I can only imagine how much money you just saved all of us because we now won't need to call a plumber for something so easy. I always wondered how that kind of tub spout worked.
I used white vinegar in my bathroom faucet aerator. Had hardly any flow. When I took it apart the screen was almost plugged with calcium. Works great now. Thanks for these tips.
Everyday Home Repairs That Fix It Guy hi. A plumber installed a brand new tub faucet yesterday. Now there is an issue. When running the diverter, only water comes out of the diverter with good pressure. The problem is when running the shower, the diverter still running. Both at good pressure. When everything is turned off, there are no leaks. I noticed this after the plumber installed and I asked the plumber why the diverter would still run, when shower is still running. The plumber said that is what the new faucets do now. That seems like a huge waste of water when showering. Is what he’s saying true or did he install something wrong? If he installed wrong, what is the fix?
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Nice video. As you pointed out, Teflon tape is not necessary to stop the faucet from leaking. Teflon tape may be a lifesaver in the future for someone who wants to remove that spout after many years. That tape will help it to come off. I often use Teflon tape for that reason or I use Pernatex Anti-Seize which I get at auto parts stores. After many years, these faucets get stuck on. That is why they make strap wrenches so you don't mess up the finish. Some people stick a dowel or screw driver into the spout to get some leverage. Vinegar works very well. It works better when heated up. I heat it up in the microwave. I don't know if I would do that with CLR.
Fun fact fron a professional house cleaner. You CAN use a stainless steel wool pad to speed up the process of removing calcium build up. Make sure it’s the 0000 grade. I use scotch brite brand. It’s safe for chrome fixtures, most nickel finishes too. Just not on brass. You can also use stainless steel wool pads on glass! Just make sure it’s not tinted.
Thank you brother. I just bought and replace the shower head then the tub spout starts leaking so badly with bits of black and white residue falling in the tub from the spout. I did what you instructed and the blockage went away. Thanks man, you save me buying a tub spout.
Yeah, probably some old calcium broke off and came out. Or, the damned city cleaned their pipes upstream, then you got particles that came your way. Both has happened to me.
I have the delco pull down tub diverter spout . I picked up some great value white vinegar one gallon at walmart $3,74 cents placed my tub spout in a meat loaf dish because its deep filled it up with white vinegar and let iit set for24 hours and bingo removes the calcium the CLR is almost $9.00 dollars at walmart and $29.00 at true value your choice but the white vinegar works great.
That’s what I needed to know! 🙏 I have a Hampton Bay and it has a little Allen key hole at the base by the wall, and I wasn’t sure what I needed to use. Very helpful!
Thank you for this video. Same thing is happening with mine. But, mine has threads on the pull-down object, which I took off -- thinking that there was some debris from the city that came through the water pipes. But, it's not got any debris. So, I think the problem would be solved how you showed. But, I am also thinking that I need to take off the pull-down thing and then put some new tethlon tape around the threads. [Sorry, I don't know the names of things, but I get the gist of what needs to be done.] This is a very helpful and clear video.
I've got a kitchen faucet with the combo sprayer / regular pour thingy that clogs up and really slows the water flow. I've tried vinegar and it starts to work, but I may give CLR a try now. Thanks for the tip!
@@EverydayHomeRepairs dumb question, with water and vinegar the piece floats even when submerged for a second. Is CLR dense enough to keep it down, or should I get a weight still? Your channel is amazing, thank you for everything you do!
@@CyberPitz Thanks for the kind words. I bet it is more the tub spout material which would most likely float in both vinegar and also CLR. I would just put something a little heavier in the center threaded hole which should help keep the spout submerged.
Thank you so much for this!!!! I kept sticking Allen wrenches in that little notch at the bottom when all I had to do was twist it. Replaced o-ring and cleaned. Fixed it! Thanks again.
This video refers to the leaky tub when the shower is running. But I have the leaky tub when the shower isn't running. Should I assume I will get a similar resolution if I follow your instructions?
I appreciate your video. Very instructional. Quick question - ours continues to drip when the shower is off. Could it be the same thing or perhaps something else? I appreciate your time.
Sooooo.... We don't have to turn OFF shut off valve FIRST???? Most people watching these types of videos are amateurs so the little details are important. Thank you for putting this video together
Thanks for the simple, easy to follow video! Wondering if the spout was changed (new) what could still be causing the water to come out the shower and spout at the same time? The only way to stop it is to pull up the diverter BEFORE turning the water on (to get the water coming out only the shower head). Also, when the plumber changed the spout we suddenly got dripping from the spout!
How about the other type of diverter that comes from the wall rather than the spout itself? Have this problem myself, but have a different type of diverter than the one shown here
Does NOT work for American Standard faucets with set screw. So trying to be a good wifey, I 'unscrewed' the faucet, scored the pipe and luckily did NOT cause the pipe to break and created more work for the Hubs. Plus, the replacement faucet was close to $25.00. GREAT video of DELTA products.
Delta faucet. Two screws holding it to where it can't be twisted off (it's the pushbutton version of diverter). Advice on how to remove those? It leaks half the water that normally flows thru the faucet. Thankfully I have amazing water pressure.
