Hello,
I have a question about replacing seats on the hot and cold water for my bathtub. I have tried replacing the rubber washers already but both of them still leak. The brand is American Standard, and it is very possible this could be the original stems from when the house was built in the 1920's. When I brought the stems in to the hardware store to make sure I got the right washer the guy there said he had never seen a stem quite like the one I had. I hate when I hear those words as it usually means a lot of time and money. Anyway, since the faucet still leaks, is the next step to replace the seats? The stems themselves seem fine. How do I get the seats out? Does every system have a seat? Some additional information, we recently had the shower converter? replaced, and the person who did it said that our faucet and hot and cold water valves are connected by a straight piece of pipe. The hot and cold water lines go up the back of the tub/shower, each has a T connection going to the tub faucet and then to the shower converter. Apparently new ones aren't this way??? Any information anyone can offer would be most appreciated!
Thanks,
Martin
I have a question about replacing seats on the hot and cold water for my bathtub. I have tried replacing the rubber washers already but both of them still leak. The brand is American Standard, and it is very possible this could be the original stems from when the house was built in the 1920's. When I brought the stems in to the hardware store to make sure I got the right washer the guy there said he had never seen a stem quite like the one I had. I hate when I hear those words as it usually means a lot of time and money. Anyway, since the faucet still leaks, is the next step to replace the seats? The stems themselves seem fine. How do I get the seats out? Does every system have a seat? Some additional information, we recently had the shower converter? replaced, and the person who did it said that our faucet and hot and cold water valves are connected by a straight piece of pipe. The hot and cold water lines go up the back of the tub/shower, each has a T connection going to the tub faucet and then to the shower converter. Apparently new ones aren't this way??? Any information anyone can offer would be most appreciated!
Thanks,
Martin