John/Charleston
Junior Member
I'm a carpenter not a plumber but I understand the basics. I recently installed a replacement vanity top for a friend in her 2nd floor bathroom. The top was a used cultured marble one from Habitat and it had faucets on it already. I tried to swap them out with the ones she had already which I thought were nicer but they didn't match up for some reason I can' quite remember but the point is I probably took the Habitat faucets off and put them back on again.
About 6 weeks after I did the job she comes home to water pouring onto her new oak floors. I just now got to look at the broken faucet and it has a hairline crack on the threaded plastic inlet that sticks thru the counter top and has a plastic nut that fastens it down. It broke right where the inlet joins to the bottom of the faucet and on the cold water side.
Did I tighten the nut too hard? How unusual is it that the inlet would crack 6 weeks after it was installed? How unusual is it that it would crack at all?
I feel bad about the situation and obviously the first mistake was re-using that Habitat plastic faucet but I'm wondering if it can be counted as my mistake or not.
The faucet is a Moen.
Thanks,
John
About 6 weeks after I did the job she comes home to water pouring onto her new oak floors. I just now got to look at the broken faucet and it has a hairline crack on the threaded plastic inlet that sticks thru the counter top and has a plastic nut that fastens it down. It broke right where the inlet joins to the bottom of the faucet and on the cold water side.
Did I tighten the nut too hard? How unusual is it that the inlet would crack 6 weeks after it was installed? How unusual is it that it would crack at all?
I feel bad about the situation and obviously the first mistake was re-using that Habitat plastic faucet but I'm wondering if it can be counted as my mistake or not.
The faucet is a Moen.
Thanks,
John