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Customer contacted us in regards to a kitchen faucet replacement along with an outdoor faucet that was leaking on the back side of the house. The job location was Ashgrove court in Independence Kentucky, back in the Villages of Beechgrove. Beechgrove is a part of Independence, one of the first few "large" subdivisions that was created in the late 1970s.
 
The age of this home is stamped by the fact that the drain piping in the home is cast iron for the ground work, the upper drain waste and vent piping is PVC. Subdivisions such as the one we visited today are subdivisions where you can expect to see modifications to the plumbing systems, along with some products that have served almost 3 decades with sufficient/good reliability.
 
 
When we arrived to the property, customer stated there was two faucets leaking which concerned us that possibly high water pressure may be playing a role. Before the water was shut off to make the necessary repairs, we test the water pressure at the rear outside hose faucet which revealed 60+ pounds pressure without a pressure reducing valve present on the main line. We could see the entire water service coming out of the floor without any indication that there was a pressure reducing valve anywhere. No thermal expansion tank was present at or near the water heater as well.
 
 
Once the water was shut off, we proceeded to repair the back outside faucet. Removal of the stem for the faucet revealed the black rubber washer was old and hardened along with a crack in the mating surface where the seat washer comes in contact with the seat. We replaced the seat washer and reassembled, fixed the problem. 
 
 
Next, the kitchen sink faucet replacement. 
 
 
Once we looked under the sink into the cabinet, we realized it was going to be a difficult task to replace the kitchen sink faucet. The faucet itself was loose on the deck, and the nuts were froze into position. Along with that revelation, the way the flexible supply lines connected to the copper water lines was a serious conglomeration of transition fittings that needed to be removed from the equation to simplify the replacement.
 
 
The first thing we did was cut/remove the existing shutoff valves and install 2 new 1/2" by 3/8" shutoff valves so the faucet had new isolation valves and no numerous points in the system where it could possibly leak. Using our famous Ridgid kitchen sink faucet installing tool, we removed the existing faucet. The tool we used is designed with slots to mesh into the tab pattern of the common plastic nuts used for holding down/anchoring new faucets to sink decks. The tool works quite well and even though it does work all the time, it works the majority of the time and that's far better than before. Before, the only tool out there for that application of moving the holding nuts was a basin wrench which was notorious for ripping the ears off of the nuts. Once that happens, removal is very difficult and involves the difficult task of breaking/splitting the nut.
 
 
Once the faucet was removed, we installed a customer supplied Delta two handled kitchen sink faucet with sprayer. This was a long necked spout, chrome finish. Very nice and elegant and the customer really enjoyed the looks of the faucet. Underneath the sink we installed new stainless steel faucet supply lines connected to the new shutoff valves for the hot and cold.

 
As always, Dunbar Plumbing follows the traditional design of using silicone grease to cover the holes of where the allen screw holes are for the handles, along with the fine threads of the aereator. We make a point to show this to our customers while this is being done, something that proves that no matter who works on that faucet in the future, the correct steps have been taken to allow for removal of the handles without fighting to get the allen screws out.
 
 
Customer was very pleased with the finished results and we are very glad to service this new customer. Call Dunbar Plumbing at 859-359-4833 or visit DunbarPlumbing.com for your plumbing needs.
 
 
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