release the air from the pipes, and check if the cartridge is sitting at an odd angle.
The cartridge may have shifted from its place, or the seals around the base are damaged. We reposition the cartridge correctly, and if the problem continues we replace the seals or the cartridge.
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