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Stop valve leaking after installing new kitchen faucet

 03/15/2003 04:55 PM Anubix
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Stop valve leaking after installing new kitchen faucet

03/15/2003 08:11 PM Anubix

Hello all. In case any of you were wondering, I found the answer to this one. I'm posting it in case someone has the problem in the future.

I went to Home Depot and found out that becuase my valves are so old and have not been moved (open/closed) when I closed them I kind of tighten the valve's nut (just behinc the handle). when I opened it again, becasuse it was so old and hard to turn, I actually unscrewed the nut (behind the handle) a little bit so water leaked. I used two wrenches (one to hold in place and the other to tighten) to tighten the valve's nut. If you go to http://www.wangst.com/e/c.htm and look at item#WSL-1 you can see the nut I'm talking about.

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