Talking to my plumber neighbor changed how I fix leaky faucets.

My neighbor Mike saw me fighting with a dripping kitchen faucet last Saturday and just said, 'stop replacing the cartridge, just clean the seat.' I had been swapping out $15 cartridges every six months when all it needed was a $3 seat wrench and some CLR. Has anyone else found an easy fix they overlooked for way too long?

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the_abby5mo ago

Stop replacing the cartridge, just clean the seat" that's insane, I've been throwing money away for years.

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barbara_butler5mo ago

Three years of swapping cartridges before my neighbor showed me the sandpaper trick for the valve seat. @the_abby I wish I had known this sooner too, how hard was it to get the seat clean on your first try? That CLR soak really made a difference on my stubborn faucet.

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