Why are there fistulas on the gander of the mixer? What can be done

Fistula occurs due to pitting corrosion in the walls of plumbing fixtures, especially often I meet this in spouts (gander). Why? There, as a rule, the thinnest metal, and where it is thin there and it breaks.

What to do? Such filth can be repaired, for example, with electrical tape or heat shrinkage, but this is a temporary measure and not the fact that this will not happen next to the repaired leak. therefore better to replace the spout with a new one. By the way, I managed to completely get rid of such a misfortune., but more on that at the end.

And here when replacing a gander, another trouble may awaitlike me in one case.

Recent case

I came and saw such a picture, the spout was wrapped in a plastic bag, these were the owners who fought the problem as best they could.

Unwound and from the fistula a tight, cheerful stream scored, everything is clear, it is necessary to change, resuscitation is useless, especially since the metal in such ganders is already thin from the beginning. But we still have to try to find it, but I was lucky, I found it in a stall on the market. Replaced, but here again the problem.

When I installed a new part, it began to drip due to the circular fastening nut, in in such cases, I remove the rubber cuffs and wrap the seats with fum tape. This allows them to "distribute", they "sit down" more densely and the flow disappears, I advise, a proven method!

How did you overcome such problems with the gander yourself?

It's simple I have a polypropylene spout, such troubles do not threaten him, but before tired of changing.

Have you encountered such a problem?

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