The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.

alath wrote:

The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.


http://www.moen.com/index.cfm

If the finish still looks good,
definitely repair it.

The co. might even give you the parts!

Jim

On Jan 6, 5:39*pm, alath wrote:
The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.

Yes it can be repaired, there is a ball or a disk assembly inside that
can be replaced. You'll need to identify the manufacturer to get the
right parts. Moen has a red and blue logo but it lookd more like two
water drops vs. a circle.

"alath" wrote in message
...
The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.


That's a Moen faucet. If you still like the looks, don't replace it. Go to
www.moen.com, pick a similar looking model, and download the owner's manual
to learn how to disassemble the handle and get to the parts you need to
replace. Now, check the web site again to get the name of a local dealer
OTHER THAN HOME DEPOT. Take the parts to that dealer for replacement. It
will not be expensive.

Eric9822 wrote:
On Jan 6, 5:39 pm, alath wrote:

The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.


Yes it can be repaired, there is a ball or a disk assembly inside that
can be replaced. You'll need to identify the manufacturer to get the
right parts. Moen has a red and blue logo but it lookd more like two
water drops vs. a circle.

actually my new Moen kitchen faucet's logo does look an awful lot like
he describes, they've changed it somewhat and also made it smaller.

nate

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"alath" wrote in message

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

Sounds like the Moen logo. The insides are guaranteed for life or you can
get a new cartridge for about $10 or less. The brass and plastic ones work
just as well so go with cheap of you have a choice.

Instructions should be on the web page as well as on the package. Not a
very difficult job at all.
http://www.moen.com/buymoen/buyparts/find.cfm

Additional info should have mentioned - it is dripping from the
outlet, where water is supposed to come out when the faucet is on.

Also, it is not obvious how to take the faucet apart - there are no
obvious screws or collars or what have you. Suggestions?

"alath" wrote in message
...
Additional info should have mentioned - it is dripping from the
outlet, where water is supposed to come out when the faucet is on.

Also, it is not obvious how to take the faucet apart - there are no
obvious screws or collars or what have you. Suggestions?



You learn nothing by acting helpless. Go to www.moen.com, or what might be
the more direct page, http://www.moen.com/buymoen/buyparts/find.cfm,
provided by that nice Mr. Pawlowski, and read an online manual for a faucet
that looks similar to yours. The solution might not be obvious, but it's
always best to learn by reading and doing.

You learn nothing by acting helpless.

I think we had some kind of time delay there. At the time I posted my
"additional information" post, I could not see all the helpful
responses that other people had posted - they weren't showing up on my
browser yet. I put up the second post just to be providing complete
information.

"alath" wrote in message
...

You learn nothing by acting helpless.

I think we had some kind of time delay there. At the time I posted my
"additional information" post, I could not see all the helpful
responses that other people had posted - they weren't showing up on my
browser yet. I put up the second post just to be providing complete
information.



Call Moen and tell them you need help figuring out which part(s) you need.
They'll probably send the parts for free. That's what happened to me.

On Jan 6, 8:39*pm, alath wrote:
The faucet in my bathroom sink is one of the ones with a single handle
that lifts up to turn on, swings right for cold and left for hot.

It started dripping a couple of days ago.

Is there likely to be any kind of service-able part in there that I
can fix this?
Or do I just buy a new faucet and replace it?

The faucet was here when I bought the house, so I'm not sure what
brand it is. I have seen the logo before, though: it is a circle that
is half red and half blue. It seems to be a reasonable quality faucet
(other than the dripping).

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

If the answer is replacement, I do know how to do that.
If the answer is take the faucet apart and fix it, I am going to be
pretty clueless and would appreciate any relevant info you might have.

been there myself recently with a moen, got good advice here.
replacement cartridges are available at home depot. lowes, etc. with
instructions within. they include a special white plastic square
gadget that sockets onto the top of the cartridge and you need to
wiggle with a wrench or something to get it free, so you need to buy
the cartridge kit. otherwise, it looks like the cartridge can usually
be fixed by replacing the o-rings, so don't lose that white plastic
gadget.

the other think you need and probably don't have is the right size
allen (hex) wrench to get the handle setscrew off; it's 7/64, IIRC.
because, of course, 1/8 would be just way too big, and besides, you
might already have that. so you'll probably end up buying a whole big
allen wrench kit just to get that one size.

of course, there's the problem of determining what cartridge you need,
when you need to buy the cartridge kit to get the tool to get the old
cartridge out to see what size it is, but most of the kitchen and
bathroom moen sink faucets seem to use the 1225 cartridge, so that's a
good place to start.