Before changing the mixer in the bathroom, it is nice to understand theoretically in the process itself. In general, in each apartment a mass of devices and items, which, if desired, you can repair yourself, the mixers are included in their number.
Before calling the masters, whose services will cost today, try to cope with the task yourself.
Washbasin faucets break with a greater or less frequency. It all depends on the initial quality of the device and the metal, from which it is done.
Cheap alloys will not add service life to your mixer. The most common problem in such cranes is rust. It can over time to completely remove the mixer, and the consequences may be extremely negative.
As a rule, the reasons why the owner decides to replace the mixer in the bathroom, two:
breaking the threaded connection that makes the operation of the crane in the further impossible;
- Water leakage with a wrapped valve of a crane, which, although not so dangerous, but very soon begins to annoy.
Anyway, if the mixer cartridge is damaged, water water and contains small particles, the mixer, sooner or later, fails. And our task competently replace without prejudice to the family budget.
How to independently change the mixer in the bathroom
Let's start with the fact that this will require a certain set of tools. They are desirable to cook in advance. You will need:
- several adjustable keys;
- Pakle, and better fum-tape;
- sealant;
- pliers;
- Plumbing Len;
- gaskets with a diameter of ¾ and ½ inches;
- Graphite strip shaper.
You also need to prepare a container for flowing water. At the beginning of work, you must stop the filing hot and cold water in the crane. Cross the cranes, lower the pressure in the pipes by opening the valves of both cranes.
Here it takes a water tank that the residues of the liquid in the crane flow into the floor. Now you need to turn off the large nuts of the mixer, which serve to attach the mixer to the eccentric-adapters. At the same time, check, maybe the eccentrics themselves are already needed.
By revealing the nut, you stop the connection of the tap pipes with the crane. You can remove the old mixer.
Eccentrics not in vain attracted our attention. In addition to their condition, you will also need to make sure that they are located at the proper distance from each other.
Typically, the distance between the pipes for the supply of hot and cold water to the tap is about 15 centimeters. In practice, this segment does not always have such a length. With the help of nozzles and fitting eccentric you can achieve the desired distance required for a new mixer.
To securely fix the installed eccentrics, we will need a plumbing flax and strip shaper. In addition to this, a sealant is used. All these materials can successfully replace the fum-tape, provided that you can use it correctly.
The eccentrics are applied as accurately and synchronously with each other. If this is not executed, the mixer after the installation will be selected.
Finally, you can install the mixer itself. There is a small trick, how to screw large nuts, without damaging the nut, nor the crane itself. Wrap before screwing the nut with a tape. Only after that, with the help of pliers or adjustable key, tightly tighten the nuts.
This is completed on this process of installing a new mixer. The only thing about to say is about the importance of the right choice of a new mixer. Do not try to save on the purchase of plumbing equipment of the bathroom.
High-quality equipment not only serves longer, but also in operation it turns out to be much safer. Torn cranes and flooded neighbors from below - this is how the result of saved money may turn out.
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