Basin cold tap shuts off when turned anti clockwise. Opens when turn clockwise

[qwerty]

I bought a nice basin of ebay and it came with nice chrome taps. they work perfectly except the cold tap works the other way round. You have to turn it clockwise to open it and anti clockwise to shut it. The hot water tap works as normall. Is it some kind of adjustment in the tap itself?

 

[lame plumber]

to be expected fm ebay

 

[JCplumb]

I'm guessing these are 1/4 turn taps. They have put a left handed cartridge in the right hand tap. Contact the seller and ask for a right hand cartridge (assuming the cold is on the right)

 

[buckley plumb]

quite common on 1/4 turn taps fitted set the other day and had the same

 

[R1CKY]

They are Left Hand Drive for the european market......

 

[qwerty]

yes i understand now. are these cartridges different for every tap? so i would have to get one specific to my taps. its got company name engraved on the bottom so should be able to find one somewhere.

 

[JCplumb]

Contact the seller from Ebay, he messed up

 

[stevetheplumber]

cartridges for 1/4 turn taps come in left and right handed flavours you obviously have two the same

 

[qwerty]

cartridges for 1/4 turn taps come in left and right handed flavours you obviously have two the same

i dont get how that works. arnt they both suppose to turn anti and clockwise like normal taps. so if you swap them. shouldnt make a difference

 

[PlumbBobBob]

no, with 1/4 turn taps if you have lever handles for instance, the handles point down the right hand one turns to the right and the left hand one turns to the left. do you understand?

 

[qwerty]

no, with 1/4 turn taps if you have lever handles for instance, the handles point down the right hand one turns to the right and the left hand one turns to the left. do you understand?

Oh yes i get it. i have a set of those lever and one goes one way and the other goes the other way. thanks for explaining. one more question, are these cartridges different forevery tap or do they come as standard?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

the spindles come in different sizes, that is the part that the handle fits onto with the splines. it will be best if you can take the offending one with you to the local plumbers merchants to get a match otherwise the handle wont fit properly.

 

[heliotrope]

They do not comply to any standard.

The splines on the spindle are different from make to make and you should
take the handle / lever as well as the cartridge to the merchant when buying
replacements.

 

[qwerty]

the spindles come in different sizes, that is the part that the handle fits onto with the splines. it will be best if you can take the offending one with you to the local plumbers merchants to get a match otherwise the handle wont fit properly.

Thats great thanks very much.

 

[qwerty]

They do not comply to any standard.

The splines on the spindle are different from make to make and you should
take the handle / lever as well as the cartridge to the merchant when buying
replacements.[/QUOTE

Thanks i will do that.

 

[qwerty]

Contact the seller from Ebay, he messed up

I actually bought just the basin. The taps where a bonus. I already had new ones but these are bigger and very high quality and it looks new so im gona stick to these even if i have to live with the wrong way round cold tap. Its not a big deal really. Still does the job. Most of the time we use the hot tap anyway.