Installing a mixer tap in the sink
Instruments
- Adjustable wrench (1.1) or set of wrenches (1.2).
- Screwdrivers.
- A set of gaskets. It may be required when installing a flexible hose.
- A flexible hose is usually supplied with a mixer. Its length is not always sufficient. You may need to purchase an additional kit.
- Adhesive sealant.
Mixer tap kit:
1 – Mixer tap;
2 - Flexible supply line;
3, 5 - Sealing materials;
4 - Fixture of the mixer tap;
6 - Stud for fixing the mixer tap with a nut;
Step-by-step instruction
Turn off the water supply before installing the mixer.
- Place the rubber o-ring (3) into the mixer base.
- Screw the flexible hose into the mixer.
- Screw the stud (6) into the mixer and tighten it with a screwdriver.
- Slip flexible supply line into the hole in the sink and install the mixer.
- Attach the rubber gasket (5) to the fixing fixture of the mixer (4). Place the fixing clip on the stud under the sink, swirling into the mixer, with the gasket facing up. Tighten the connection with a wrench.
- Connect the flexible lead to the system. The hose should already have a gasket inside the nut, and it should be enough.
Tighten the nut with a wrench.
- Install a sink overflow if necessary.
- Install the sink drain into the sewer.
- Check the tightness of the flexible hoses.
- Seal the junction of the sink with the wall.