Would appreciate some guidance. I have an old brass pillar tap that is leaking and (I'm guessing) needs a new washer. First I need to remove the tap handle but there is no obvious way of removing it. There is no screw on the side and the ceramic cap seems to be permanently secured I don't want to try to prise it off and risk breaking it and then find there is no screw underneath. See photo. Could the handle just be welded on? Any ideas on how to remove it? Thanks
Why do you need to remove the head to change the washer, just unscrew it out the body via the bigger nut, opening the tap first after isolating the water of course.
Yes, as the above guys have noticed, that is not a reproduction of old taps with fake shroud, - it is in fact the proper old type tap and the lower nut is in fact part of the entire works and you just turn that anti-clockwise to get at tap washer. Note you need to check the seating with a torch to see if it is in good condition or requires a reseating tool used
I know that's an old tap but it doesn't seem like it's been there for long and judging by how much PTFE is hanging out of the gland nut there's been another problem recently.
I think it is a fairly modern tap, but basically identical to the old taps of yesteryear. The packing has been passing water when tap being used and somebody has made a mess of adding ptfe
Thanks for all your thoughts. This is an old tap bought online and installed on a new worktop recently. The leak is at the spout not the gland nut which as you say has been packed with PTFE. I've tried turning the larger hex nut but it's firmly seized. I've bought ABD's Tap EasySplitter but to use that I need to remove the tap handle, hence my question
That tap spout and nut are close enough together to get a spanner on the nut and use it and the spout in a scissor-like action, squeezing together to undo the nut.
As above ^^ The tap handle does not need removed! Just hold the spout and slacken the bottom nut shape on the works.
I know this is quite an old post but did you ever find out how to remove the tap head? I'm in the exact same situation and wish to use the tapsplitter but, like you said, it can't be used with the tap head still on. Cheers