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Ramadan Drain CleaningMixer and faucet repair in Salmiya
Mixer and faucet repair in Salmiya focuses on replacing the internal cartridge. Salmiya is an upscale residential area on the gulf in Hawalli, with modern flats and villas fitted with quality faucets. If the cartridge leaks or fails to shut properly, we disassemble the faucet and install a new cartridge to the same spec.
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
Salmiya has high-rise flats in multi-storey blocks and seaside villas on the main strip near Gulf Road. All homes are modern with standardized water piping. Faucets fitted are usually Italian or Spanish, and the cartridge is delicate and intolerant of hard water. Each bathroom in a flat has its own cartridge and one can fail while another works. The kitchen sometimes has an overhead riser if the flat is on a high floor, so pressure is higher and the cartridge wears faster. We remove the cartridge carefully, fit the new one, and check the seal for leaks before we leave.
Salmiya is an upscale residential area on the gulf coast in Hawalli governorate, with high-rise flats and seaside villas.
Salmiya seaside villas are close to the gulf, so faucets need regular maintenance because salt spray causes faster corrosion.
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 Salmiya
Italian cartridges are sensitive to scale and hard water. We remove the head, extract the old cartridge, and fit an original Italian replacement, and the drip stops. It has to be the original, no alternatives.
The secondary bathroom usually has lower pressure than the master, so its cartridge may last longer. If it fails, the repair is the same, we disassemble and fit a new cartridge of the same type.
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Other work we do in the same area.
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