My Franke Planar Tap is dripping..
Franke Planar Tap
If your Franke Planar Tap is dripping
Summary :
- Check valves if your Tap is dripping from the Tip of the Spout (Aerator end) or Handle.
- Examine the Spout if your Tap is dripping from around the base of the spout. You will be looking for worn O Rings or holes in the spout itself.
The Franke Planar Tap has various models produced from 2005 to March 2018. Over this time period the Valve changed from initially a 20 spline valve to then a 28 spline valve).
Parts referred to in this Post
Old Franke Planar Valve (Right ) Order 3549R in Store. Current Planar Valve (Left) is available in Store.
Franke Planar Tap Valve ‘Bush’ SP3886 aka 3886R Bush with lip
Kitchen Tap Allen Key 2mm 133.0084.678
2268R O Ring Kit
1. Planar Tap Valve – 3 Different valves used over the years.
- We strongly recommend, that you check what valve you have in your Tap prior to ordering i.e. remove your own handle and check the splines on your valve . The Planar Valve and Bush are covered in detail in this Guide Planar Tap Valve Removal Guide.
- Valve with 20 splines : Earliest Planar Tap (pre 02/2008) took a 20 spline valve. Buy 3549R
- Valve with 28 splines & two threads 2307R (4276R) : From c. 2008 onwards, the Planar Tap takes a 28 spline valve. Buy 2307R (4276R)
- Valve with 28 splines and one thread 3547R – Buy 2307R (4276R) based on manufacturer recommendationBuy 2307R (4276R)
Planar Tap Handle removal Guide & more information on the 3 valves, You will find here
Here is the link for the Franke Planar Tap Valve
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2. Dripping where Spout meets Base
If it is dripping where the spout meets the base then it is most likely that you need to replace the O Rings.
Franke Planar Tap O Rings (3617R and also known as SP3617)
Most common Planar Tap issue: removing the handle / getting access to the valve – see comments below Post for what other customers did to solve this issue.
Our Blog / Plumbing Guides section includes tips e.g. how to remove a valve. Follow the links below.
Franke Planar Tap
Hi I have a franke tap that the cartridge is inside the body of the tap and I have rung the brass fitting mean I cannot get it out any suggestions as I cant get a grip on it with spanners vice grips pr anything
HI Ed, email me a picture of your own tap and show me what the valve looks like inside your tap. What approx age is your own tap please ? email Alice sales@tapsandsinksonline.co.uk. I don’t know if you have seen this post as well 7 easy steps to remove your valve.
Moll grips and a flat screwdriver worked a treat, little bit of scratching to handle but finally off. Thanks for all the help guys.
Thanks. I needed to get the taps off. A plumber did it carefully with a chisel / screw driver and wd40.
Now I need to order the 28 spline valves 2307R.
HI Vincent,that’s great that your plumber got the handles off. I will email you the link to the valve as well as post it here for you. Was there anything usual that your plumber had to do to remove them as I have other customers in same situation and it seems to be a particularly awkward tap and unfortunately we don’t have an old one here to replicate it for a video etc. Here is the link to the Planar Valve and you just have to select the 2307R valve within that link (it has 28 splines and is a two threaded valve whereas the current valve in the planar has also 28 splines but has only one thread). Alice
So what was the solution to taking the planar mixer taps off once the grub screws are removed, if the Taps still won’t budge? Ours are a few years old and it is a lime scale area.
Is there anything that can be done or is the tap unit likely to be non fixable?
You could try this tip here to remove the limescale but a qualified plumber should be able to remove this for you. Also if you go to our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TapsAndSinksOnline/
there is a video there that shows removing a handle from a tap very similar in style to the Planar Tap. Take a look at that and see if it helps you. Alice
Problem with my PlanarMixer tap cant get handle to budge after removing the two little screws.tried releasing agent and lemon still no joy.
HI Roy, how old is your Tap and I will see what I can do to help . Kind regards, Alice.
Cheers Alice sorry for delay.I think its 6 years since it was fitted and thanks for replying.
HI Roy, dont know if this will help you, but another customer was in the same situation and had to get a plumber in the end : Thanks. The taps would not budge after unscrewing the grub screws. My plumber carefully wiggled them and and used a chisel / screw driver to tease the handle off the spline, spraying WD40 into the gap that started to open up. After 10 minutes of careful work they came out. Necessary to then clean the handle and spline, apply silicone grease and refix.
Was careful to minimise damage to Tap handle with screwdriver.
and recently, from Simon, another customer 28.12.2018
Wow, that took me some time. Was having exactly the same problem as above, I think my Planar was the older model, I unscrewed the on/ off lever with a single Allan key screw. I then removed the 2 grub screws under the valve housing, ( the larger 30mm box joined to the tap stem ) .
I then spent an age pulling, tapping and prising, trying to remove both the housing and the remainder of the lever block. Eventually discovering it was impossible!
This led me on a search for other fixings, which I eventually found.
There are 2 more grub screws under the tap lever block !!!!!
So before you try pulling and tapping, you should have removed a total of 5 grub screws. ?
Really hope that helps.
Same problem, can’t get the handle off. Did anyone manage to come up with a solution?
HI Kirk, here is what another customer’s plumber did :”The taps would not budge after unscrewing the grub screws. My Plumber carefully wiggled them and and used a chisel / screw driver to tease the handle off the spline, spraying WD40 into the gap that started to open up. After 10 minutes of careful work they came out. Necessary to then clean the handle and spline, apply silicone grease and refix.
Was careful to minimise damage to Tap handle with screwdriver.
Hi, I’m having the same trouble with removing the tap handle and valve housing to expose the valve on my Franke Planar mixer tap. I’ve removed the 2 grub screws but it won’t budge. Anyone have any ideas? There must be something I’m missing? Thanks
Steve
Hi Steve
how old is your tap and do you have hard water (limescale)?
I’ve removed the grub screws from my Planar tap, but I can’t get the metal cover off, no matter how hard I pull! Am I missing something!?
Hi Nic , if you go to our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TapsAndSinksOnline/
there is a video there that shows removing a handle from a tap very similar in style to the Planar Tap. Take a look at that and see if it helps you. Alice
Hi Nic
Having the same problem. How did you over come the issue?
Cheers,
Neil
From another customer
Isolate water supply
Remove handle by undoing screw.
With the aid of a small mirror undo chrome handle housing 2 grub screws with small Allen key from underneath , until you can pull off housing.
Then do same with chrome valve housing.
Undo old valve with adjustable spanner & fit new valve.
Refit housings same in reverse.
Make sure handle housing is on splines, so that handle upright is off & handle forward down is off.