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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 5:02 pm

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Faucets have internal elements that at long last wear out. The original to go are the washers and o-rings, then the seats, and then perhaps the stem. As these elements wear you will start out to get leaking from your faucet. The leaks could come from the spout and drip into the sink, or you could get leaking from the handle(s) and have water running on to your counter or under the counter. Just before we get into repairing your faucet let’s consider a couple of things.

For you water conservationalists it is out there did you know that 1 drop of water per second equals when it comes to 2,500 gallons of water per year? And most persons that I have repaired faucets for wait until there faucet is leaking regarding 6-10 drips per second. That is when it comes to 12,500 to 25,000 gallons of water per year. That’s $80 to $140 per year. Plus most of your leaks will commence on the hot side way before the cold, since the hot water will deteriorate the rubber in the valves much quicker. So with the way energy costs are today you may add 30% to 60% to those costs.

If your bathroom faucet is 10 years old or older you may wish to change the faucet out with a new one. I unquestionably commend doing this. The reason I believe you will have to do this is that the labor for repairing the faucet and the labor for replacing the faucet are somewhat close to the same. And the elements for repairing the faucet will be around $35.00. A new faucet will cost you around $75.00. So for only an extra $40.00 you will have a nice new faucet to brighten up your bathroom.

With your kitchen faucet the price divergence may be much more significant. In either case you will need to make a decision that fits your circumstance the best.

Now with the bath tub or shower faucets, since the valve is behind the wall, then I commend repairing the leak. The best time to replace a bath tub or shower faucet is for the duration of renovations. It is possible for you to replace sooner if you have sufficient access to the faucet from the back. So you could replace with a similar faucet or there is a flange made by delta that will cover holes left from a two or three handle faucet when you install a single lever faucet.

Faucet styles

This is an perfectly huge area. There is in a literal sense thousands of dissimilar faucets and models of faucets over the last 30 years.

A short list of the more mutual styles are:

Two handle bathroom, kitchen, bathtub or shower faucets with seats and washers

Two handle washerless bathroom, kitchen, bath tub or shower faucets

Three handle bath/shower faucets with seats and washers

(these will have a hot and cold tap as well as a control for the bath/shower)

Single lever bath/shower faucets with cartridge

Single lever kitchen faucets with pull-out head and cartridge

Single lever kitchen and bathroom faucets with rubber seats and ball control

The reason I say short list is because each of the above may have galore dissimilar variations. There are dozens of dissimilar seats, washers, and cartridges. Because there is so a good deal of dissimilar styles and variations the time to make the repair may become longer because rather many times you will need to go to a distinguishing trait shop to match the parts with the parts you removed. So you may perceive that if you are paying a plumber $75.00 per hour (that is the going rate here) the substitute of the faucet may be for less than the fix of the faucet.

Now on to the faucet repair job

Each type of faucet will have a similar fix procedure. I suggest putting the constituents in order on the counter besides you as you pull them out so that you know precisely how to put them back again.

1. Turn off the water.

2. Pry off the handle screw cover.

3. Take the screw out of the handle

4. Remove handle (you may need handle pullers to do this)

5. Remove escusion if there is one (usually on two handle bath tubs and showers)

6. Loosen off the keeping nut (in single lever bathtub showers there is a keeping ring)

7. Remove the stem (cartridge in single lever bath/showers)

8. Check the brass seats for cuts (use your baby fingernail or flashlight)

(remove rubber seats if you have a washerless faucets)

9. Replace brass seats if necessary (the seats might be chrome as well)

10. Replace the washer (replace the cartridge in single levers)

11. If need be replace the stem.