Questions tagged [faucet]
For questions specifically relating to plumbing fixtures that provide an endpoint for a home's water supply system. Topics include fixture design and specialization, installation, maintenance, repair and replacement, among others.
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How to remove the handles from this faucet
My bathroom faucet is leaking around the base of my right handle. With previous faucets I've been able to use a set screw to loosen the handle and replace the washer. With these, though, I can't ...
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How can I unscrew this nut with little clearance?
I am trying to replace my kitchen faucet and have encountered a nut that I don’t know how to get at. As you can see the nut is bounded by counter (green) on one side and sink (red) on the other. I’ve ...
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What kind of tool can I use to tighten a faucet bolt in a tight place?
I am trying to tighten a kitchen faucet bolt (7/16 inch) in a very tight spot. Please refer to the picture.
Standard size wrenches don't fit well enough for me to turn it. I've used a stubby wrench ...
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How do I prevent this bath faucet from leaking while the shower is running?
Here's a photo of my setup:
The hose and nozzle hanging down in the picture make up the shower head assembly (it is a hand shower that can hang up on the wall or be removed for directed use). You'll ...
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What is this component that connects to the garbage disposal?
I am trying to install a new faucet with a soap dispenser. I removed my old facuet; however, where the soap dispenser is supposed to go, this is here:
It has pipes that go to the sink erator under ...
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What is attached to this spigot and how to remove
This adapter is attached to an outdoor spigot:
It is near the location of a former hot tub so I believe it has something to do with pressure control. When I attach a hose to it and turn it on if the ...
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Connect 1/2" supply line to 3/8" outer diameter faucet line
I bought from Home Depot a Glacier faucet that comes with 3/8 inch O.D. supply tubes. The supply lines from the wall have an outer diameter of 1/2 inches though. How do I connect the two?
This seems ...
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What's the name for this piece attached to the kitchen faucet hose?
Some time ago, I had a lot of rust and debris come into our plumbing due to some maintenance work my city did. Since then, my kitchen faucet cold water has been coming in pretty slowly. When I finally ...
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Repairing a leaky valve stem
I'm replacing the valve stems for my 1960's bathtub handles. There's a hot and cold handle, and they both are leaking profusely from the stem (not drips, but streams of water).
This picture generally ...
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Disassembling a faucet to replace its cartridge
I am trying to disassemble a faucet to replace its cartridge. However, after taking out a metal button, there is no way to further disassemble anything.
I could not see into the hole because of the ...
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No water coming out of kitchen faucet!
Yesterday, our kitchen faucet suddenly stopped working. Water pressure has always been fine, but now there is only a trickle. It's a single handle faucet and both the hot and cold will not work. I ...
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how to remove frost free outdoor faucet drain valve assembly
I've tried unscrewing the part outlined in red below. No dice.
Do I just need to remove the whole rod (above the red outline) and replace it?)
If so, can anyone point me to instructions for them. I ...
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How can I remove stuck anti-vandal rings in tap head?
Most of the taps in my new house are fitted with so-called "anti-vandal" screws in the tap heads, as shown in the image. These screw into the tap head to tighten them onto the stem.
I can't ...
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Why does my kitchen faucet cut out intermittently?
Sometimes when I'm running water from my kitchen faucet, it will cut out for no apparent reason. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm running hot or cold water (or a mixture), but does seem to happen ...
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Fix a Leaky Faucet?
I have a Moen single handle kitchen faucet. When you lift the handle to start the water flow, water also flows out almost as fast from underneath the handle and floods my counter.
I cannot figure ...
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How do I make a faucet pour instead of spray?
I have dual sinks in my master bathroom. The faucets are identical, but one pours water in a solid thick stream while the other sprays water in a bunch of small streams. I'd like them both to pour ...
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How can I fasten nuts in narrow places when installing a faucet?
Recently I replaced a faucet in the kitchen, but there is not enough room to fasten two nuts. These are not the nuts on the end of the supply lines; they thread onto studs to hold the faucet down. ...
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What can I use to lubricate a new kitchen faucet no longer turns?
I installed a new kitchen faucet about 6 months ago. However, it no longer turns/swivels at the base. My non-expert inspection of the problem seems to suggest that the point-of-swivel has a build up ...
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Are either of these tools suitable for tightening the pipe union nut underneath a bath?
I'm having trouble tightening the pipe union nuts on some new bath taps I've fitted at my mum's house. I got everything out OK, and (because the previous plumber had put the hot tap on the right ...
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What are my options for fixing a laundry faucet?
We're replacing our washer so I had to turn off the laundry faucets, hook up the new washer, and then turn them back on.
In doing so, the hot water faucet now has a slight leak where the stem of the ...
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How do I fix a shutoff valve that isn't opening?
My dishwasher started leaking over the weekend. I turned off the water at the shutoff in the basement, it's a standard faucet type in the copper piping.
I then replaced the rubber heater hose used ...
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What killed my kitchen faucet pressure?
I have a one-handle "Marielle" model Pfister kitchen faucet diagrammed here. It leaked, so I replaced the cartridge, which solved the problem. A few weeks later, I happened to drain my hot water ...
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Why does it take a second for water to come out of the kitchen faucet?
Starting about a week ago, our kitchen faucet has exhibited some odd behavior. When you lift the handle for it, nothing comes out for a second. You can hear air or water flowing, but nothing comes out....
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How can I replace a non-standard (20cm) bathroom faucet?
The bathroom sink has a separate cold and hot tap, their centres are 20cm apart. I want to replace them with a mixer tap. However, the mixer taps I see have 18cm distance.
What are the options for ...
