Varieties of semoculatory cranes and types of their breakdowns
Currently, the largest types of cranes are presented in the building materials market. A person acquiring this element of plumbing is more attention to the design, without fail to be guided by the quality of products, as well as topics, is this version of the crane to the conditions in which it will be used to be used, especially in the presence of rigid water in the crane.
Scheme of a semoculatory crane.
For the most part, mixers breakage are due to the increased level of water stiffness and poor-quality parts.
Many owners of semi-work faucets are very quickly faced with their breakdown and think about how to repair the right.
As a rule, such types of cranes are started to pass water when breakdown, which is first flowing with a thin construction, and then a powerful stream. Immediately it is worth saying that the wrong repair leads to the fact that the semi-turn crane only ceases to pass water, and then begins to leak again. By themselves, semoculating faucets themselves are quite simple design, so the repair can be performed independently without resorting to the help of specialists.
Despite the great many types and forms of these cranes, it is still possible to distinguish 2 main types: in some such mixers there are ceramic letters, in others common with rubber gaskets. The reason for the leakage of the crane is lighted in the breakdown of the letters. Even despite the fact that there is simply nothing to break in ceramic letters, nevertheless there is a polyethylene gasket-insert, which is responsible for the density of fixation of ceramic inserts, which means that its breakdown is not excluded. Deciding with the type, you can understand what kind of repair will require a crane.
Repair of semoculating crane
The diagram of the device of a semoculatory crane.
Before starting work, you need to turn off the water supply to the apartment. Further, if there is such an opportunity, it is best to remove and then disassemble the faucet: unscrew the locking bolts, as well as a storm of hot and cold water. After the mixer is completely removed, you need to remove the plug: it can be completely unscrewed counterclockwise. Next, you need a screwdriver with a cross section to unscrew the bolt holding the crane handle and completely remove it along with the decorative lid. These elements are best unscrewed by hand counterclockwise so as not to damage the coating. Next, you should unscrew the crane and extract it to the wrench.
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Crane-tape with ceramic inserts should be disassembled to get to the defective gasket. It is worth noting that the polyethylene gasket in different options for such bugs may vary: Therefore, it is better to go to the store behind it, having an old one on your hands. The replacement of the polyethylene gasket will fully solve the problem of the leakage, so after installing this item, you can twist the tract and place it in its original position.
Semi-consumer cranes with a bucks having a gasket, to subordinate as easy as with ceramic. By and large, disassemble the mixer and remove the gasket to replace the gasket in the manner presented above. Next, the owners of the crane should be solved for themselves, whether they want to replace with a completely tape or want to limit the gaskets. The thing is that the replacement of the gaskets in this case solves the problem only for a while. Most professionals recommend a complete replacement of tracts, since, perhaps, the problem of breakdown in a defect in the checkout. Purchase a new box in the store is again better, having an old one in your hands, so as not to get to the selection with the choice of the model of this mixer element. The new bux is installed instead of the old, and then all the elements are collected in its original position.
For repair work, you will need the following materials and tools: gaskets or benchmarks for replacement, wrench, cross screwdriver.