First and foremost, before you attempt this fix you need to make sure that the water has been turned off. Look under the offending sink and you should find a shut off valve that will allow you to turn the water off. Older homes may not have this shut off valve beneath the sink, meaning that you would need to go into the basement to turn the water off. Once the water has been turned off, you should open up both faucets so that any water that is still in the pipes can be let out. You need to take care to make sure that a drain stopper is put down so that if you drop a loose part, you do not end up losing it down the drain while you are working on the repair process.

If you happen to have an old lever handle faucet, then it is going to require that you use a screwdriver in order to remove the screw from the top of the faucet. Newer faucet handles are not going to have any visible hardware in the top but rather you will need to undo the set screw using a standard Allen wrench. Once the screw has been removed from the faucet handle, the handle can be removed.

If you have a knob handle, then you should remove the knob from the fixture so that you can gain access to your screw. Use an adjustable type of wrench to take apart the handle's inner workings. Make sure that the pieces are lined up as they are removed so that you can replace them in the right order. Keeping them in the right order will make reassembly easier when you are done.

Remove the washer and prepare to replace it. Bring it to the hardware store as a reference when you are buying a replacement. If you use the old washer as a guide, you will make sure to buy the proper new washer. Set the newly purchased washer in, and then replace the rest of the hardware to reassemble the faucet. If you have a double handled sink and it is still leaking, then you are going to have to repeat this same process for the other faucet in order to address the problem completely and fully.

Photo Credits: Meredith_Farmer

Originally posted 2009-06-23 05:57:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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The first and one of the most important steps when it comes to the best home improvement projects in your bathroom is to figure out what type of look, style and feel you are going for. Are you going to plan on spending a lot of time soaking in your tub, or do you prefer relaxing stand up showers? When you make decisions like these, you are going to want to make sure that the only thing that is influencing your decisions is your own needs and wants above everything else. What is really important to who you are as a person? Your bathroom space is yours alone, so make sure that it is your ideas that are influencing your design ideas.

When you are visiting a plumbing supply showroom, you are going to see that there are a lot of complete bathroom displays that show you some of the best home improvement ideas for your bathroom. When you are looking at all of the different elements together, they can really rope you in because everything seems to fit so well together. The people that set up these display models are specifically trained to do so in a way that is going to entice you to buy the entire set. It is important to know that the best home improvement ideas for your bathroom are those that you implement, not those that the designers and decorators put together for you to fall in love with.

So when it comes to best home improvement ideas for your bathroom, what are the three most important elements necessary for your bathroom?

• Your sink and faucet
• Your toilet
• Your tub or shower

You may be able to make considerable changes in your bathroom simply by updating one or several of these essential parts of your bathroom. There are simple and complicated or complex options for when it comes to best home improvement ideas for your bathroom. Keep this in mind when you are deciding what you want to do with this unique space of yours.

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Originally posted 2009-09-18 09:58:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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