Recently a plumber came and stopped my bath-tub faucet from leaking.
So far so good. The next time I took a shower I noticed that it was
easier to turn the cold water knob than the hot water knob. The hot
water tap required more force to turn than the cold water tap. My
question is: Can a layperson with no plumbing experience like me even
out the taps with just a screwdriver and 15 minutes? How does one
repair this?

---Thanx
---TConrad

No, you can't do this with just screw drivers.

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You have to starve them.
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Recently a plumber came and stopped my bath-tub faucet from leaking.
So far so good. The next time I took a shower I noticed that it was
easier to turn the cold water knob than the hot water knob. The hot
water tap required more force to turn than the cold water tap. My
question is: Can a layperson with no plumbing experience like me even
out the taps with just a screwdriver and 15 minutes? How does one
repair this?

---Thanx
---TConrad

pay the plumber to fix the other one. the age of the hidden fixture and
availability and matching of parts by an experienced plumber amazes me
especially on many older fixtures which we can spend hours on without
results except for inconveniencing the shower/tub users.

wrote:
Recently a plumber came and stopped my bath-tub faucet from leaking.
So far so good. The next time I took a shower I noticed that it was
easier to turn the cold water knob than the hot water knob. The hot
water tap required more force to turn than the cold water tap. My
question is: Can a layperson with no plumbing experience like me even
out the taps with just a screwdriver and 15 minutes? How does one
repair this?

---Thanx
---TConrad

Depends upon how handy you are. Most plumbing things can be done by a
high school dropout.

Yeah, right . . .

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Depends upon how handy you are. Most plumbing things can be done by a
high school dropout.

buffalobill wrote:
pay the plumber to fix the other one. the age of the hidden fixture and
availability and matching of parts by an experienced plumber amazes me
especially on many older fixtures which we can spend hours on without
results except for inconveniencing the shower/tub users.


buffalobill:

I think I will take your advice. Thanks for everyone's responses.

On a different topic....buffalobill---I read your profile. Says you
are in the video game machine business. Just out of curiousity, how
many machines did you need in order to break even (not to make a
profit, just to break even)?

---Thanx
---TConrad

the highschool dropout doing plumbing thing was kinda funny.
I guess I was skipping school the semester that they had "copper
sweating 101".

Education doesn't make you smart, it just means you were forced to read
and remember things. Then again, maybe I'm biased... I spent six
years in college to meet girls.

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the highschool dropout doing plumbing thing was kinda funny.
I guess I was skipping school the semester that they had "copper
sweating 101".

Education doesn't make you smart, it just means you were forced to read
and remember things. Then again, maybe I'm biased... I spent six
years in college to meet girls.



"You can get all A+ grades in school and still flunk life."

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

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"Education doesn't make you smart"

Hands on will give you the how, further education will give you the
why. Both are equally needed to succeed.

kenny b