Replacing Shower Tub Faucet – Dos and Donts
By Yoga Priyakara

For a majority of homeowners, replacing shower tub faucet often amounts to chaos on the brink during a very tedious bathroom remodeling project.

This seemingly contentious issue compounds their trepidation that seems to have stemmed from the dizzying array of styles, designs and finishes in faucets that greet them at the Home Improvement store.

Performing the fine balancing act between a lifetime of leak-free performance and unsurpassed elegance is not something that you perceive with optimism.

But contrary to widespread belief, the replacement procedure is not something that one must treat with passive resignation. In fact, with a little ingenuity and a few pearls of wisdom, you can complete it with remarkable success.

Boiler-Plate Rules To Keep You Afloat

Here are rules that you just cannot afford to gloss over. Trust me; they’ll help you get over the specters of this Titanic task:

• Before actually coming to terms with the nuts and bolts of the replacement procedure, make sure you read the instruction manual that accompanies the faucet very carefully. And please, don’t just discard it flippantly, but maintaining it can actually pay rich dividends.
• Centering the faucet over the drain hole of the tub is of paramount importance.
• Be extra cautious while soldering the copper pipe. Make sure the cartridge in the faucet is removed, or else the excess heat generated in the faucet body can cause irreversible damage to the smaller parts inside.
• On completion of the soldering procedure, take off all traces of debris and flux from the faucet body with a clean wet cloth.
• Do not sequester issues relating to the finished wall thickness to the background, if you want the trim plate of the faucet to fit properly, thus ensuring a drip-free performance for eternity.
• Just in case you experience a change of heart and desire to install a new faucet in future, make sure you invest your resources in an access panel on the opposite side of the wall behind the faucet.
• Finally, make sure you dislodge the cartridge from its place and flush all debris and dirt that clog the channels in the faucet body.

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