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\nFortunately the original hoses were too short too so plumber had created some extension pipes to cover the shortfall. Easy enough to move them to the new fitting.<\/p>\n
Had an interesting Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
My daughter rang me and informed me that the water in the apartment above her was leaking water into her home.<\/p>\n
5 phone calls later, not a plumber to be had on a Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Grabbed my old tool box and headed down there. Sure enough, the flexible flickmixer hose between the copper pipe and the faucet had split.<\/p>\n
A trip to Bunnings later to purchase a new flickmixer and I started to work on replacing it. Of course the standard tube spanners I bought to do the job did not fit so I had to use the needle nosed pliers and eventually got the retaining nuts off the bolts that held the tap to the sink.<\/p>\n
Of course the flexible hose supplied with the tap was not long enough to reach the copper fitted pipe.<\/p>\n
\nFortunately the original hoses were too short too so plumber had created some extension pipes to cover the shortfall. Easy enough to move them to the new fitting.<\/p>\n
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And I know I am male and I should not read instructions, it takes all the fun out of it. But, I confess. I did. And I learned something that was not in any homeowners manual I have ever been handed when acquiring a property! LOL!<\/p>\n
Flexible hoses should be checked every 6 months and replaced at the end of the warranty period! WOW! My mental file clerk quickly returned incidents of a washing machine pipe bursting, another flickmixer pipe bursting under a kitchen sink… …and I realised this manufacturer speaks sooth!<\/p>\n
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Fortunately the manufacturer of the mixer I bought has a 15 year warranty. Some have 10 and some have only 5 years.<\/p>\n
So I thought I’d share it with you.<\/p>\n
You’re welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Had an interesting Saturday morning. My daughter rang me and informed me that the water in the apartment above her was leaking water into her home. 5 phone calls later, not a plumber to be had on a Saturday morning. Grabbed my old tool box and headed down there. Sure enough, the flexible flickmixer hose … <\/p>\n