Master Plumber Mark
Sensitivity trainer and plumber of mens souls
I have always been sold on DELTA faucets....
but today I got a rude ---bitter suprise.....
I usually tell my customers to go to LOWES
to get the DELTA faucets that they like and I
will install them ....
I went to install a Delta Water fall type kitchen faucet
that they bought for about 92 bucks with handles....
told them that this was a pretty good deal untill I
installed the faucet and it leaked like a sive outof the
hot side.........
I took the faucet apart thinking I would simply have
to clean out and change maybe the washer and perhaps the standard stem that had been commiing with it for
45 years..... Noooooooope
For everyones information.......
It turns out that Delta - is now having their hardware
store line of faucets for LOWES made in Tiawan
...and the parts are now some low end gasket or cartridge that comes apart when you pull the stem out of the faucet....and is nearly impossible to put back together...
i dont know if LOWES even sell the repair parts for this piece of junk, I was so pissed off.....
after fighting this piece of junk for about 30 minutes,
I threw in the towell...
I had to go to my supply house and get a REAL DELTA faucet two handle high spout faucet for my price of 130.00
with handles....
to get me and the customer out of troubles....
the one I bought was the old trustworthy style,
but it cost 40 bucks more...
The delta faucets you buy from LOWES are now the crappiest junk you can get your hands on.......
the quality is now probably worse than Kohler, Price fister, and american standard.
I plan on getting with someone at Delta to complain
about "selling their souls " to compete in the hardware stores...
Be Warned....
but today I got a rude ---bitter suprise.....
I usually tell my customers to go to LOWES
to get the DELTA faucets that they like and I
will install them ....
I went to install a Delta Water fall type kitchen faucet
that they bought for about 92 bucks with handles....
told them that this was a pretty good deal untill I
installed the faucet and it leaked like a sive outof the
hot side.........
I took the faucet apart thinking I would simply have
to clean out and change maybe the washer and perhaps the standard stem that had been commiing with it for
45 years..... Noooooooope
For everyones information.......
It turns out that Delta - is now having their hardware
store line of faucets for LOWES made in Tiawan
...and the parts are now some low end gasket or cartridge that comes apart when you pull the stem out of the faucet....and is nearly impossible to put back together...
i dont know if LOWES even sell the repair parts for this piece of junk, I was so pissed off.....
after fighting this piece of junk for about 30 minutes,
I threw in the towell...
I had to go to my supply house and get a REAL DELTA faucet two handle high spout faucet for my price of 130.00
with handles....
to get me and the customer out of troubles....
the one I bought was the old trustworthy style,
but it cost 40 bucks more...
The delta faucets you buy from LOWES are now the crappiest junk you can get your hands on.......
the quality is now probably worse than Kohler, Price fister, and american standard.
I plan on getting with someone at Delta to complain
about "selling their souls " to compete in the hardware stores...
Be Warned....