Plumbing 101

Home ownership brings a sense of pride

and security.

It can also bring headaches as things break

and must be fixed.

Sometimes they are serious enough

that the professionals must be called in.

But more often,

they are the little things that can be handled

with just a little time and know-how.

Case in point:

a faucet drip.

Annoying,

costly and irresponsible in terms of water usage.

The first step is to turn off the water

to the faucet.

We have a manifold system,

so I went down to the basement

and found the correct levers for the faucet.

They are now turned off.

No water.

Now to get to work.




The screw holding the handle on is removed.



Then the cap assembly is unscrewed,
exposing the cam, ball and seat and springs.

This time I am replacing the seats and springs.

In case you are wondering,

this is the second time I have worked on this faucet.

The last time I replaced the cam, ball and seats and springs.

It took some doing to coax the rubber seats out of the faucet.

Then the springs lifted out with tweezers.

I placed the new springs and seats in the faucet.

Now it's time to put the faucet back together.

Note:

It's important to put all the parts of the faucet

in when reassembling the faucet

or there will be leakage.

Not to worry;

another trip down to the basement

and putting in all the parts will fix the problem.

No more leaks.

I'm good.

Dear, I'll send you my bill.