Even as the leaky bathroom tap keeps begging for you to fix it, you are just too caught up in your daily life to actually have enough time. That is understandable. You needed to worry more about paying the bills that are piling up, and worry less about leaky taps. But promising to yourself you will find the time to do something about it will not stop leaking faucet. As a matter of fact, while you spend all the time neglecting the problematic valve you are also paying twice your water bill. So check your faucet now for leaks, and read on the following tutorial about fixing a common problem in taps: the seat.
Fixing the seat is not as hard as it sounds. To cut a long story short, all you have to do is dismantle the faucet, locate the seat, regrind it and put everything back together. To do this, you will need an adjustable spanner, a reseating tool and a slotted screwdriver. But first be sure to run to the stopcock and turn the water off.
Now start by removing the top cover of the bathroom tap. Use the screwdriver to remove the headgear completely and locate the seat. Seats usually get worn out, thus allowing water to pass through even if the valve is closed. Next, regrind and level the seat using the reseating tool. Lastly put everything back together and see if it still drips. If the problem persists, it's either you did it wrong, or the problem wasn't the seat at all.
