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Mixer and faucet repair in Ruqai focuses on replacing cartridges that fail or lose flexibility after years of use. Ruqai is a mixed residential area in Farwaniya with both older apartment blocks and newer flats.
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
Homes in Ruqai range in age and type, older blocks have heavy mixers and new flats have modern designs. Water supply to Ruqai passes through one distribution station, so there are periods of high pressure and low pressure. The cartridge is affected by this pressure difference and may start leaking or close incompletely. We open the mixer, remove the cartridge, rinse it thoroughly, and fit a new one if it does not clean. We test the mixer at different times after repair.
Ruqai sits in Farwaniya governorate, a mixed residential area of older blocks and modern flats.
Water pressure varies more throughout the day in Ruqai than other areas because of the central distribution line.
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 Ruqai
The cartridge may be eroded inside, or the small filter is clogged. We check the filter as soon as we open the mixer and flush it hard. If the pressure does not return we fit a new cartridge.
The cartridge may be seated at the wrong angle, or seals are worn and leaking. We remove the cartridge, rinse it, refit it correctly, and if it does not work we replace the seals or the whole cartridge.
Other services
Other services in Ruqai
Other work we do in the same area.
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