Good video but my problem is just a little different. My Moen spout is the screw on/off style instead of the set key. I am unable to screw the spout off. It easily spins but is somehow stuck onto the pipe and won't spin "off". Thanks for any thoughts you may have.
What other ways are there to take the spout off? Just curious because I don't have that kind and I don't want to go muscling off mine and break something only to find out that it comes off a different way.
Thank you so so so so much man I really appreciate the time you took to make that super helpful video I used a plastic container to shower because I didn’t even know how to pull down this deserter Thanks again 👍👍
I recently had a TERRIBLE behind-the-wall-leak with a Delta faucet handle like the one in this video. The water slowly seeped behind the wall for years causing swelling in a door jamb in the floor below so badly that the door wouldn't even close. Could you demo fixing a faucet handle like the one in this video?
@@EverydayHomeRepairs -- No idea what the ultimate mechanical explanation was, unfortunately. I was renting and it was the landlord's problem to fix. The leak behind-the-wall could be stopped if the handle was pushed all the way in and turned all the way to the left; that is how I was told to manage the minor leak when I moved in. Two years later that fix no longer worked and you could barely hear water running at all times. I notified the landlord several times and nothing was done until far too late. Edit: I gave landlord 2 weeks notice to fix this and other major plumbing problems. Nothing was done so I forced myself to move out. The shower handle in question looks like a Moen 3270 crystal handled one.
You need to get a mineral filter installed to your boiler to prevent build up of mineral deposits in any of your valves all around the house as it can also clogg your radiators and the boiler itself, also you'll need a magnetic filter to prevent buildup of black sludge in your radiators which will absorb the heat and make your gas bill go sky high as the sludge is made from iron deposits it'll take for ever to heat up the radiators in sufficient time in the mean time your gas bill will £££££$$$$$$$ instead of £$
[Ignore this question ... I figured it out. My new faucet diverter has the adapter screwed in, so it was quite confusing. But, I get it now.] Can I ask ... I have that exact same shower faucet diverter and the exact same pipe arrangement. EXACTLY. What is the model number of that shower faucet diverter? I can't find it.
@@jake9705 you can help it a lot if pipes in house after the iron sewer are plastic or copper. as for the sewer it self. U cant stop that. But highly suggest you filter your water and if you have well water then 100 percent filter it and use water softner
im feeling alil defeated rn. i replaced my diverter on my 3 handle system. i followed all directions from videos and a nice guy at lowes. my tub faucet is still pouring water when i have it set to shower. im losing it. lol even looking up a way to just cap the tub portion but idk wtf im doing 😄
This is the exact problem that I have the only other problem I have is that I have to push button Delta diverter system. I changed the diverter but it's still doing it and I don't know how to get to any mineral deposits behind the push button Style. Any help would be appreciated if there's somewhere I could send pictures let me know
Mine drips when water is off. I do have same tub faucet and it looks just like your problem with mineral deposits. If that dont work I guess it the round handle that turn bath/shower may need replacing.
I just installed a new delta tub spout with diverter like the video. It has a small enough of a drip when not using that causes calcium marks in my new drain. Did I not tighten it enough or what? I know your video is 2 yes old but hope to get a response.
Hmm, this shower gives me an idea. Video about how to replace that fixed head with a removable head and hose? I hate the fixed heads, I like being able to grab the head and point the water to whatever part of my body I want instead of trying to do awkward poses to rinse certain parts off. Showers are always my least favorite parts of hotels (they're also so small that first you do weird poses to keep parts of your body OUT of the water so you can wash without the soap just being rinsed away immediately, but I digress).
Mine worked fine until I got in the other day and as soon as I pulled down, it started shooting out sideways from the pull down diverter. As in, not from the core opening below in the faucet. I do still have about half of the flow going to the shower head, but it resulted in a very icy shower with that much water loss. I'm guessing that means it broke and needs a new one, as opposed to just cleaning it, correct?
[Ignore this question ... I figured it out. My new faucet diverter has the adapter screwed in, so it was quite confusing. But, I get it now.] Yeah, same exact damned situation. I tried to clean it, but it was from 1994. Believe that -- when house was built. So, I'm not trying to find the exact replacement -- same as in video, but it's hard to find. Anyway, better to just replace it. But, that was 8 months ago, so this is probably old news to you.
The adapter is brass and the inside of the delta spout is plastic this is why you don't have to worry about it not wanting to come off in future, if the inside of the spout was brass then 100% you would need anti seez . But myself being a licensed master plumber and owning a plumbing company for over 20 years I have installed over 300 of this exact model spout. If you solder the adapter on correctly it will last for years, I see so many contractors soldering the adapter on with the O ring still on which I'm sure most of you know is incorrect, if you remove the O ring then solder the brass adapter on, wait for it to cool ( do not try to put water on the solder joint while it's hot to cool it faster , big no no ) so after it cools then put O ring back on, and screw the spout on until it's snug up against the wall, then put silicone around base so that water does not get behind spout. I never use anything on the adapter threads, the O ring seals the water from going backwards and beings the adapter is brass and the spout threads are plastic it will never corrode. I have some that were on for at least 13 years and went back to unscrew off the spout to replace the O ring and it comes right off like it was on there for one day. You can put anti seez on if you want or Teflon tape, I'm not saying that's wrong, I'm just saying that you don't need to . If you have ever installed any of these they screw on really easy , like super easy there almost to easy that's one reason they come off easy also. But they last alot longer than the ones that have the divert up top.
