The day after successfully replacing the faucet I noticed that the shutoff valve under the sink was now leaking. Bad news. Very bad news. The shutoff valve is connected to copper piping. Replacing it is going to require cutting off the valve and then soldering on a new valve. This project is getting a little beyond my plumbing talents. I may have to resort to calling in a professional plumber.
For the time being I've closed the valve for the hot water so it won't drip. The good news is the dish washer feed is just below the shutoff valve so have the valve closed does not affect the washing of dishes.
Of course the bad news is that fixing the problem will probably cost me at least $100.00.
1 comment:
The soldering of a new valve is realy not as hard as you might think. And would be a lot less of an expense on you wallet. If you have the skills needed to change
out the entire faucet then you
should be quite able to soldier a
new valve. Good luck to you.
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