Frequently occurring problem of shower head leaks disturbs the overall integrity of the sanitation schema of your bathroom. A wise head on your shoulders however can save the day for you. Keeping a course of action in mind and certain precautions even you can repair your shower head.
Before kicking off the assignment make sure that you have the required plumbing tools to aid the repair work. It includes the typical pipe wrenches or the crescent wrenches and the Teflon tapes. The washers made of plastic or rubber O-ring may be needed as well.
The leaks are most likely to be located at the join between the shower head and the pipe. Remove the shower head by hand or use wrench of respective size if it is a screwed one.
Once the shower head is detached take a look into the shower head to locate the place where the head screws into the pipe. A plastic or rubber O-ring washer would be located there. If the washer leaves a black goo on your fingers then it is time to replace it. Match the size of the washer with a new one to replace it effectively. Just push the new washer into the assembly such that it is placed flat inside the fixture.
Move to the shower stem after inserting the washer properly. Tighten the threads of the stem by applying wraps (only two) of Teflon tape on the threading such that only ridges of threads are visible but threads are not piercing through the tape. Also the tape should be wrapped in the direction of the thread flow.
Hand-tighten the head on the stem after the washer and the threads are fixed. Don't over tight the head as that may lead to stripping of the stem's threads. After the shower is assembled test the shower for any leaks by turning the water supply on.
If the leaks still persist then again open the shower head to replace the tape and wrap it again this time around with an extra wrap. Also tighten the head a quarter turn further.
That should solve the problem for you but if it happens otherwise then make way for a plumber as the leak may be accredited to a faulty water-control valve of the shower.
Author Resource:
Scott Rodgers is a noted author who has been providing great motivation on plumbing works all over the nation. His splendid knowledge has, in fact, sparked significant rise in revenue for talented plumbers across the nation, from Winter Park Plumbers to West Palm Beach Plumbers .
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