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Why does only the hot water have low Water Pressure from my 2 handle kitchen faucet?
My kitchen faucet is a two handle style with a single delivery spout. The water pressure for the cold water and for ALL the other water sources in the home work fine. The water pressure for the hot ...
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How do I diagnose weak water flow from tub faucet and shower?
I have a shower that has very low flow from the hot and cold water and also from the shower when you turn the valve to switch it to the shower. All of the other fixtures in the house have strong flow ...
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what kind of faucet is this and how do I take off handle?
The handle is loose (a bit wiggly) and I want to take it off to figure out how to tighten it. Problem is I can't figure out how to take it off...
My guess is it is from mid to late 2000s
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How can I remove a faucet aerator that lacks notches/grooves?
Like the title says, I see no grooves or notches for inserting a "key" or any other tool to remove the aerator on this faucet. Pictures below.
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How Can I re-attach my bathroom fixtures which are hanging loose from the wall?
Please see the two pictures below. I'm trying to re-attach the two faucets so that there is no gap between them and the wall. These faucets work perfectly fine its just that they aren't attached to ...
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How does everyone set up sprinkler timer with residential outdoor faucets?
I am trying to set up a timed sprinkler system. Everything mechanically works out. However, I noticed cautions such as the following. If we cannot keep the outdoor faucets on, there seems to be not ...
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Water hammer, dripping faucet in bathroom
So I have a mix of problems that I'm not sure how best to deal with since it could very well be multiple problems or just the one.
We had a plumber replace the tub/shower faucet and the corresponding ...
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How do I tighten a loose kitchen faucet?
I have a kitchen faucet that is starting to move around in the hole cut in the counter top. I would like to figure out how to tighten it, but due to the location of drain pipes and the disposal I can'...
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How can I identify and source an old faucet cartridge
I have an old faucet that drips. I would like to fix the leak, but am having a lot of trouble finding a replacement cartridge.
The faucet does not have any markings of any kind. I brought the ...
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Slow faucet when water gets hot
I appear to have a strange problem. For the last 6 months, at least, in my master bath the sink faucet pours slowly when the hot water reaches the faucet itself.
That is,
If the pipes have cooled ...
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routing hoses in the duff, 5/8" garden hose, or 3/4" garden hose, or 3/4" polyethylene?
A related question is here: Buried hose through PVC to outdoor hose bibb
Should I route 5/8" garden hoses, or 3/4"?
We're trying a new watering set up this year. I've collected about a dozen garden ...
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How do I get rid of the sulphur smell from cold water only in one sink?
In my powder room only, I have a strong sulphur smell that comes out of my cold water faucet only. I have a water filtration system for my house but only have this problem in one sink. I have ...
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how do I remove this faucet?
The faucet runs even when the handles are turned off so I wanted to pull these off and see if I could figure out what is going on...
but I have no idea how to get the faucets off. No visible set ...
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Bathroom faucet drip
I had a faucet drip in my bathroom sink. I determined it was the hot water (confirmed by the warm drip and it stopped when I shut off the hot under the sink). I assumed that the stem went (which ...
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How can I fix this broken connector piece on my Symmons shower Knob?
I was trying to get the knob off so I could potentially increase the amount of hot water getting mixed and it seemed to be coming off nicely but then snapped. By nicely, I mean it was a steady process;...
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Should hot water pressure be reduced after hot water is used?
I'm noticing reduced hot water pressure (on all faucets/shower) after significant hot water use (2 long showers, 2 loads of HE (High Efficiency) laundry, and using a sink for about 5 minutes). Cold ...
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Mansfield 4000 series outdoor frost-free faucet leaking from inside the stem tube
I have a 12-in Mansfield 4000 series outdoor frost-free faucet (according to this). It's leaking from inside the stem tube (labeled "1") only when water is turned on. Removing the stem from ...
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How can I disassemble this kitchen faucet for repairs?
My kitchen faucet recently started leaking, but I've not been able to find instructions on addressing this problem that will work with my faucet.
I don't know the make of model of the faucet as it is ...
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How do I remove my old faucet?
I purchased this faucet and it seems like an easy enough installation. The bottom of this new faucet looks like this:
Seems like all I have to do is screw something in and it will attach the faucet ...
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How to fix a leaking cold/hot water faucet
Our hot water faucet has been leaking (on its own, and also when the cold water faucet is turned on). Our building technician diagnosed a problem with the valves and recommended that we replace both ...
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Imperial to Metric Tap Thread Adapter
We had been using this basin shower head attachment happily for a while, until a plumber came to replace the taps due to a leakage. The new taps (like the old ones) happen to be a pair of hot and cold ...
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Remove Fastener Nut for Kitchen Faucet (Rusted?)
Trying to remove my Kitchen Faucet. It's around 10 years old.
The last set is to remove the Nut that holds a brass plate to fasten the faucet to the kitchen counter.
The problem is, i think the nut ...
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Removing a decorative cover in a moen faucet
After taking the handle off a faucet, the decorative cover won't come off. I tried a strap wrentch first, then a pipe wrenth. Is there any trick for this? I don't care if it is going to damage the ...
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Identifying the model of Moen faucet in kitchen
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Here is a following-up question about disassembling this faucet
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My kitchen sink faucet is leaky at the base and it should be able to be fixed by replacing cartridge according to online ...
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What do they call these rubber items and springs in a faucet?
These items came out when I tried to change my shower water-mixing capsule, what are they?
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Any thoughts on how to remove this faucet / handle
Hoping to find some help here as I am at a loss. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to remove this fixture. There are no brand marks and I don't know who installed it. The handles don't have any ...
