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The sound of a leaking tap is perhaps one of the most annoying sounds there is on the planet. Persistent, loud (or soft, but just as irritating), and nagging, the sound can render people sleepless throughout the night or unable to concentrate on tasks that require a calm or distraction-free environment.
It doesn’t help that when your tap continues to drip for extended periods of time, at the back of your mind you’re also worried about how much water your household is wasting, and how much your water bills could be rising because of the leak.
Of course, there’s absolutely no reason to let this situation remain unresolved. The best (and only) people to turn to, to put an end to your dripping tap? Melbourne home and commercial property owners should rely on no other professionals to address the leaking tap than plumbing technicians who are trained specifically to take care of such issues.
If your taps have one or two handles that are operated by easily turning these handles, then they are called cartridge taps. When these show signs of leaking, it generally means that the entire valve found inside the tap will have to be replaced.
O-rings are found in several kinds of taps, including cartridge taps (described earlier) and compression taps—ones that come with two separate handles that you can tighten or loosen in order to bring out hot or cold water. This component is typically installed inside the tap handles for the purpose of providing a waterproof seal. This seal can break when the o-ring comes loose or is damaged, and a leaking handle is the result. Your plumber can fix the leak by installing a correctly sized replacement o-ring.
