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Tub Facuet got pluged with calcium from hot water Tank

mike

2005-06-30, 4:25 am

Hi any suggestions how to unplug the faucet? or should I just replace it
with a new
faucet? I currently have a Central brass. Any suggestions on a new faucet.
Next question
I am afraid to ask what a Plummer would charge to put a new one in.

thanks
Mike

Speedy Jim

2005-06-30, 4:25 am

mike wrote:

quote:

> Hi any suggestions how to unplug the faucet? or should I just replace it
> with a new
> faucet? I currently have a Central brass. Any suggestions on a new faucet.
> Next question
> I am afraid to ask what a Plummer would charge to put a new one in.
>
> thanks
> Mike
>
>

Seen a lot of CB faucets but never one clogged with calcium.
Are you *sure* the clog is actually inside the brass casting
and not in the connecting piping?

If you remove the seats in the faucet, you should be able
to ream out all the passages. Or-force acid into it to
dissolve the minerals.

Replacing one (assuming in a tile wall) is not a trivial
job and often leads to wall damage that then needs to be
repaired. I would do everything I could to salvage the
present one.

Jim

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