Kitchen Faucet Hand Sprayer Repair

To replace it you need to turn off the water disconnect the sprayer and unscrew the diverter with adjustable pliers.

Kitchen faucet hand sprayer repair.

Though i m trying to make it better this place is not exactly upscale and i just noticed that the delta faucet i bought has a hand sprayer that connects to a flimsy copper line. Protect chrome cap with a rag. If the leak is coming from the stem connection try to tighten it. You may need to disconnect the faucet supply hoses to do this.

If you find a leak at the crimp replace the hose. Though you can do the repair work without actually turning off the water supply you need to be careful to not turn on the faucet at a wrong time. Pull out the sprayer head hose and unscrew the spray head. How to replace the kitchen sink faucet sprayer.

Let the faucet run until the pipe is empty and no more water appears. In this video this old house plumbing and heating contractor richard trethewey explains how to repair a kitchen sink sprayer. Replacing the kitchen faucet sprayer. Start by turning off the water under the sink.

Landlord us nj is a kitchen faucet hand sprayer a repair waiting to happen. If the kitchen faucet sprayer is old and leaking the simplest solution can be to replace the entire unit with a new one. However a leaking hose will eventually need a replacement. Sometimes replacing the entire sprayer may be the easiest way to solve sprayer problems.

Loosen cap behind faucet s spout with pliers. Shut off the water supply to the sink. Unscrew the mounting nut that holds the sprayer base in place. A kitchen sink sprayer can have a leak at several sources due to stress being caused by tight gripping or overextending the hose and so on.

Remove cap and stuff the rag into the sink s drain. You can make a temporary repair by wrapping some vinyl electrical tape around the damaged area of the hose. Unscrew the sprayer hose from the faucet sprayer nipple and drain the water into a bucket. At a low cost of 15 used to purchase a new sprayer and hose assembly you can repair this problem yourself.

Before heading to a hardware store to purchase a replacement part for your leaking pull down kitchen faucet sprayer check your faucet.