My house has a selection of leaky faucets that I'd like to attend to. I suspect they were last serviced about 30 years ago, if that. I've disassembled and reassembled a couple of them and have been pleased with the improvement of function but I'm seeing leaks from the individual faucet handles and sometimes a very slow drip from the faucet itself. We have hard water so a slow drip means hard water build up.

I could replace the cartridges at $15-20 a pop - eight would need replacing. However we'd prefer to throw away all these faucets once we have the funds to redo the respective bathrooms.

This appears to be the cartridge in question - [www.homedepot.com]

but I'm tempted to get a set of o-rings - [www.amazon.com]


Thoughts?

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If you're just going to toss them in the near future, go with the o-rings. Harbor Freight/Home Depot/Lowes probably all have a pack of assorted o-rings.

Try the o rings, that will probably work, at least for a while, and especially if you'll just yank them out soon. But I'll suggest that you buy a set of o-rings from a reliable source, as chasing down the individual pieces will drive you mad.

If you like them

Keep them

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If the internal seal is ok, then yeah replacing the o-rings will work. Descale everything first and buy silicone lube for the o-rings. I use white vinegar from Costco (I don’t dilute it more than it already is), for really crusty stuff, I’d use a splash of pool acid with a quick rinse.
Regarding hard water: I was at my in laws cleaning out their clogged sink drain, noticed a lot of calcium on their faucet. They redid the counters/under mount sinks/faucets about three years ago. I guess their water is really hard. [drive.google.com]

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Carm
They redid the counters/under mount sinks/faucets about three years ago. I guess their water is really hard. [drive.google.com]

That was my starting point. Ended up replacing a number of aerators.

Its not so the water as lack of maintenance.



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i'd go to a decent plumbing supply with all those internals and see if they can zone you in on good, proper rings and washers...as mentioned above...getting all the right ones can be a nutty, painful experience...getting a multi washer kit? yea..sometimes, your's aren't on it..

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Carm
They redid the counters/under mount sinks/faucets about three years ago. I guess their water is really hard. [drive.google.com]

That was my starting point. Ended up replacing a number of aerators.

Its not so the water as lack of maintenance.

Lack of maintenance, by her cleaning lady. She’s there every week.

Water softener vs plumbing maintenance?

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since we're here, our kitchen faucet doesn't leak, but water flows out the spout for a sec after it is shut off.
I don't seem to remember it doing that, but slow changes are hard to remember.
In any case, is that right, or should I look at replacing an O or the like?
I did the cartridges a few years back, they were about 10 yo. Not particularly hard water.
hansgrohe 06648 4 hole.

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since we're here, our kitchen faucet doesn't leak, but water flows out the spout for a sec after it is shut off.

That's almost certainly the diverter valve (which sends the water to the sprayer). Usually pretty easy to fix.

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My house has a selection of leaky faucets that I'd like to attend to. I suspect they were last serviced about 30 years ago, if that. I've disassembled and reassembled a couple of them and have been pleased with the improvement of function but I'm seeing leaks from the individual faucet handles and sometimes a very slow drip from the faucet itself. We have hard water so a slow drip means hard water build up.

I could replace the cartridges at $15-20 a pop - eight would need replacing. However we'd prefer to throw away all these faucets once we have the funds to redo the respective bathrooms.

This appears to be the cartridge in question - [www.homedepot.com]

but I'm tempted to get a set of o-rings - [www.amazon.com]


Thoughts?

I'd do the o-rings. Chicago Faucets are probably much higher quality than the garbage you're likely to get when remodelling. You sure you want to throw those away?

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....can you try multiple 0(s)........................................................................rings.....???

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Chicago Faucets are probably much higher quality than the garbage you're likely to get when remodelling.

We have a policy of buying only high quality garbage.

CLR us your friend here. Soak the cartridges and everything you can in it and descale everything first.

JPK

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That's almost certainly the diverter valve (which sends the water to the sprayer). Usually pretty easy to fix.

as it turns out, seems to be the hot and cold cartridges.
I though they were only a couple years old, but turns out, 6.5 years.
Seems about right based on the 2007 install.

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