Fixing That Annoying Dripping Coming From Your Faucet

I think everyone can agree that dripping water sounds from a leaky faucet are very annoying and can be frustrating at times.  Not to mention that your slowly wasting water away and there is nothing you can do about it.  Well hopefully there is something you can do about it.  Leaking faucets are mostly caused by the rubber washers and o-rings that have been worn out. Here are some tips on how you can go about conquering this dilemma:

1. Cut off the water supply under the sink.
2. Open the faucet to releave and water still under pressure between the cut-off values and the faucet.
3. Most handles are attached to the faucet with a screw.  Unscrew the handle to the faucet.
4. If there is a large metal nut holding all the internal parts in place and it is loose, you may have just found your problem. If not you need to remove all the other little pieces.
5. VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure you note the order you are taking them out in.  You need to put them back in the same order.
6. Replace any worn out rubber o-rings, springs, and washers you find.
7. Put all the parts back in the reverse order you took them out in.  Turn on the cut-off valves under your sink, and test your faucet.
8. It may take a second for the water to come back up through your hoses so you can expect some air at first.

Hopefully this fixes your leaking faucet problem.  If you couldn't get it to work, we have a bunch of kitchen faucets and bathroom faucets that we guarantee will not drip for many years

Use your toothbrush to clean the bathroom faucet!!

Having a clean bathroom faucet adds great appeal and a finishing touch to your newly cleaned bathroom, but sometimes its hard to get into all those little crevices around your faucet.  A good idea to get those faucets sparkling again is to use your old toothbrush.

A great way to put cleaning your bathroom on the calendar is to wait until you need to throw away your toothbrush anyway, and then you can use it with toothpaste to clean around those hard to get places.

Wayne Drop | Water Conservation Hero

There is a new hero in town and his name is Wayne Drop.  He is the newest mascot to promote Water Conservation and is associated with one of our favorite websites.  Water Use It Wisely.  Wayne Drop met with the local officials to promote the Whatcom Water Alliance, or WWA for short.  The WWA works to promote water conservation by having fun activities and getting the people of the community educated on water conservation awareness fun for kids of all ages. 


Birch Bay Water and Sewer District in Whatcom County provides water and wastewater services to 7,500 in Whatcom County which is located in northwest area of Washington state.  An increase in water consumption happens every summer. So to try and keep the consumption at a minimum, the WWA promotes a voluntary watering schedule which always starts on June 1st and goes to September 15th.  


The winters in this region are warmer and dryer than usual in this area which heightens the concern about drought and reduced water supplies for 2010.  This makes water conservation more important than ever.  The WWA requests that residents with odd-numbered streets limit outdoor watering to Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays and even numbered street address water on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.  Monday's are reserved to let the reservoirs fill back up after the weekend comes.

Ecologic Transportation Promotes Water Conservation

Ecologic Transportation, Inc, a holding company to a lot of subsidiaries who are all dedicated to environmental friendly transportation is launching an awareness initiative for water conservation.  Ecologic is at home in Santa Monica, CA where they promote green cars and clean fuels.

Their first product, called Ecologic Shine is a biodegradable waterless car cleaner that has no environmental impact because of no contaminating water run-off.  Each car cleansing saves 40-60 gallons of water. You can follow Ecologic's conservation initiative on their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ecologictranspo

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New Waterfall Faucets

At TheKitchenFaucet.com, we've recently added new waterfall style faucets to our inventory.  Most of the waterfall faucets are great for use in the bathtub, but many of them will also work as bathroom faucets.    These faucets come with easy to read installation instructions.

In addition, all of these faucets have passed quality testing to insure that leaks do not occur even under high pressures.  All of the waterfall faucets are made of high quality ceramic valves which ensures they can withstand extremely high temperatures.  The service life of these valves are well above 600,000 hours, which is above industry standards.

All the waterfall faucets are also chrome plated to keep a vibrant shine for years to come and have met chrome-plated standards for the United States and Europe.  These faucets also come with some easy to install instructions.  Check out our waterfall style faucets by visiting our site.

American Standard Hits the Road

American Standard, one of the leading manufacturers of kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets, and shower heads has a 44 foot mobile showcase room where they are teaching people about water conservation.  They call it "The Responsible Bathroom Tour" and they are planning on visiting 300 locations this year in the U.S.

The American Standard Tour's goal is to raise awareness about how to conserve water.    The teaching and techniques they show will help a four-person family save almost 50,000 gallons of water each year.  Saving water is good for the environment, but some people might not see how saving water can reflect a significant dollar amount on their water bill.  At the TheKitchenFaucet.com, we're pretty confident people can see how saving that much HOT water can save on their electric bill though.

The tour is educating locals on some financial estimates of how much they can save with low flow bathroom fixtures.  Some water saving tips that will help the environment. As well as some demonstrations of their new water saving products.  Don Devine, American Standard CEO said "Our goal is to educate consumers that conservation can and does begin at home."