The faucet is the most commonly used sanitary ware in home life, which determines the quality of people’s daily life, and the faucet spool is the main factor affecting the service life of the faucet, so how to replace the faucet spool if it is damaged? Let’s take a look with the editor of Decoration Home Network.
How to change the faucet spool?
1. How to remove the old spool?
Method 1: Close the main water valve first, then buckle the faucet handle with a red and blue mark of about 8 mm, loosen the fixing screw counterclockwise with a flat screwdriver, take off the handle, and disassemble the faucet with an adjustable wrench For the spool, open the upper part of the gland with a wrench, and take out the ceramic spool inside.
Method 2: Close the main water valve first. You can use a screwdriver to insert under the handle of the faucet, and pry up from left to right, with one side prying, slowly, with even and steady force, so that the valve core can be removed.
Method 3: Close the main water valve first, unscrew the blue cover on the right handle, loosen the screw inside with a Phillips screwdriver, take off the handle to expose the valve core, and then unscrew the valve core with an adjustable wrench.
2. How to replace the new spool?
After removing the spool, you will see a blue rubber around the bottom of the spool. Generally, the bottom of the left spool is a red rubber, while the right spool is a blue rubber. Therefore, when changing the valve core on the right side, the blue rubber valve core should still be used. After installing the valve core, insert the handle and adjust the direction of the handwheel. Install the screws and cover the blue cover on the right, so that the new spool is replaced.
Which is the best faucet spool?
There are not many spool manufacturers, the more well-known ones are Hai Rui, Hante, Jisai, Taiwan Jiujiu, Kangqin, Spanish Circuit, Hungary KEROX, Germany White, and Japan Guda.
Sedal track spool, produced in Spain, is one of the world’s three major spool brands. It has its own wholly-owned enterprise in China, and its price positioning is reasonable, and its service can keep up. It has a long service life, and leading manufacturers no longer need to buy It is imported from Europe, so it is widely used in China at present.
Kerox spool, produced in Hungary, is one of the three major spool brands in the world. Some on the Internet say that it is produced in Austria. You don’t have to be serious about this. Some sink faucets like Moen use the Kerox spool. , the quality is also very good.
Sousa spool, produced in Italy, is one of the world’s three major spool brands, but it is generally extremely rare in China.
In addition, there are Taiwan’s Kangqin valve core and Jiujiu valve core, which are also quite good brands, and the price is about 10 yuan. At present, some leading domestic manufacturers are also using them. Including the blue rattan sink faucet we introduced earlier, the HENT spool is used, and the life span is also reliable.
