kitchen faucet

[RBL]

Leaking on counter top. Repair or replace and how?

[RBL]

It is a cheap plastic faucet that was leaking under the base onto the couter top. I removed the handles finding all nylon or plastic parts which did not look repairable as my house faucets are. I did replace the 0 ring on goose neck with negative results. Have now removed the faucet which I believe is Utopia RV faucet. Purchased a regular 2 handle faucet from Canadian Tire with lifetime warranty on sale 50% off for $22.00 which I have installed with no changes in supply lines and is working great.
Your initial suggestion of just replacing with regular house faucet even though this might be covered under warranty was a great idea as we are trying to get going on a trip to the east coast of Canada.
Thank you

[westend]

I'd recommend a Delta or American Standard as a replacement. They usually have a lifetime warranty and will withstand a lot of bad water flowing through. Their connectors seem to be a cut above other brands as well.

Depending on construction, some faucets can be repaired with a washer or cartridge replacement. You would need to know which brand you have and if the Mfg. offers replacement parts or if generic parts will fit.

FWIW, my old Starcraft has the brass stem valves with rubber sealing washers and I chose to clean and rebuild them. The faucets get such little use that the sealing seats should never wear out and replacing the washers is an easy task. Some things should never been improved upon.

[wmoses]

tenbear wrote:
A photo would probably help too.

Too true.

I have long given up wasting time responding to posters who provide questions that are so short on details that we all waste time talking amongst ourselves only to find that we are barking up the wrong tree if/when the OP comes back. But that is just me.

[nomad297]

The standard for kitchen faucets is an 8" spread. This is from the center of the (1-1/4") cold hole to the center of the hot hole. Most standard faucet drillings consist of three 1-1/4" holes, four inches apart from the center.

Bruce

[dadmomh]

Not sure I'm understanding this....is the faucet actually mounted on the surface of the countertop or on the sink itself, which is mounted on the countertop? In any event.....just replace the thing with a decent quality faucet from whatever store you want.

In our '07 ROO we were camping and on a Saturday morning when I turned the faucet on, it literally blew apart...not a fun time, but thankful DH and DF were standing outside when I yelled to turn off the water. The only "box" that was available for miles and miles was a little Mom and Pop hardware store. They had a few to choose from and DH came back with a REALLY nice faucet, installed it and we pressed on with our weekend.

Just a few days after taking delivery of our '13 TT the kitchen faucet started dripping. DH can and does fix most everything, but no amount of tweaking and tightening and adjusting stopped that dripping. We could have turned it in under warranty, but we'd have received the same el-cheapo faucet to replace the leaking one. We just went ahead and bought a new better quality faucet and put it in and we're done with it. RV OEM faucets are not known to be top of the line and IMHO, sooner or later you're going to have to replace it, so if you can do it now, just go ahead.

Re the holes for the faucet...to the best of my knowledge all faucets have a standard measurement for the holes. If there are holes drilled into the countertop, suggest you measure them to be sure, but the plate that fits onto the bottom of the faucet should cover any adjustment you might have to make. Is this a newer TT? Just don't recall noticing any with the holes drilled into the countertop when they're already right there in the sink. Confusion.

[tenbear]

wmoses wrote:

RBL wrote:
Leaking on counter top. Repair or replace and how?

Who knows?

I suggest with a more informative input of more than 9 words you might get a useful answer. 😉

A photo would probably help too.

[wmoses]

RBL wrote:
Leaking on counter top. Repair or replace and how?

Who knows?

I suggest with a more informative input of more than 9 words you might get a useful answer. 😉

[nomad297]

Scottiemom wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-box_store and

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/big_box_retailer.asp

Investopedia explains 'Big Box Retailer'

The term "big-box" is derived from the store's physical appearance. Located in large-scale buildings of more than 50,000 square feet, the store is usually plainly designed and often resembles a large box. Wal-mart, Best Buy and Ikea are examples of big-box retailers.

Yes. I know, I know.

Bruce

[RobWNY]

Our camper came with those really cheap all plastic faucets. One of the first things I did was go to Home Depot and picked out two nice faucets. Both the kitchen and bathroom faucets fit perfectly. I paid about $140 but I didn't buy the least expensive models either. The hardest part of the install was getting under the counters to install them. Unless you have the body of Olive Oil, I would suggest having someone that is very thin with narrow shoulders to help.

[Scottiemom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-box_store and

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/big_box_retailer.asp

Investopedia explains 'Big Box Retailer'

The term "big-box" is derived from the store's physical appearance. Located in large-scale buildings of more than 50,000 square feet, the store is usually plainly designed and often resembles a large box. Wal-mart, Best Buy and Ikea are examples of big-box retailers.

[nomad297]

gbopp wrote:

nomad297 wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Big box store.

Why a big box store, where you usually must have a membership? Also, you would be lucky to find one kitchen faucet in a big box store, let alone a selection. Why not Home Depot, Lowe's or some other store?

Bruce

I believe most consider Home Depot, Lowe's, WalMart, etc., a Big Box Store.

I stand corrected. I learn something new very day.

Bruce

[nomad297]

Scottiemom wrote:
Home Depot, Lowe's, and Menards ARE big box stores.

How so? Big box stores are called big box stores because you can only buy things in big box quantities. Examples of big box stores are Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's.

Lowe's, Home Depot and Menard's are not big box stores.

Bruce

[gbopp]

nomad297 wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Big box store.

Why a big box store, where you usually must have a membership? Also, you would be lucky to find one kitchen faucet in a big box store, let alone a selection. Why not Home Depot, Lowe's or some other store?

Bruce

I believe most consider Home Depot, Lowe's, WalMart, etc., a Big Box Store.

[Scottiemom]

Home Depot, Lowe's, and Menards ARE big box stores.

We've replaced our kitchen faucet twice. The first time, DH contacted our coach manufacturer and they sent an off-brand replacement just like the one that broke. That didn't last but a couple years. So this last time he went to Lowe's and bought a Pfister with the life-long warranty. He had to buy some kind of new tool (but of course!) but I love it and it's working very well and not leaking.

We chose Pfister because one of our bathroom sink faucets failed and leaked water all over. We sent them a picture of it and they sent us a brand new replacement. Whoo hoo! We were impressed. No hoops to jump through!

Dale