"Joe" wrote in message
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I've had a slow drip for a while from my ancient American Standard
faucet in my bathtub. It has recently turned from a drip into a stream
and since the water is no longer cold but luke warm I suspect the hot
water side has started leaking as well. I'd love to replace it myself
but from investigating online it looks just too complicated. Right now
it has two handles and I'd like to turn it into a single handle. My
question is this: what is the best way to go about installing this,
call a plumber? Or go to a home center, pick out the style we want and
have them install it? As I said, I'd love to repair it myself but I
don't think watching 10 episodes of Ed the Plumber is going to qualify
me to taking on this task.


If it is anything like my Price Pfister 3 handle faucet, I thought replacing
the seats and valves would be a royal pain in the ass. It wasn't. I had to
buy about 30 bucks in tools, tools I'll probably only use once (if I'm
lucky).

I will say that replacing the entire unit will be a job of the week and
you'd better start at 5 in the morning on a Saturday and expect to not be
finished until Sunday