{"id":160,"date":"2021-03-25T21:03:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T21:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.ekers.free-online.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=160"},"modified":"2021-03-25T21:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T21:13:38","slug":"a-bit-of-plumbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/a-bit-of-plumbing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Plumbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the bathroom tap was dripping. In fact it was more like a little stream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am not a plumber. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I checked online for some help changing a washer, but couldn&#8217;t find my tap. This what it looks like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162\" src=\"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bathroom_tap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The main problem was getting the top off. With most taps, there is a little plastic cap or lid that should be prised off, revealing a screw which holds the top on. <strong>Not in this case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The top part lifts off. This sounds easy, but I had to use a plumbing tool that apply some leverage. Let me just repeat that: <strong>The top lifts off and there is no screw to undo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the tool I used.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is easier. Undo the base to reveal the washer. I needed a 3\/8 inch washer. There is general information about changing a dripping tap. See, for example, this video http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SR6vnfNLr-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the bathroom tap was dripping. In fact it was more like a little stream. I am not a plumber. I checked online for some help changing a washer, but couldn&#8217;t find my tap. This what it looks like. The main problem was getting the top off. With most taps, there is a little plastic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,35,36],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-leaking","tag-plumbing","tag-tap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}