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    diamonds567 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 18, 2011, 10:30 AM
    Using the Kitchen taps only there is warm water coming out of the cold water taps?
    Good Morning:
    There is warm water coming out of my Kitchen taps when using the cold water tap, & how do you fix this

    Sincerely:

    Marj
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    Feb 18, 2011, 11:55 PM
    This is a classic bleedover. The hot water is bleeding into the cold side either through a faulty mixer
    Or faucet assembly. Try shutting the hot water off under the sink and check it again. If you no longer get hot out of the cold side your faucet\mixer is to blame.
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    Feb 19, 2011, 06:56 AM

    Single or two handle faucet (tap)?
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