Thanks for this thread! We have a Delta pull-out kitchen faucet that we bought on craigslist and just installed in one of our rentals. It uses the wand Delta RP60732, and I see that I can get a replacement for only $26, so maybe the answer to my question will be just to buy a new one, but I wonder if you have suggestions for unplugging the rubber sprayers in this wand. Only about 1/4 of them are plugged. Pouring white vinegar through didn't seem to help that much. Curious if you have other ideas.
I do not like Studor vents,,,,I like traditional old fashioned vents that go from the fixture to the roof,,,no matter what it takes to route them up and out thru the roof.
I strongly suggest you go to a local plumbing supply house that sell to the trade only and get a reccomendation on a local father and son team with many years experience,that pays their supply house bills on time and have a great reputation.You need a thorough diagnosis of this problem
Get a quote and pay these folks and let them work their magic
Its hard for me to diagnose your problem with out photos or drawings
In this case as I suggest find competant local help
Best
DD
i took the studor vent off and verified it's working (by blowing and sucking air with it). the disposal works too., what tipped me off was the amount of water that drained back into the bucket from the wall. i knew there was a clog somewhere.
sure enough, about 12 ft down the line from the sink, there was a Fernco connection of new PVC to cast iron so i undid that. water started to pour out of that joint. ran a snake down and it cleared it.
7 days ago i had to cement a shower hole and i plugged the hole with paper towel, then i put cement on top of it. i wonder if the paper towel fell in the line and that's what caused the clog. i am glad i experienced it before tenants or inspector noticed it.
This is a pretty simple problem, I just don't know the right way to fix it. I installed a new faucet in my rental house. The drain line is leaking underneath the sink where the rubber gasket gets screwed into the underside of the cultured marble sink/counter. I suspected this would happen because the hole wasn't very circular. I really screwed it down hard but I i don't want to do it much more for risk of breaking something.
What is the best way to seal the small gap, irregular hole, from the bottom of the sink?
Plumbers putty? The drain part that it would touch is plastic so I don't think I'm supposed to use it. Plus doesnt this stuff crack after a few years
What is the best way to seal the small gap, irregular hole, from the bottom of the sink?
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I'm not a plumber, but trying to seal a leak at the bottom (underside) of the sink is a losing battle. Take the drain apart, put a ring of plumbers putty beneath the flange of the drain to interface with the inside of the sink basin, and then you might have a leak free situation. You see, the leak at the underside of the sink basin is water that was never really in the drain pipe to begin with and can't get back into the drain pipe; the approach I described is intended to not let the water get around the drain pipe in the first place.
i stopped using plumbers putty years ago. it cracks just about a year later and becomes brittle. now, i just use the GE silicone or whatever the 7 year one is. no more issues.
When installing any "drain tailpiece" under any sink or lavatory bowl it is very important to use the plumbing parts,,,
Usually this involve a nice healthy fresh black rubber washer,a thin brass or nylon "friction ring" and finally a threaded slip nut with the flat section pointed up
A careful application of fresh plumbers putty can help but is usually not need if this operation is done right,,,however ,,,and you wont believe this guys,,,I like to use the old standby Dap caulking in the red and white tube.Sqeeze out more than you need on the contact surfaces,tighten things up ,wipe off excess with a damp terry towel and if you have a "leaker" giving you trouble,let things dry overnight before you run water.
Having said all that I strongly suggest you find find an old school mom and pop hardware with a good plumbing section that offers hands on help or a wholesale plumbing supply that will sell to the general public.Make a friend there and they will show you the correct parts use.You could be getting failure because you are using the wrong item,,,,Nothing is Standard in Plumbing,,,,
Notice a message I'm giving here guys,,,always use new,supple fresh rubber parts when working with drains,brittle aged parts create leaks,,,
An aside and a story about Dap.I had a plumber buddy who had a stray rock hit his gas tank on his truck on the way home from a job .Fortunately he found the small hole leaking gas.Being at a lose what to do stuck out in the middle of no where ,,he cut out a square piece of black neoprene rubber from a no hub coupling ,together a loop of electricians "tie wraps" and got out some "Dap".He applied Dap to the hole,covered it with the rubber patch and tightened up the tie wraps,,,the sucker worked,,no leak!!!
Being a busy plumber,,,he forget about the damn thing till it crossed his mind about 6 months later,,as crawled under the truck to his amazement the patch still held,,of course at that point he had the mechanic drain the gas tank and repair the leak.That is the power and "glory" of "Dap",
@David Doyle Thanks for all your help to everyone who had questions about their plumbing. I don't have any, but it's nice to know I can ask someone. I have another plumber guy in Columbus, OH who was really good, fast, and reasonable.
