Dunbar Plumbing
Master Plumber
Moen has me on a callback wait... 1.5 hours.
I'm thinking 3 people covering 57 states... whaddya think?
I'm thinking 3 people covering 57 states... whaddya think?
Water just drips, can't turn it off. Unit's about 7 years old.
------ Just A Note -----
Old-timers like me recall the days before washerless faucets, when about all it took to stop drips/leaks was the correct washer and a tool.
Once the washerless era began, we sensed -- correctly -- that like the newer, "water-saving" tiny toilets, the plumbers' lobbies had got us (the public) again!
a.) If our older, better toilets needed to be replaced, we HAD to buy the "new" many-flushes-needed toilets.
b.) There'd be no more faucet repairs without "help" from a $75/hour
plumber, who might be as honest as your neighborhood lawyer and as competent as Stan Laurel.
Many folks make jokes about plumbers, but when I encounter a plumber's outrageous bills, I boil. These things are not funny!
Bet you can hear the plumber laughing all the way to the bank.
To answer your question yes a non-plumber can repair a single handle Delta.
In all reality I do not think the plumbers wanted these washerless faucets either. I have a large P&M kit on my truck that only gets used now if someone with a home that was built before 1980 and still has original plumbing. Its a $3000.00 kit back in the day paid for itself, but in todays market its just a waste of space.
I remember when I was a kid and having to repair sayco and gerber faucets... and all sorts of other odd ball faucets made back in the 50s.......
I remember takeing out the scarred up brass seats and ......as a last resort, sanding them down till they were good enough to work properly....
now those were the fun, fun..days......
have a CREED faucet repair set up with all sorts of seats and washers, I have the cone washers in my truck...
(got them from a bankrupt plumber for nothing).
I probably not have opened any of the boxes in 5years or more... and they are also takeing up space....
its all washerless and throw away faucets now....
also , ....... to set the record straight......
anyone who cant repair a Delta faucet is a total moron.. and should not attempt any
kind of plumbing what-so-ever.
they are too simple and too easy .......
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the shower valve and faucet is made by home depot's brand, pegasus, and yes, i know it's the highest quality brand.
my vote is for pegasus
I like the old Chicago Faucets. Always easy to repair parts for the new faucets works in faucets built in 1918 and 1918 parts will work in the new ones. Well not the new Gerbit ones but the ones that still used the traditional Chicago cartridge/stem.
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