Mystery faucet / how to disassemble?
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Mystery faucet / how to disassemble?
I have a slightly drippy faucet - and I think I know how to fix it (just replace a washer). But I can't figure out how to disassemble this thing! I can get the handle off, but then there's an odd plastic cap that is gripping on very tightly. The identifying marks on the underside of the handle are very generic: "H", "370", "34455", and a "1". (The spigot is Delta, but IIRC the spigot was ordered separately because of the atypical sink design.)
Here's some pictures Mystery faucet - Imgur (also displayed below). Thanks in advance!
Here's some pictures Mystery faucet - Imgur (also displayed below). Thanks in advance!
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Mystery faucet.
I have a slightly drippy faucet - and I think I know how to fix it (just replace a washer). But I can't figure out how to disassemble this thing! I can get the handle off, but then there's an odd plastic cap that is gripping on very tightly. The identifying marks on the underside of the handle are very generic: "H", "370", "34455", and a "1". (The spigot is Delta, but IIRC the spigot was ordered separately because of the atypical sink design.)
Here's some pictures Mystery faucet - Imgur (also displayed below). Thanks in advance!
Here's some pictures Mystery faucet - Imgur (also displayed below). Thanks in advance!
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Oops, I meant to say that the *spout* (not "spigot") is Delta, but probably not the rest of the faucet. Will try to get the caps off with just some jimmying tomorrow...
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It is a Damixa Venus - they were sold through Delta, but Delta isn't working with Damixa anymore. I tried to contact Damixa (which is based in Denmark), but didn't get any response. I haven't found any U.S. supplier for the replacement part.
I've looked into getting an import, but it costs a lot outside of Denmark, and shipping from stores inside Denmark is high. The cheapest truly-compatible one I've found so far is number QE53 from Tap Magician (UK), for about $35 each. (Apparently you need to buy the opposite color, i.e. for cold buy the red one, not the blue one.)
There are similar cheaper cartridges available without the "pintel" on top, but those aren't ideal - you'd have to modify the plastic cap because the top of it won't "clip" on. (There's currently a seller on Amazon that claims to be selling the Tap Magician cartridge, but they sent me the without-pintel one instead.)
At this rate I'm soaking the old cartridge in vinegar and seeing if that helps, before bothering with seeing what I can do with the not-quite-compatible cartridges I got.
I've looked into getting an import, but it costs a lot outside of Denmark, and shipping from stores inside Denmark is high. The cheapest truly-compatible one I've found so far is number QE53 from Tap Magician (UK), for about $35 each. (Apparently you need to buy the opposite color, i.e. for cold buy the red one, not the blue one.)
There are similar cheaper cartridges available without the "pintel" on top, but those aren't ideal - you'd have to modify the plastic cap because the top of it won't "clip" on. (There's currently a seller on Amazon that claims to be selling the Tap Magician cartridge, but they sent me the without-pintel one instead.)
At this rate I'm soaking the old cartridge in vinegar and seeing if that helps, before bothering with seeing what I can do with the not-quite-compatible cartridges I got.