My kitchen tap is dripping

Hi Rob, can you send us a video of the drip?

 

Hi Rob. I’ve worked on this exact tap around 4-5 times already this month. I complete my work in the south Wales area if I could be any help? Can offer my best advice on here too.

 

Is there a press fit cap on the end of the handle that you can prise off with a small screwdriver?

 

Could you post a pic of the side? If you’re sure there are not grub screws and there is no press cap, then it looks like the handle is just a push fit.

 

One of the knobs / levers / on the handle will unscrew to reveal a grub screw - I'm fairly certain but of course, could also be wrong !

Try to spot one that looks like it may be threaded and then need to grip it without damaging chrome

Could also be corroded and gunged up which then makes it harder to remove
This fixing method is common on kitchen taps with a single lever on the handle - maybe yours also

 

yes and good luck
report back to the forum with your findings - makes an interesting thread

 

That tap look like the covid protein magnified

 

https://www.tapmagician.co.uk/NSManufacturersShoppingOptions.aspx?Ikea

 

Looks like this one:

 

Determine which valve is leaking & extract; remove the discs, give everything a good clean, especially limescale, replace & test.
While it is out, check it is identical in every way, with the details provided by 'Tapmagician' just in case.
Could be nil cost.

 

Sorry mate but your plumber is talking BS !

But,,,, to be fair to him, for a pro to remove the old cartridge to ID, then source an exact replacement, then return to fit them (aways change both cartridges whilst at it) it would probably be cheaper to change the tap

As mentioned, there’s 1,000s of cartridges, all do the same thing, many look similar, but slight different measurement on one detail, and you have to exactly match up something like 8-10 different measurements

As mentioned (again) look up ‘the tap magician’, huge range of cartridges and plenty of diagramme showing all the measurements you need to take and match up

Although you start with the spline count, and this is the hardest one to take (I recon) unless you have a spline count tool which makes it simple

SF only sell a few tap cartridges but you never know, sometimes can be lucky and yours will match an 'off the shelf one'. Last time a bought from SF they were a fiver a pair and a direct replacement for my expensive Blanco kitchen tap which was leaking

Your Ikea tap brand is irrelevant - 99.9% sure you will be able to match up cartridges but first, need to get the handle off and then, remove a cartridge. Either of these steps can put an instant halt to a repair which is annoying