[0:00] your faucets leaking and you're not that
[0:02] do-it-yourself type of person don't call
[0:04] a plumber just yet Krista Williamson is
[0:07] here to help and she says a leaky faucet
[0:10] well it's an easy fix we'll see how easy
[0:13] it is what's the first step that we need
[0:15] to do okay well this time we're here and
[0:18] we're working on the supply side so
[0:20] water is being delivered here and it's
[0:21] under pressure so we've got to turn the
[0:23] water off turn the water off if we don't
[0:24] do that then you'll have a surprise and
[0:27] you won't do it twice so if under your
[0:30] sink you've got water shutoffs then turn
[0:34] those off if you find that when you look
[0:37] under there you don't have shutoff
[0:38] valves and you're going to have to turn
[0:39] off your main water valve either way
[0:42] you've got to stop the water from coming
[0:44] to the faucet then go ahead and turn
[0:45] these on and get that last little bit of
[0:47] water out of here the next thing I do is
[0:51] either stopper my drain or just drop a
[0:54] little towel in there because there are
[0:55] a few small parts that are going to come
[0:57] out of these handles then have to work
[0:59] on another good we don't really want to
[1:01] make this project bigger than it was so
[1:03] okay what are the tools that you need
[1:05] okay you're going to need a screwdriver
[1:07] and you will probably need some sort of
[1:09] adjustable wrench and then these are
[1:11] tools that you may potentially need this
[1:12] is a little putty knife that's going to
[1:14] help us get to the screw to remove this
[1:16] handle and these are Allen wrenches some
[1:19] handles are held on with Allen wrenches
[1:20] this one isn't so we won't need it in
[1:22] this case but so the way to find the
[1:26] washer or the valve stem that needs to
[1:30] be replaced in order to stop your faucet
[1:32] from dripping you can always follow your
[1:33] handle and that applies whether this is
[1:35] a sink faucet or a tub or a shower and
[1:40] same for kitchen faucets as it is for
[1:42] this bathroom so under here what's
[1:44] holding this handle in place is a screw
[1:47] so we're just going to remove that
[1:49] mm-hmm
[1:51] and so since they're all different do
[1:53] you need is there any advice online or
[1:56] in case that what you need to do there's
[1:58] all sorts of stuff on behind your
[1:59] workshop absolutely this is the sort of
[2:01] thing that we cover in our basic home
[2:03] repair workshop so we're gonna move this
[2:05] little piece right here and then see
[2:07] this big nut
[2:08] holding the valve in place so you just
[2:12] need a this isn't something that's on
[2:15] there particularly tight so you just
[2:17] loosen that up and remove it okay and
[2:24] then you're gonna replace them we are
[2:26] going to pull this out and see what we
[2:27] have on it you don't really want to mess
[2:31] this up so if you use a little paper
[2:33] towel or some sort of talent when you're
[2:35] grabbing then you won't then chances are
[2:37] you can put it back in place this
[2:39] particular valve stem is sort of a throw
[2:42] it away and replace the entire valve
[2:43] stem pretty inexpensive yeah you can do
[2:46] this for less than $10 this one I have
[2:49] in my pocket here is actually from an
[2:52] older faucet and these are meant to be
[2:54] repaired that little washer that you see
[2:56] down here that old on with a screw you
[2:58] can buy these washers at any hardware or
[3:00] home improvement store and just replace
[3:02] those and then you slip this back down
[3:04] in just as you would this so this one
[3:08] you can be repaired this one is a throw
[3:10] away you might not take it with you to
[3:13] your to your hardware store get a
[3:15] matching one so when she looked in a
[3:17] professional when water spraying
[3:20] everywhere I tried I tried to do it
[3:23] myself you know I have had I've had it
[3:26] where I haven't been able to repair it
[3:27] just because there's been so much
[3:29] corrosion in the faucet and so then it
[3:32] becomes it's it's not so much calling in
[3:35] a professional as that you know you
[3:36] could potentially want to replace the
[3:38] faucet itself okay okay so you go ahead
[3:41] and finish
[3:42] I'm so sorry hey no no just putting it
[3:44] back together you want to slip it in
[3:45] there's a little alignment in there by
[3:46] the way there is a difference between
[3:47] hot and cold sometimes so make sure you
[3:51] have the right one yeah otherwise you'll
[3:53] be turning your faucet in funny ways
[3:55] that you wouldn't and there you go you
[3:57] just fixed it in less than three minutes
[3:59] yeah it's a very simple fix
[4:01] um you know it's a perfect fix for
[4:03] homeowners and really quick people can
[4:05] find you at your k2 workshops and and
[4:07] and get your help some hands-on help
[4:10] each lots of things we teach we've got
[4:11] an electrical workshop coming up this
[4:13] weekend we teach tiling we teach just
[4:15] beginning projects like this and lots of
[4:17] other specialized projects well thank
[4:20] you for coming in for sharing
[4:21] this great do-it-yourself project