How To Change The Old Shower Faucet

Are you on your hunt for the changing of your shower faucet and you are looking forward to change it? Maybe you wanted to give your bath area the upgrade that you want. However, buying the new set of shower faucet will needs some forethought, particularly when you care more about the function and the form.

How do you choose the right model for your home? We’ll guide you through everything you need to know when shopping for the best shower faucet.

Stroll by the plumbing sections of the local home center, you will see that wide diversities of shower faucets. The faucets come in 3-basic styles: solo handled units which control the flow of the water and the temperature with the solo control, 2-handled units which have the separate controls for your cold and hot water, and the 3-handled units that have the handles that will control the cold, hot, and then divert the water that come from a tub faucet to a shower head. When you want to alter the old shower faucet, a simple method is to select the latest faucet with a similar style as the present unit.

1. Switch off the supply of water in the house of the water meter and even the major shut-off valve.
2. Slip the tiny flathead screwdriver in between one of those old faucet handles, then the trim cap at the end part of a handle, and then pop off a trim cap. Then do it again with the other handle of the faucet.
3. Insert the screwdriver, preferable the Philips type into the screw in the faucet handles. Grip a handle securely with just one hand, and then rotate a screw counterclockwise in removing the screw and in loosening a handle. Pull a handle off the faucet mount. Then remove the other handle of the faucet in the similar fashion.
4. Slip a flathead screwdriver in the back of the edge of an escutcheon which will cover a hole in a wall at the back of a handle mounts, and then gently pry an escutcheon away a wall. Also remove the other escutcheon in the same manner.
5. Situate the remaining nut in one of those faucet posts situated just inside a hole which has been covered by an escutcheon. Loosened and remove a nut with the use of the adjustable wrench. Then grab the tip of a faucet handle mount together with the pair of your slip-jaw pliers, then, pull a faucet post straightforwardly from a plumbing into the wall.
6. Insert the latest faucet post from your new faucet kit in the same place in your wall. Secure a post through threading the latest retaining nut onto a post and tightened it with an adjustable wrench. Then take out and replace the other remaining posts in the same fashion.
7. Mount the current escutcheons over your faucet posts which are being followed by your new handles. Tightened the handles with a handle mounted screws by using the Phillips screwdriver, and then place your new trim caps on the handles.
8. Turn on your water shutoff valve, then, test the process of your new shower faucet.