Drip drip drip drip...drippety drip drip...drip drip drip!
Last week I noticed that this faucet was dripping a very slow drip.
So I did what I always do:
I figured out which side was dripping by turning off the valves underneath,
determined that it was the hot water side so I left that valve off.
Then took off the cap on the faucet, then tightened up the bonnet nut.
Put the whole thing back together, and then turned the water back on.
That did not fix it, so I did the whole thing again!
Tightened the bonnet nut even tighter,
And it still didn't fix the issue! So I pulled out the cartridge on the inside of this handle,
and determined that it's probably not in great shape anymore.
So I contacted the Delta Faucet company,
and they sent me a new cartridge for the inside of this handle FOR FREE!
All I had to do was go online to their website, and find the model number of this particular faucet.
And even though it's discontinued, they sent me a new cartridge for free!
And it came within four or five days. I did have to sit on hold for about twenty
minutes before I got to a person, but once I did, they were super helpful.
So, Delta Faucets gets an A+ for me on customer service.
This is the package they sent me, and there is more stuff in here than I know what I'm gonna do with.
So this'll be an interesting process.
All right, there we go.
Ah, there we go.
Ta da!
Now, to remove the bonnet nut.
Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.
So I need to go left here.
(Laughing) Oh I'm actually moving the faucet, that's no good.
So, they also sent me a new one of these little springs and these little rubber gaskets ("seats and springs").
You can see on my fingers it's rubbing off, so that might actually have been
this little gasket that was the problem.
All right, so they have sent me
some replacements for these two little pieces here.
They've also sent me a couple of replacements for this piece,
which is in two pieces now. It's supposed to look like that.
And...oh, I think these are new bonnet nuts. Yay!
Yay! New bonnet nuts!
Yep. Aha, see?
I'm just gonna dry this out a little bit, so I can see what I'm doing down there.
Ha! Look at that! I got it in there perfectly.
No I didn't, I got it in there upside down.
Dummy.
Yeah, needlenose pliers probably better for this.
Ew, you can see how crusty it is over there.
Gross!
The handle has a little flat spot on the inside of it here, that matches up to this flat spot.
And there's also little notches on either side of this,
and you have to match those up in there.
Brand new bonnet nuts!
Sound so pretty when they clink together.
All right! Now, put this cap back on.
All right, I'm turning the hot water back on under here.
Why do we have so much stuff?
Oh, oh okay. It's on.
Oh, look at that! No dripping!
Ta da!
Yassssss! Love it!
And I know a lot of y'all out there right now are saying, "Oh honey,
You've got to get some new fixtures."
I actually want to gut this entire bathroom, but that's gonna cost a chunk of money.
So, until I have that saved, it's just gonna have to wait.
If there's any companies out there that want to sponsor my bathroom renovation,
give me a call.