Water faucet problem...

Posted by Soul Bandit on March 12, 2006, 5:58 pm

The faucet on my master bath sink has a strange problem with the hot water
shutting off when you turn it on 1/4 (or so) of the way and leave it running
for a few minutes and then quite often refuses to come back on after several
attempts. The cold water faucet doesn't have the problem and the other
faucets in the house don't act this way either, just the master bath sink
faucet.

Any suggestions as to what might be causing this problem?

Posted by Tony Hwang on March 12, 2006, 6:14 pm

Soul Bandit wrote:

> The faucet on my master bath sink has a strange problem with the hot water
> shutting off when you turn it on 1/4 (or so) of the way and leave it running
> for a few minutes and then quite often refuses to come back on after several
> attempts. The cold water faucet doesn't have the problem and the other
> faucets in the house don't act this way either, just the master bath sink
> faucet.
>
> Any suggestions as to what might be causing this problem?
>
>

Hi,
Open it up and investigate I guess.

Posted by Robert Bodling on March 12, 2006, 7:06 pm

> Soul Bandit wrote:
>

>> The faucet on my master bath sink has a strange problem with the hot

water

>> shutting off when you turn it on 1/4 (or so) of the way and leave it

running

>> for a few minutes and then quite often refuses to come back on after

several

>> attempts. The cold water faucet doesn't have the problem and the other
>> faucets in the house don't act this way either, just the master bath

sink

>> faucet.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what might be causing this problem?
>>
>>

> Hi,
> Open it up and investigate I guess.

Duh... I was wondering if some one out there might have some suggestions
as to what might cause the faucet to act that way. When you say, "Open it
up and investigate...", wasn't what I was looking for. Thought some one
might have had a simular problem and might have seen the corrective
solution...

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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on March 12, 2006, 7:20 pm

> Duh... I was wondering if some one out there might have some suggestions
> as to what might cause the faucet to act that way. When you say, "Open it
> up and investigate...", wasn't what I was looking for. Thought some one
> might have had a simular problem and might have seen the corrective
> solution...

Sure, after you open it up and investigate, replace the rubber "O" rings or
washer. They sometimes act up with hot water, but I've never seen it to the
extent you have. You don't give details as to brand, but most are fairly
simple to replace. Step one is to open it up though.

Posted by Soul Bandit on March 19, 2006, 1:16 am

>> Duh... I was wondering if some one out there might have some suggestions
>> as to what might cause the faucet to act that way. When you say, "Open
>> it up and investigate...", wasn't what I was looking for. Thought some
>> one might have had a simular problem and might have seen the corrective
>> solution...

> Sure, after you open it up and investigate, replace the rubber "O" rings
> or washer. They sometimes act up with hot water, but I've never seen it
> to the extent you have. You don't give details as to brand, but most are
> fairly simple to replace. Step one is to open it up though.

I think I have eliminated to problem (for not at least) without having to
open the faucet, I opened the cutoff valve un the sink a little more and so
far, the problem has stopped.

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