hmv4u
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Post by hmv4u on Sept 9, 2022 11:56:01 GMT
in the last few weeks I have changed a ceramic sink due to both its surface glazing cracking and it having an inherent fault so if it overflowed it came out through the casting and a donkeys years old mixer tap that I have repaired countless times and is now literally falling apart and both times the sodding isolators leaked out of the screw,one piddling out and the other stopped after I turned it back on(and now the hot water pressure is shite but may be the flexys I got with my £17 tap-kitchen refurb coming but missus fed up of it comng off in her hand  ).So do you ignore them/replace them/or swap out for a ball type valve ? |
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Post by tomplum on Sept 9, 2022 13:00:04 GMT
We are now officially in a ' throw away ' age, fixing things is a forgotten age and no longer viable, Gone are the days of, fitting a new washer or re seating a tap, skip it and replace, then move on to the next job,,  |
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Post by crowsfoot on Sept 9, 2022 14:17:46 GMT
The quality of materials is just not the same as it once was.
4 or 5 years lifespan for a modern tap compared to a lifetime for taps that were made 50 years ago.
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Post by battle1066 on Sept 9, 2022 17:30:55 GMT
We are now officially in a ' throw away ' age, fixing things is a forgotten age and no longer viable, Gone are the days of, fitting a new washer or re seating a tap, skip it and replace, then move on to the next job,, Seems change could be a foot apple.news/A9bHy9mEhRvCuSymmyNkM4A |
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Post by hmv4u on Sept 9, 2022 23:20:53 GMT
nice to see a company having faith in its machines albeit limited components
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Post by cathoderay on Sept 14, 2022 19:39:37 GMT
Many companies deliberately prevent their items being repaired.
Check out right to repair.
Companies like apple fighting right to repair tooth and nail.
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).So do you ignore them/replace them/or swap out for a ball type valve ?
