A Question for any plumbers.

[hors limite]

I have a shower with a mixer tap - no thermostat. It turns on and off,mixes and generally behaves itself. However, recently after taking a shower, after a few minutes, the shower starts to drip and I mean really drip for just a few seconds and then stops.It doesn't drip continuously at all.
I know that this is a trivial problem but what is bugging me is that it doesn't seem to make sense. If it wants to leak why doesn't it do so all the time? My water pressure is pretty powerful, a factor?

 

[Simbo]

I’m not a plumber but it Could just be excess water in the hose between the mixer bar and the shower head if it only happening for a few seconds after you switch the shower off .
Failing that it could be a worn seal or rubber washer.

 

[anotherdouble]

If you can understand a scouse keyboard then get hold of stu

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I have a shower with a mixer tap - no thermostat. It turns on and off,mixes and generally behaves itself. However, recently after taking a shower, after a few minutes, the shower starts to drip and I mean really drip for just a few seconds and then stops.It doesn't drip continuously at all.
I know that this is a trivial problem but what is bugging me is that it doesn't seem to make sense. If it wants to leak why doesn't it do so all the time? My water pressure is pretty powerful, a factor?

It sounds like it’s just the water what’s been left in the hose from the tap and it’s dripping. If it was anything else it would be constantly dripping.

 

[Fish]

It sounds like it’s just the water what’s been left in the hose from the tap and it’s dripping. If it was anything else it would be constantly dripping.

So to eliminate that would be to lower the shower head rose and then turn off the taps exhausting the water from the hose and then replace the rose head.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

So to eliminate that would be to lower the shower head rose and then turn off the taps exhausting the water from the hose and then replace the rose head.

Why replace the head?

You’ll still end up with water in the hose from the valve.

It’s almost impossible to switch the taps off then all of the water to drain as the pressure eases off.

 

[Fish]

Why replace the head?

You’ll still end up with water in the hose from the valve.

It’s almost impossible to switch the taps off then all of the water to drain as the pressure eases off.

I didn’t say replace the head, simply lower the head and hose and switch off the taps thus exhausting any water in the hose, when replacing ‘the position’ of the head on its rail back at head height there shouldn’t be any water left in it to drip!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

If you live in a hard water, might it be the jets of the shower head are restricted a little and when you turn off the shower you aren’t getting a balance of air quick enough, so the head takes a little longer than it did to drain down

 

[Marshy77]

Maybe more general DIY but one of our screws on our bath taps (one of them niagra style taps) has come loose and water is dripping through it when running the taps. The screw will not screw back in to place and can be pulled out, would some silicone attached to the screw and pressed back in place solve it? The screw is maybe 1-1.5cm(ish) in length.

 

[jim8flog]

The thought that is just water left in the hose denies the laws of physics.

For the water to run out of the hose must mean that their is too much water in it.

I have a similar problem with mine and I simply briefly turn it on and off again. I simply consider to be the fact that the washer is not seating properly to block off a very small leak.

If you are talking about a manual mixer with a shower attachment in the middle with a pull up or turn lever I would have thought it must simply be that means by which the shower seals the water flow is not sealing properly may be a bit of calcium if stuck or a calcium build up on the metal, or wear in the ball which cuts the flow meaning that water is able to get past.

 

[Simbo]

Maybe more general DIY but one of our screws on our bath taps (one of them niagra style taps) has come loose and water is dripping through it when running the taps. The screw will not screw back in to place and can be pulled out, would some silicone attached to the screw and pressed back in place solve it? The screw is maybe 1-1.5cm(ish) in length.

Personally I wouldn’t although Silicone may be a short term fix but the pressure will just push it out again. I’d find out why it’s come out, if it can’t be screwed back in and you can pull it out by hand the thread on the screw must be stripped. Which seems a bit weird unless someone has been mucking about with it.

 

[Marshy77]

Personally I wouldn’t although Silicone may be a short term fix but the pressure will just push it out again. I’d find out why it’s come out, if it can’t be screwed back in and you can pull it out by hand the thread on the screw must be stripped. Which seems a bit weird unless someone has been mucking about with it.

No one's been mucking about with it. Yes it can't seem to get a grip when trying to screw it back in, it looks like on maybe the final 2 or 3 grooves on the screw that it was attached/screwed into something as there's dirty/sealant. May try find a slightly longer screw see what happens.

As you maybe able to tell - I ain't a DIY person!!!

 

[clubchamp98]

No one's been mucking about with it. Yes it can't seem to get a grip when trying to screw it back in, it looks like on maybe the final 2 or 3 grooves on the screw that it was attached/screwed into something as there's dirty/sealant. May try find a slightly longer screw see what happens.

As you maybe able to tell - I ain't a DIY person!!!

make sure the thread in the tap is clear of dirt or any sealant , some manufacturers use a lock tight sealer to stop the grub screw from coming out under constant use.

Use some stiff wire and bend 2mm at the end to try to clear the thread, once you get a hold the screw should go in no prob.