Required tools and order for disassembling the mixer

Faucets with one lever are quite popular, they are the first to pay attention to when choosing plumbing fixtures. But nothing lasts forever, and sooner or later, due to the influence of poorly filtered water containing various impurities and particles of sand, you have to change the cartridge. He is responsible for supplying water from cold and hot pipes and then mixing it.

How to quickly replace the cartridge with your own hands, and what kind of hexagon is needed for the mixer, we will find out further in the text.

Step by step replacement of the cartridge in the mixer

The sequence of actions in this case is as follows:

1. The main thing before work is not to forget to shut off both pipes with hot and cold water.
2. Now you need to remove the plug, usually it is disguised as the orientation of the water and is indicated in blue and red. Hidden underneath is a locking screw that holds the mixer handle.
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3. We need a 2.5 mm hexagon, carefully unscrew it and pull the handle up, removing it. In principle, a flat screwdriver with an appropriately sized tip will do.
4. There is a decorative element under it, we twist it and see a nut, which must also be unscrewed with a wrench.
5. It remains only to get out and wash the cartridge, as well as clean out all the dirt accumulated in the tap.
6. In its place we insert a new cartridge and assemble all the parts in the reverse order.
7. We open the inlet valves and check the operation of the repaired mixer.

After completing all the above points, you can again enjoy the stable operation of the sink. It should be borne in mind that if the situation repeats again, it will be either the fault of a new, low-quality cartridge, or the mixer itself, and it will have to be changed completely.

Faucet Repair Tools

For work, you need the following accessories:

• set of screwdrivers;
• hexagon 2.5 mm;
• adjustable wrench;
• a rag for wiping.

If there is obvious scale or rust, arm yourself with pliers or special chemicals to remove them. If there is no miraculous remedy at hand WD-40, you can use vinegar solution.

Possible problems caused by a defective cartridge

How to determine that there is a need for replacement? There are two criteria:

1. You can often find a situation when you switch the tap to the hot side, and it still pours out cold water. If such a case arose every time the water temperature was adjusted, the mixer had nothing to do with it, this is due to the long running of hot water through the pipes. But if this situation has appeared recently and the water is rearranged for a long time from one temperature to another, the whole point is cartridge.
2. Another "wake-up call" is a leaking tap. Even rare drops indicate that the water in the kitchen or bathroom is not completely shut off, and the leakage is damaging to the family budget.

As you have seen, there is no higher mathematics in the replacement procedure, there would only be hands from the right place and the necessary set of tools.