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Mixer and faucet repair in Sawaber mostly comes from flats in large residential towers. Sawaber has big apartment complexes near the Al Sawaber shopping centre, and most units are fairly modern with different tap brands. A flat's mixer drips or does not work correctly, and we check the cartridge first.
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
Sawaber's residential towers have high water pressure because the buildings are tall, and taps operate under greater strain. The cartridge wears out faster than in ground-floor houses. Taps in these towers are mostly from known brands, but minerals and high pressure wear the cartridge quickly. We change both the cartridge and the aerator together because of calcium buildup.
Sawaber is a residential district in Kuwait governorate with large apartment complexes near the Al Sawaber mall in the city centre.
Taps in Sawaber towers face higher water pressure than older flats, so cartridges need servicing more frequently.
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 Sawaber
Calcium clogs the aerator quickly under high pressure. We remove and clean it or replace it. If all the pressure is low, that is a different issue.
The cartridge itself can have a factory defect, or minerals from the water got under the cap. We check and replace the cartridge and it is fixed. New taps rarely have problems but we can investigate.
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