Drip Drip Drip

Despite decades of progress in faucet technology, eventually everyone will be faced with a leak to deal with. Today is that day, for me.

Well, more like one day of many.

You might remember this faucet from a previous blog entry, where I replaced the cartridge on the pot filler spigot. that repair is still holding tight; today we're dealing with some other issues.

Specifically, this joint right here where the sprayer hose joins to the main body of the faucet.

It's suffering from an occasional slow leak, and I don't intend to allow it to continue to worsen.

After a bit of back-and-forth with the customer service agent we were able to identify the correct washer to replace. So let's dig in.

There isn't quite enough room here to fit a regular wrench, but luckily I have some low profile crowfoot sockets that will do the job. The nut isn't in there so tight that using the socket holder like this is an issue, so that saves me dealing with sticking this on a ratchet. I really should get myself a breaker bar for situations like this.

With the hose off, we can now replace the washer.

Which is actually in here.

Which means digging out the old one.

As we can see, it was definitely time for a replacement.

And the other side doesn't look any better.

Thankfully the fitting itself is in good shape.

And the new washer just drops right in.

Then I put the hose back on and discovered that the source of the leak was actually where the brass barb fits into the base of the hose.

This isn't really something that's repairable, but thankfully a whole new hose is only $10. I'll just have to wait a little while longer for it to get here.

In the meantime though, let's take care of one other item: the plastic bushing that holds the sprayer head.

It actually wasn't too long after I moved in that the one end just decided to break off, which was certainly an annoyance.

Luckily it pops out pretty easily.

And the new one just snaps into place.

So that's one success and one, let's say, half success. That washer definitely needed replacing, but the leak wasn't fixed, so I guess we'll be seeing another post about this faucet in the not too distant future.