@David Doyle thanks for the great offer. It's people like you that make me excited to be a part of this community and know that if I have questions, I can get answers from experts!
Best of luck in your investments - and I may be calling you in the future!
@John Hamilton who's the "really good, fast, and reasonable" plumber guy in Columbus, OH that you speak of? I'm in Columbus and have a couple investment properties that need some major plumbing work. looking to find someone "good, fast and reasonable", as you described. ;)
Thanks for this thread! We have a Delta pull-out kitchen faucet that we bought on craigslist and just installed in one of our rentals. It uses the wand Delta RP60732, and I see that I can get a replacement for only $26, so maybe the answer to my question will be just to buy a new one, but I wonder if you have suggestions for unplugging the rubber sprayers in this wand. Only about 1/4 of them are plugged. Pouring white vinegar through didn't seem to help that much. Curious if you have other ideas.
-Tanya
Try soaking the sprayer overnight. delta is an excelkent brand, my 18 year old delta waterfall faucet went in a rental when i bought a new faucet during a kitchen spruce up. The Delta rep I talked to said the faucets and cartriges are the same from plumbing supply vs box stores, but the stores sometimes stock faucets with plastic drains to lower price--plumbers always say box stores sell crap (mine doesn't, but the bloggers do). They do sell crap but the name on it is aqua something or another or glacier bay.
Honestly I do not like pull out sprays on kitchen faucets and I would never put one in a rehab or a rental,,,,too many moving parts,,,too many problems
The better machine is a good Moen or Chicago deck mount kitchen sink faucet with an 8" swing spout.
You can rebuild these units over and over again with decades of use and abuse .The worst that can happen with obstruction in the spout is to get some sand or debris trapped insude.
Then you simply replace the screw on aerator at the tip of the spout easy peezy.
The Chicago Faucet is the closet thing ive ever seen to a "lifetime faucet".I take care of the L.A. County public buildings including the Courthouses and the Juvenile Detention Centers and the Jails and I still rebuild Chicago Faucets that have been in service since 1923 and they work just fine,,,if you'll believe that,,,
Hi David, thanks for your offer and success with your investments.
I have a problem in one apartment in the 2nd floor that have a leak in the bathtub.
The problem doesn't occurs when the tenant take a shower, only when take a bath in the tub. The water emerge from two cracked tiles and also obviously goes down on the ceiling of the down apartment of the 1st floor.
I think the problem is in the drainage but I don't know exactly where can be.
Also I think the better board is from one hole in the ceiling of the downstairs unit.
@Omar Santos Not sure if I read your question right, but if I had to guess I would say that the gasket between the tub and the overfill drainage pipe has gone bad or is non existent. I have found that this is a common thing on bathtubs. Take the cap off the overfill drain and see if you can see a rubber gasket.
Many Thanks you Tariq, is very possible your guest.
The problem is I'm not there, I'm overseas, because I'm a foreign investor. So I need to trust in somebody else and give this advice to facilitate the fixing. I haven't a plumber or a handyman there. The one I had showed to be not honest because reported works done that was not done. So as I haven't a handyman and the problem requires an urgent solution because of the owner of the unit downstairs, the manager of the Condominium will send his plumber and bill me. He refused to give one previous estimate as I asked.
Hi David, thanks for your offer and success with your investments.
I have a problem in one apartment in the 2nd floor that have a leak in the bathtub.
The problem doesn't occurs when the tenant take a shower, only when take a bath in the tub. The water emerge from two cracked tiles and also obviously goes down on the ceiling of the down apartment of the 1st floor.
I think the problem is in the drainage but I don't know exactly where can be.
Also I think the better board is from one hole in the ceiling of the downstairs unit.
I would appreciate your ideas on this issue.
Thank you.
I'm going to guess that this is some sort of "plastic" tub material, for example acrylic or fiberglass. So my hunch is that there is a crack in the plastic, and it is only an issue when the water level gets to the point where water rises above that crack. When showering, the water drains away quickly, but with a bath the water level rises and remains in the tub.
Of course, it could be something else, but if the tub is plastic I would check for this.
i am with steve on this. these plastic tubs are proned to cracking and those hairline cracks are super hard to see. you can probably see it from underneath best. so if there is an access panel, fill the tub and open the panel and see where it's leaking from.