Is it easy to fix a ball faucet type sink

1. 2021-03-29 at 10:59 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   My ball faucet sink is dripping and it's really annoying can I just fix it myself. All of pipes under it are leaking is that bad?
2. 2021-03-29 at 11:22 PM UTC

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   Robert Mugabe African Astronaut
   What a fucking retard how can you not fix that.
   
   
3. 2021-03-29 at 11:26 PM UTC

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   Data African Astronaut
   Have you completed a full diagnostic?
4. 2021-03-29 at 11:31 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole

   Originally posted by Robert Mugabe What a fucking retard how can you not fix that.
   
   

   
   I looked on wikihow it seems pretty simple i just need to buy a kit.
   
   
   
   

   Originally posted by Data Have you completed a full diagnostic?

   
   I did the dishes and the water stopped leaking? I avoided using the sink all day but when I ran it the dripping went from rapid to barely at all.
   
   I think my O-ring might be fucked or something idk im gonna have to jam some screwdrivers in it and shit
5. 2021-03-29 at 11:35 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   if the actual pipes are leaking find where the water's coming from and tighten it up
   
   if it's the tap itself it's not hard to replace the washers or the T-shaped valve thing I forget the name of
6. 2021-03-29 at 11:51 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   isn't it a bad idea to fuck with the pipes when the water is on
   
   
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7. 2021-03-29 at 11:57 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   not if it's just a tighten
   
   if you have to take anything apart then yeah turn it off at the mains first
8. 2021-03-29 at 11:59 PM UTC

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   Data African Astronaut
   In most modern plumbing systems, the pressure will shut off automatically upon disruption of functional, normal flow.
9. 2021-03-30 at 12 AM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by aldra not if it's just a tighten
   
   if you have to take anything apart then yeah turn it off at the mains first

   
   you have never experienced 'tight, tighter, tighter, tighteer,
   
   looooseee' type of situation have you.
10. 2021-03-30 at 12:01 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    btw i thought your faucet has been de-balled sometime ago.
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11. 2021-03-30 at 12:01 AM UTC

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    Ghost Black Hole

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny you have never experienced 'tight, tighter, tighter, tighteer,
    
    looooseee' type of situation have you.

    
    I'll tighten your neck with a monkey wrench until I strip the threading on the connection of your spine and skull.
12. 2021-03-30 at 12:12 AM UTC

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    Bradley Florida Man
    disconnect allof the piping (after it's turned off with the faucets), caulk it or use duct tape and reput it back, probably take youa bout 10-15 minutes, 20 if you really take your time
    
    Otherwise some faggot (c) with a degree (tm) is gnona plumb u outta like 200$ for the visit just to do that
    
    plumbing comes from the term plumb which referenced the lead your mother ingested through the tap water while she was pregnant
    
    i'll video cam with u while u do it if u want, pm me and i'll set up a chatroom for the group
13. 2021-03-30 at 12:53 AM UTC

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    cigreting Dark Matter

    Originally posted by Ghost isn't it a bad idea to fuck with the pipes when the water is on
    
    

    
    that wasnt even that bad
14. 2021-03-30 at 1:02 AM UTC

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    Fonaplats victim of incest [daylong jump-start that nome]
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15. 2021-03-30 at 4:24 AM UTC

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    Kal Joose Tuskegee Airman

    Originally posted by Ghost My ball faucet sink is dripping and it's really annoying can I just fix it myself. All of pipes under it are leaking is that bad?

    No. Just replace it out. including the tapouts. as a matter of fact, just rip the entire floor out because if your pipes are leaking and its going to dry rot eventually
    
    as a matter of fact, just knock the fucking building down and rebuild it somewhere else.
16. 2021-03-30 at 4:25 AM UTC

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    Kal Joose Tuskegee Airman

    Originally posted by cigreting that wasnt even that bad

    
    why didnt he shut off the main first and open up the tap?
17. 2021-03-30 at 4:42 AM UTC

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    Nile bump
    I could prob fix it, it might be the seats/cartridge or something, if it's the faucet its almost def the seats
18. 2021-03-30 at 5:48 AM UTC

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    I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga
    Wut pipes are leaking? You need to turn the water off to try to rebuild the faucet. It is pretty likely that the shut-offs under the sink will not close completely, begin to leak from the stem, or break if you operate them. I would find a way to turn the water off to your whole place, ideally at the water meter if youre place has it's own meter
19. 2021-03-30 at 6:30 AM UTC

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    DontTellEm Black Hole

    Originally posted by cigreting that wasnt even that bad

    
    Lmao.😂
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20. 2021-03-30 at 6:34 AM UTC

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    Nile bump

    Originally posted by I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Wut pipes are leaking? You need to turn the water off to try to rebuild the faucet. It is pretty likely that the shut-offs under the sink will not close completely, begin to leak from the stem, or break if you operate them. I would find a way to turn the water off to your whole place, ideally at the water meter if youre place has it's own meter

    
    If he's in a low rise with bade shut-offs he'd have to talk to the management. I had to shutoff whole buildings before while I fixed those valves.