How Do You Fix A Dripping Tap?
• Turn off the water to the tap. Look in the cabinet under the sink for knobs to stop the water, if not there go look in the basement. Turn the water off and then open the faucet to relieve the water pressure. • Identify if you have a ceramic or a washer faucet. If it’s a traditional faucet with a hot water tap and a cold water tap that turn clockwise or counter clockwise you likely have a washer facet. If your faucet has a lever that you pull up and swivel for hot or cold you have a ceramic faucet. • Remove the faucet cover. There will likely be a plastic cover on the top of a tap which can be pried loose with a flat head screwdriver. Underneath you’ll find screws, carefully remove them and remember which order you took them out from. Washer faucets will require a crescent wrench to remove, keep removing visible screws and nuts until you end up locating black rubber washers. The washers may appear flat secured with a centre screw, or like a doughnut around a copper cylinder. Washers a
