Question:
How do I put in a new faucet?
Sustitución de un grifo de agua
Una vez que retire los tubos de suministro, flexible o no, usted está listo para sacar la llave. Lo primero que hacer es desatornillar completamente las tuercas de fijación que mantienen el grifo al lavabo. Retire con cuidado el grifo del lavabo. Usted querrá evitar dañar la superficie del sumidero de sofocar un poco de cinta adhesiva. Usted también querrá para limpiar y quitar la masilla vieja cualquier fontanero o sellador del fregadero. Un cuchillo de masilla es la mejor para este trabajo. Si usted todavía tiene manchas difíciles de masilla pendiente de que puede utilizar lana de acero muy fina o un bloc de notas en bajar de él. Ahora está a punto de caer en el nuevo grifo. Línea de la manguera de aspersión y los tubos de suministro, si los hubiere, y colocarlos en los agujeros apropiados. Si el grifo tiene los tubos de suministro de cobre que salen de ellos, tenga cuidado de no Kink ellos. La mayoría de los grifos en estos días se venden con una junta bajo la placa cubierta del grifo para proporcionar un sellado impermeable. Si lo desea, sin embargo, usted puede poner un anillo de masilla de plomero o de silicona alrededor de los agujeros de la pileta y el borde inferior de la placa grifo. Si quieres ser el plomero prefecto también puede poner una gota en el borde de la placa de cubierta del grifo después de haber apretado hacia abajo.
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