The drip is coming from where the hose connects, not the handle or wall connection
2006-12-28 08:56:29 · 4 answers · asked by leaky 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you are correct that the drip is coming from where the hose connects and NOT from the faucet itself, rebuilding the faucet will not help. What you described is either a faulty end on the hose and/or a bad washing inside that end that is on the hose.
Bad washers are common, replace it first. Bad ends are less common, but do happen, especially with cheap hoses. It isn't worth replacing the end, get a new hose, if the new washer doesn't solve it.
You could put on a hose that you know is good to test my theory. If the good hose fails to drip, it must be the hose, not the faucet.
2006-12-29 05:39:41 · answer #1 · answered by DSM Handyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off the water supply to faucet and use wrench to unscrew valve assembly take to hardware store and see if you can get new gasket if not you can get another valve assembly to fit the faucet you have. screw back in to faucet and presto all fixed.
If you live in a cold climate where freezing is a problem you might want to go with a new kind of faucet which has the handle to the valve outside like usual but the valve itself inside the house so you don't have to worry about remembering to shut the water off in the winter. Of course its more expensive but I thought you might want to know about more options!
Good luck on the leak!
2006-12-28 09:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by c m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Replace the rubber washer in the valve body.
2006-12-28 09:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn off the water to the house then remove the stem and replace washer the local hardwear store if u cant figer it out e=me
2006-12-28 09:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by LVTHEPLUMBER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