Most faucets being sold and installed these days are of washerless design. Washerless faucets tend to go longer between leaks than the old-style compression faucets, but they still can develop ...

Old-style faucets, the ones with washers, were usually predictable. A busy bathroom sink faucet could be expected to work fine for about a year, then you’d starting noticing it took more and more ...

Find your faucet (tap) There are four kinds of faucets: compression, cartridge (sleeve), ceramic disk, and ball type. A compression faucet relies on rubber washers to seal the valve seat. Rubber ...

Once upon a time, not so many years ago, it was easy for any amateur to repair leaking faucets. The job could be done with a screwdriver and a wrench. All you needed to do was replace an inexpensive ...