There is no doubt that any of the owners of the bathroom, in which there is a mixer, at least once, but met with the need to replace it. Perhaps the old one has already lost its former beautiful appearance, has fallen into disrepair, or maybe it was decided to replace the plumbing during planned repairs. Of course, you can always dial the plumber's number and put all the worries on him, but... You have to pay for this. Or you can not pay anything, replace everything yourself. And spend the saved money on other needs. It's not that difficult - to replace the mixer.
How to prepare for assembling the mixer: the necessary tool
The content of the article
- How to prepare for assembling the mixer: the necessary tool
- Mixer assembly process
- Mixer installation
Before taking on an important look and taking on work, you should prepare the room. All accessories for taking a bath will be useful to hide in cabinets, and close them themselves tightly. Better yet, take it to another room altogether. This will be more reliable.
Make sure that both hot and cold water is shut off. Now you need to stock up on ordinary cellophane. They need to close both the sink and the bathtub, if there is a shower stall, then it too. And so that the wife does not force to wipe the dust from the shelves, then at the same time hide them behind the film protection.
And now you can remove the old mixer. In fact, it is this process that takes the lion's share of the time. You need to act here especially carefully, especially if there is a tile in the room. Even a small scratch or a small chip will immediately ruin the whole impression of beauty. And the wall itself must be left as intact as possible. Otherwise, you will have to spend a lot of solution to seal the holes:
- Dismantling should begin with checking the taps that shut off the water supply.
- We check them, turning them to the limit. If the movement is tight (apparently, there are deposits inside), then they can be developed a little by opening and closing several times. Then open the faucets and make sure that neither cold nor hot water comes in.
- Using an adjustable wrench, unscrew the two nuts on the eccentrics. After that, you can safely remove the mixer, which has served you faithfully for so long (or not).
- Old eccentrics can be left if their condition is satisfactory and they are well made.
- However, if your mixer is old, then you will have to get rid of the eccentrics in any case. And a gas wrench can cope with this. Take it and make yourself comfortable. Grip the inside edge of the wide thread with the jaws of the key. Move the key counterclockwise. Be extremely careful when doing this. The eccentrics themselves are a very fragile product and can easily break. Therefore, do not lean heavily on the key.
One of the important stages of all work is the preparation of tools. Everything should be at hand. Then it will be possible to install a new device easily and without unnecessary problems. You will need to stock up on the following set:
- buy directly the mixer and all the fasteners for it;
- prepare an adjustable wrench;
- you will need a screwdriver and a hammer;
- cement mortar is required to seal all holes.
Mixer assembly process
The mixer is supplied unassembled and must be assembled before installation. The device of this product allows you to simultaneously direct both hot and cold water to the tap. And since there are a huge number of a wide variety of modifications on sale, sometimes you need to sweat thoroughly to assemble the entire structure. Let's see how the most common mixer is assembled.
After opening the box, you need to check if everything is included in the delivery set: the box must contain the head of the crane itself with a flywheel, as well as a stem, a spindle and a valve must be installed inside the body.
The first step is to install eccentrics. As a rule, they have a factory sealed winding. If there is no such winding in the purchased kit, then you need to apply it to avoid leaks. For this, the most common flax or fluoroplastic thread will do.
If the thickness of the walls in the room is large and additional adapters are required to install the mixer, then a sealing winding will also be needed on their threads. Check if the eccentrics screw in easily. If they don't match in size, the simplest thing you can think of is to buy others. Their price is affordable. Remember the center of their displacement, as well as the number of revolutions when twisting. Unscrew them.
It is necessary to inspect the end part of the eccentrics. Take something firm and flat and attach it to the end. If there is no gap between the object and the eccentric, everything is fine. You can twist them. To do this, the adjustable wrench will need to be scrolled five times.
Attention. Tighten so that the turn is towards the seal. This is very important for a quality installation.
When screwing in the eccentrics, be careful not to damage the winding. It should fit snugly on the threaded connection.
Mixer installation
Finally we got to the installation of the mixer itself:
- Before installing the mixer, gaskets must be installed on it, and decorative cups must be screwed onto the eccentrics.
- The cups must be tightened to the very end of the thread, in this position they will not interfere with tightening the nuts.
- The nuts themselves are tightened by hand as long as possible, and only then you should use an adjustable wrench. The main thing is not to make unnecessary efforts so as not to overtighten. To avoid scratching, paper or cloth can be inserted between the nut and the wrench.
- Now you can install all the other parts - the spout itself, as well as the hose and shower head.
- To avoid clogging the spray nozzle, it can be unscrewed.
When all the installation work is completed, you can check how everything works. We turn on the water. Both cold and hot. If you notice a leak, tighten the connections until the leak stops.
Check all functions in sequence and follow the process.
As you can see, there is nothing difficult in changing an old mixer. The main thing is to be careful when dismantling it. Well, and, of course, prepare everything you need for the subsequent installation of a new product. As a result, the mixer will be installed and the stranger's uncle will not have to pay money.
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