Your bathtub faucet should not be spraying out while your shower head is on. Fix a bathtub faucet with help from a longtime plumber in this free vid...
Your bathtub faucet should not be spraying out while your shower head is on. Fix a bathtub faucet with help from a longtime plumber in this free video clip. Expert: Terry Matsamas Contact: www.towersplumbing.com Bio: Terry Matsamas has worked for Towers Murray Plumbing since 1991. Filmmaker: Michael Burton Series Description: Repairing the faucet in your kitchen sink, bathroom sink or shower requires extra care due to the presence of your home’s water lines. Learn about faucet repair with help from a longtime plumber in this free video series.
I have a slow drip in my bathtub faucet and I am having a hard time removing the screws from the faucet. I tried to spray WD40 on it and I believe they are stripped. I can’t tighten them or loosen them up to make a differnce. I believe the faucet is orginal, that would make it about 20 yrs old. Any idea on what I can do?
the water wasn’t warm enough for our shower. So, my husband went downstairs and increased the water temperature on the water heater. Is that the correct thing to do? When the plumber was adjusting the water temperature he never went downstairs to adjust it with the water heater, I’m just wondering if the water temperature needed to be adjusted through the bathtub faucet. By increasing the water temperature on the water heater, it will affect the water in the whole house now.
There is one more detail that I have to tell you. It seemed that lately, when I have been doing dishes, the hot water has not been feeling hot enough like it used to. I think what is going on is that my husband adjusts the hot water temperature to be hotter in the winter and colder in the summer. The temperature is set at Hot B.
I have bathtub faucet that I want to match, but cannot find it anywhere. A plumber installed it and I can’t find him either. The faucet has the letters "WB" on the front encircled with an oblong etch mark. A webserch for WB faucets brings up a brand of WB faucets with a different logo and they don’t show the faucet.
When I take a shower, my water is fine. It runs clean and clear – no excess junk in it whatsoever.
However, the last two times I ran it to take a bath, having the water pour through the faucet rather than the shower head, stuff was floating around in the water. I don’t really know what to describe it as either. Sadly, the first time I noticed it, I just thought it had to do with the bath salts I was using. But I noticed it right away before even getting in the tub yesterday. I also figured that this may also be the cause of the dinginess of porcelain tub. It’s definitely not as white as it used to be.
Does one ever use a filter with their bathtub faucet?
I live in an apartment complex, therefore it wouldn’t be my place to rip it out and install a new one – as fun as that may be. However, I dislike calling them every time something goes awry. Hence asking my first Yahoo! question.
If anyone has suggestions or ideas, even if it does come down to talking to maintenance, please feel free to share.
I decided to replace the bathtub faucet. It is one that you turn counter-clockwise to remove; there is no screw underneath. Now I noticed that the new faucet I bought was 5 1/4 inches and my old one was 5 1/2 inches approx.. you would think that they would all be one size and this caused my second problem. You would think that the would be one standard size; I went back to the store and could not find any at my size. The house is less than 7 years old… why the funny faucet size?
I installed the new one, but I may have tightened it too much as it made a screaching sound and I think that I accidentally turned the collar (the white plastic thing), which is secured to the pipe with a screwed in ring-type thing.
When I start the tap, there is now a small leak right where the faucet meets the bathtub wall; when I put on the shower, the leak gets worse. The collar looks fine, but could I have damaged a washer or something inside of it? Can I fix this or do I need a plumber?
Thanks.
More details to help clarify; thanks to answer provided by Bane86…
When I say Faucet, I mean the bathtub spout, not the handles.
When my spout is removed, there is no 4 inches of copper pipe, there is some copper extending out the whole in the wall, but most of the tube is white plastic. THis is what I think I accidentally turned too much when I installed the new faucet. Now it has a small leak where the white plastic meets the copper tubing.
There is a bathtub in our house that we don’t use – the other day I went to run some water through the pipes, and nothing happened. My first thought: pipes froze. <gulp>
Today, the water came on by itself and I thought: "oh, i must have left the faucets in the on position, and the lines thawed…"
Well, turning the hot and cold knobs to the ‘off’ position does not stop the water, it is coming out at a fairly steady flow, I’d say at about 1/4 full power… now, if i turn the knobs in the bathtub I can increase the flow and affect temperature, but turning them off, does not stop the leak. I tried removing the hot and cold knobs and trying to tighten them with pliers, nothing doing…
#1 – does this sound like a problem caused by frozen/thawing pipes? Ive checked all the pipes I can find in the rest of the house, and there doesn’t appear to be any burst pipes or leaking…
#2 – and recommendations for fixing, outside of calling a plumber? Sadly I dont have access to the pipes in the wall directly behind the tub (fiberglass surrounding) and the wall behind back up to outside, so I cant go through the drywall and patch it later.
Bonus Question: how much $$ is it going to cost for me to have had the bathtub faucet, essentially in the ‘on’ position, for almost 24 hours? Yikes.
My bathtub faucet is dripping slightly, I took the hot and cold knobs off and tightened the dials as much as possible using a wrench but it still drips. Any ideas?
I have an old bathtub faucet from Gerber that has handles for hot, cold and a diverter and I turned the cold handle and the handle, along with the part the handle grips on, to broke off. I can’t afford a plumber now and I’m pretty handy. How can I do this myself?