[Ignore this question ... I figured it out. My new faucet diverter has the adapter screwed in, so it was quite confusing. But, I get it now. I didn't know the new adapter piece was screwed into the diverter, because mine has an opening that has a small 4 inch cavity or so. But, they're a match after all.] @RockStar ... Don't know if you will see this -- before I go search the part out ... BUT ... I hope that I can I ask this. I have that exact same shower faucet diverter and the exact same pipe arrangement. EXACTLY. What is the model number of that shower faucet diverter? I can't find it. I've looked online at Home Depot and Lowe's, and I ordered 2 from Amazon. But, the ones that I got have threaded ends -- into the diverter spout part. But, my plumbing pipe has that exact same attachment as his, and I need to find the spout that will slide onto it. If you can, please, give me a model number where I can purchase it online -- if you know it. Or, maybe, brand name. I thought it was a Delta, but the ones I got from Amazon don't seem to be it. And, most pictures of the parts don't have the back's picture to see how the other side of the spout looks (sorry, probably the attachment side).
What if there is no diverter on the spout? I have the 3 handles where the diverter is the middle handle. But the tub spout is leaking bad when the shower is on. 😢
Moen Cartridge 1222 , I Replaced My Old One With A New One But The Tub Spout Is Still Consistently Flowing In Full Even With The Single Handle Turned All The Way Off . Have To Keep Shutting Off The Water When Not In Use . Help
The only person I saw in all the you tube working that type of tub spout is you, I bought one like that of that model, about three months ago and when I turn off the water, you do not want to return the valve, I have to do it with my foot or hand, that could happen to that spout.,thanks
Okay so I had to replace my valve, and spout. My spout was leaking when I turned the valve off, now it does not. It does however leak slightly when the shower is on. What could be the cause of that? Also My water pressure feels lower now that the new valve is on. What could that be? Do you have a video or videos you recommend for these issues?
I need help, If possible pls! My shower won't turn off completely when id like to fill the tub. My landlord has replaced the tub spout, has also replaced the diverter in the wall. But that didn't fix the issue. Wharves the next step? What else is the possible issue? Do I need to take apart/replace the shower head? Tyia!
Has it ever worked correctly? It is possible when the valve was originally installed the pipe coming from the valve to the tub spout is too small causing a bit of restriction that results in water going up through the shower head.
@@EverydayHomeRepairs that I dont know. I have just moved in 2mos. ago. For that I suppose I'd have to remove drywall and find the valve? Or is it next to the spout?
I hope you don't mind me asking a loosely related question: In a condo where the plumbing is the responsibility of the condo association to maintain, and plumbing fixtures (sinks, bathtubs, showers, toilets) are the responsibility of the condo unit owner, what defines the dividing line between plumbing and fixture? For example, is the threaded pipe onto which the spout screws classified as part of the plumbing or as part of the tub/shower fixture? (To my eye, that pipe looks like part of the rough-in plumbing, not part of the fixture. My rule of thumb is that the dividing line is where connections are made, with threads or nuts and seals such as o-rings or plumber's tape.) Also, does the Plumbing Code imply traps are part of the plumbing, not part of the fixture, where the Code talks about the distance between the trap and the fixture outlet? (Except toilet traps, which are built into the toilet.)
Just my opinion, for whatever that's worth :) You would think, as you said, where the connection is. If they the immediate pipe that connects is your responsibility as well, what if you damage it and it causes other problems in spots that are "their" responsibility? Most of those fixtures are cheap and easy to replace, as well as break due to their cheapness, hence why they say it's your responsibility. You'd be best catching the actual maintenance person and asking them directly-as opposed to someone in the office. Plus, the maintenance person may be pretty cool and do stuff on the side or a little extra on the company's dime. Never know :)
Hey, you got any thoughts on a shower head that whenever someone uses water in the house it starts dripping from the head? The other one I got is sometimes my toilet will scream at me. ...Not even kidding, it makes a high pitch loud continuous squeak I guess, which I temporarily fix by flushing the toilet.
What do I do if my tub spout won’t turn? I don’t know if the previous owners did something to it because I’ve found a lot of bandaid fixes in this house so it would sell, I tried turning it and it just won’t turn and I’m having this exact issue
How about the opposite? In one of my showers, the water flow stops completely when I pull on the diverter half the time, like there’s a flake or something blocking the pipe up to the shower head. I’m tempted to take off the shower head and and squirt some CLR up the pipe with a turkey baster…
That is an ingenious idea! I was thinking of using a shampoo bottle or dish soap bottle and squirting some up in there but I like the turkey baster idea better!
