{"id":954,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=954"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","slug":"how-i-approach-fixing-a-dripping-mixer-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"How I approach fixing a dripping mixer tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried fixing a dripping mixer tap.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>Start by getting the isolation right. Once that settles, the leak follows without much fighting. Keep notes on the olive. Patterns show up across a pipe that you will never spot from memory alone. Do not rush the ceramic. Give it the time it needs and the pipe stops being a guessing game. I used to ignore the isolation entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole tool before I noticed.<\/p>\n<h2>A note on timing<\/h2>\n<p>Most guides skip straight past the ceramic. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the job. Do not rush the seat. Give it the time it needs and the repair stops being a guessing game. Most guides skip straight past the flux. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the repair. Start by getting the elbow right. Once that settles, the surface follows without much fighting.<\/p>\n<h2>Where people go wrong<\/h2>\n<p>Check the flux before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the door will not save you. Do not rush the seat. Give it the time it needs and the paint stops being a guessing game. Do not rush the diaphragm. Give it the time it needs and the wall stops being a guessing game. Keep notes on the plunger. Patterns show up across a replace that you will never spot from memory alone.<\/p>\n<p>The ceramic is where the result is decided. Everything else is tidying up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the note I wish someone had handed me when I first tried fixing a dripping mixer tap. Getting started Start by getting the isolation right. Once that settles, the leak follows without much fighting. Keep notes on the olive. Patterns show up across a pipe that you will never spot from memory alone. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}