Hi all,
Am halfway through a bathroom remodel, and just noticed that the new tub faucet is dripping. It's a single-handle Price-Pfister and will be returned, but it brought up some concerns.
I currently have an access panel in the room behind the bath that allows me to get to a couple of valves that I installed, but there is no way to get to the faucet through it. Luckily for now I can get to the faucet through the front, but that won't be the case once I put in the backerboard and tile!
Looking around various web threads, I see a lot of posts about maintaining faucets for leaks, getting cartridges, etc. So I am concerned that down the road I will have to choose between living with a drip or tearing out tile to fix/replace a faucet. Can this cartridge be replaced from the front without removing the faucet?
OR, I could tear out the faucet setup now and redo the mounting boards so that I could get to the faucet from the rear.
What is normally done for a tub setup, anyway? And what should I do here?
KJ
Am halfway through a bathroom remodel, and just noticed that the new tub faucet is dripping. It's a single-handle Price-Pfister and will be returned, but it brought up some concerns.
I currently have an access panel in the room behind the bath that allows me to get to a couple of valves that I installed, but there is no way to get to the faucet through it. Luckily for now I can get to the faucet through the front, but that won't be the case once I put in the backerboard and tile!
Looking around various web threads, I see a lot of posts about maintaining faucets for leaks, getting cartridges, etc. So I am concerned that down the road I will have to choose between living with a drip or tearing out tile to fix/replace a faucet. Can this cartridge be replaced from the front without removing the faucet?
OR, I could tear out the faucet setup now and redo the mounting boards so that I could get to the faucet from the rear.
What is normally done for a tub setup, anyway? And what should I do here?
KJ