Plumbing
Posted 06-22-2009 at 03:46 PM by Turtle
the sink faucets in the bathrooms were starting to leak and you better believe i'm not about to pay for a bunch of drips doin' a whole lot of nothin'. the bastards! 
i did a fair amount of plumbin' back in the day and these are the new style 'gasket-less' faucets, although really that's a false advertising play on words to get folks to buy new stuff even though we didn't really have a problem with the old stuff other than people thinking the harder they turned the valve the better and they screwed them up doing it. 
. fact is, there are rubber bits in the new style and they wear out and need replaced. well, actually my faucets started leaking 6 months ago but i dipped into some plumbing experience working on rentals for a penny-pinching douche and i figured out how i could stretch the little spring out that pushes the 'gasket' into a sealing position and volia, no leak... for awhile anyway. sooner or later there's nothing to do but replace the seal and spring. so now, how to figure out which outlet chain carries your specific brand. save yourself some grief and go to where the contractors shop. 
anyway, buy enough for all the faucets cause if one is leaking the others are soon to follow. replace them all, then set back and suck some suds and think about how glad you are you're not plumbing anymore under a flooded crawlspace in february. 
i did a fair amount of plumbin' back in the day and these are the new style 'gasket-less' faucets, although really that's a false advertising play on words to get folks to buy new stuff even though we didn't really have a problem with the old stuff other than people thinking the harder they turned the valve the better and they screwed them up doing it. . fact is, there are rubber bits in the new style and they wear out and need replaced. well, actually my faucets started leaking 6 months ago but i dipped into some plumbing experience working on rentals for a penny-pinching douche and i figured out how i could stretch the little spring out that pushes the 'gasket' into a sealing position and volia, no leak... for awhile anyway. sooner or later there's nothing to do but replace the seal and spring. so now, how to figure out which outlet chain carries your specific brand. save yourself some grief and go to where the contractors shop. anyway, buy enough for all the faucets cause if one is leaking the others are soon to follow. replace them all, then set back and suck some suds and think about how glad you are you're not plumbing anymore under a flooded crawlspace in february. 
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Best of luck to you sir! I'm certainly no plumber!
Posted 06-22-2009 at 04:00 PM by Mercedes Benzene
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you know what we plumbers say; all's well that ends well. 
but no seriously, is all gooood now. i had to use a mirror and look up under the spigot on my unit to see what brand it was (a Peerless) as it is otherwise without manufacturer marks. 
sneaky bastards!! i'm onto them though. 
went to Home Depot & bought 3 sets of replacement seals & springs. both Peerless & Delta units use the same size rubber seal, but different size springs so each pack had 2 seals & 4 springs. price $3.87 US +8.2% sales tax. so i bought 3 packs, 6 sets, and installed 3 new sets of seals & springs in the offending valves. leaking stopped. 
cost to have a plumber come to your house & do this: $60. knowing how to do it myself: priceless. 
Posted 06-22-2009 at 10:11 PM by Turtle
