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[giantpinkbunnyhead]

How much might a plumber charge, typically, to come out and fix a leaky bathtub faucet?? It's one of those stupid single-knob faucets and I'm sure it's a bad seal or something inside. But, I don't really want to mess with it, since last time I tried to adjust something, I indavertently managed to uncap the pressure and ended up with a water cannon that flooded my bathroom and the bathroom of the guy living below me at the time. In my defense I didn't think taht particular part held back the pressure but... yeah... so what would a plumber charge for something like fixing a bathtub faucet leak?

 

[bctbct]

probably $80-100 if he has the parts on his truck

 

[wedi42]

i be the minimum trip charge is $75-100 for most plumbers.

try a handyman if you want to save some money

 

[olds]

Is it leaking from the diverter, the valve or the shower head?

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Is it leaking from the diverter, the valve or the shower head?

it's leaking from the faucet that sticks out from the wall... not the showerhead. but as far as what's leaking upstream from the faucet's exit... I am hoping it's just a silly seal and nothing major. The leak was originally just random drips, now it's an established stream of water (hot water) about 1/4 inch in diameter. It got real bad in the past 2 days.

 

[T9D]

All you need is a screw driver and a $3 seal from home depot. It's really easy to fix.

 

[olds]

The valve has a large nut on the outside diameter. You should be able to see the threads behind the handle. It might be loose.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Well, so far I've removed the handle and revealed the "end" of the plumbing behind it. There was a metal sleeve covering that, and I removed the sleeve. I saw no leaks. I'll try looking for some sort of connection or part that can be removed that might have a seal in it. But first... I need to find the water shutoff for my bathroom and I have no effin idea where it is. I don't have any access panels on the adjacent walls, and I crawled under my house to underneat the bathroom and didn't see any pipes except drain pipes. There's one pipe 20 feet away that has a valve handle on it... but I dunno if it's a gas pipe or a water pipe. And in any case, it would be only hot water or cold water; I'd have to find the OTHER shutoff too. Maybe its by the hot water heater. Yeesh.

 

[olds]

Gas pipe will likely be black.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Black huh.. shoot, all the pipes down there were black. Well... that shutoff has got to be somewhere... I can't imagine they'd bury the shutoff behind a wall (or not include one to begin with). I'll call the homebuilder and see if they can help me out. The house is only 3 years old.

 

[olds]

Almost forgot about this thread.
If you didn't fix it already....
The shut off(s) is/are behind the trim plate that is mounted around the valve. It probably has two screws holding it on.
Remove handle.
Remove trim screws and trim plate.
That should expose the valve body and the shut off screws(s).
You can now shut off the water and investigate further.