Leaky wall-mounted kitchen faucet

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Those both sure look like they use washers to me.

But why do you have to replace yours so often. Mine last for 10 years or more. I think one i use often is still original, 42 years.

I once bought a seat refinisher, but it seemed cheap and I wasn't convinced it did anything.

Many faucets have replaceable seats. If the seats might be ruining your washers and you can replace the seats, do that. They unscrew with a flat-blade screwdriver. Somehow the slot doesn't interfere with the seat or the hole, clever people these plumbers.

Good point about the seats maybe damaging the washers. There are tools made to remove removable seats.

Could be the water. When we moved to CT I was going through washers and the kits for Delta faucets very often. I put in a sediment filter in the water line and then they lasted many years. Lots of crap in the water and I had to change the element every couple of months.

The ones I have seen use a hex key to remove, or an easy out if the hex strips. I still have a stem and seat set for a US brass shower tub faucet if anyone needs one.

You're right. My bad. The tools have square ends. (I even have one of them) There are no slots** in the seats, just square holes. Ooops, or hexagonal holes, if they're newer. I don't think my tool does that but regular tools would, allen wrenches.

If Bev looks in the hole and the seats have square holes or just 4 notches for the corners of the tool (or hexagonal holes!), I think that proves they're removable. And if they are truly round, as opposed to stripped almost round, they're not.

Look closer at your seats for even the hint of the square notches. They can corrode over and be less visible, but from what I see in your pics, those are not removable.

For non-removable seats (and even removable ones), there is a "reseating" tool for faucets that is basically a round grinding disk on a T handle that can be used to grind down the seat a bit giving you a new smooth surface. It is possible to grind too much, so you'd do a little at a time.

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Read the whole page above.

You might be right, but I don't see it.

This is the area and it says RP42096 Stem Unit Assembly, Seat, Spring & Bonnet Nut

But you are right. Googling RP42096 gave.

Still, if replacing the seats stops washers from wearing out, it's a lot less plumbing and wall repair to do since IIUC the plumbing here is in the wall not under the sink.

So will the same water damage whatever it is that cartridges use?

No, I was mixed up. Not flat blade. Either the special tool or a hex wrench, depending on if it needs to be square or hex.

Sort of like sand blasting, the particles will erode anything.

I have had to replace the washer in one faucet often. In less than a month the washer would get torn up and clog the showerhead. A seat refinisher fixed the problem. It's now been about 10 years without replacing the washer.

Ordered that one from Amazon. It should arrive today. I ordered chrome rather than SS finish. I have a nice SS-finish set in the bathroom whose handle is worn down to the brass after maybe 10 or 15 years. Chrome ought to be better, although the chrome plating on the last Craftsman 10mm socket I bought peeled off with my thumbnail.

No idea. The brand-new unit needed frequent washers too. Enough is enough.

Did that too. Clearly a defective design.

Kalifornia has super-hard water. When your water heater finally gives up the ghost it weighs a LOT more than it did when you installed it!

You had better luck than most. I've got a refinisher around here someplace. When I got sick of the drips I replaced the faucet set with the cheapest one at Home Depot. Problem solved. I did replace a cartridge on the kitchen sink about 5 years ago. It was quick and cheap.

Arrived. Installed. Oooh, shiny. Considerably less volume than the old leaky washerful faucet, though. There are always tradeoffs.

I may be the only person left on earth who likes those rubber spray attachments better than the aerator-things; if more people liked them they'd be easier to find :-(

Do you mean with the hose?

How could you get it installed so quickly, on a Saturday. You only asked yesterday afternoon.

The url says it has a 360^ view but it's really only 180.

I don't know about Bev, but I could get it installed that quickly because my husband would do the work.

Cindy Hamilton

Some mfrs limit the flow (per state reg's) by putting extra screens in the aerator.

Where I live, the reg's limit the flow of a kitchen faucet, to save water. I think it's counter-procuctive. If turning the water on full force doesn't get you a bath, you'll always turn it on full force, because it's easier/simpler, even when you just need a littel water. If you have a faucet that will give you a bath when you turn it on full force, you'll learn to be careful, and only turn it enough to get the flow you need. the shower is another crazy story. The reg's require a single valve that doesn't allow you to control both flow and temp. When you get the temp you want, the flow is (or near) full flow. If you want flow control, you have to install another valve somewhere between the main valve and the shower head, but that's not required by the reg's. Absolutely looney!

I remember those wonderful things, but haven't seen one in decades. Can you provide a source?

What, these?

We've got one. It's very handy for rinsing out the sink or the big pot in which we make spaghetti sauce.

Cindy Hamilton

Sounds to me that she means these types:

Yup. They come in handy sometimes! Much better than doing it myself. Same for car repair!