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Calculated Shard: 184 (from laksa088)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa184.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.deltafaucet.com/il/home-improvement-101/how-fix-leaky-faucet\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.deltafaucet.com/il/home-improvement-101/how-fix-leaky-faucet\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/il\/home-improvement-101\/how-fix-leaky-faucet","crawl_time":1776375675,"first_indexed_time":1659575174,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,deltafaucet!www,\/il\/home-improvement-101\/how-fix-leaky-faucet s443","src_root_hash":"7174471949645049184","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"How to Fix a Leaky Faucet | Delta Faucet Blog","meta_descriptions":["Learn how to fix your leaky kitchen or bath faucet by following these instructions for repairing a single-lever handle ball (non-cartridge) faucet, the most common household faucet."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"At some point, we have all heard that troublesome drip, drip, drip coming from your bathroom or kitchen. Even the smallest of faucet leaks can have a major impact, wasting up to three gallons of water a day. For the sake of your water bill (and our planet!), it’s time to fix that drip. While a plumber is an easy go-to solution, doing it yourself isn’t as daunting as you think.\nThe culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how.\nThis repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub\/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets.\nWhat You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet:\n1\/8-inch Allen wrench\nNeedle-nose pliers\nTongue-and-groove pliers\nScrewdriver\nReplacement parts\n(If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.)\nHow to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet\nShut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines.\nTo remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle.\nDepending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam\/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs.\nUnscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend.\nPull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem.\nLook into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water.\nBefore putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling.\nInsert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set.\nReplace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball.\nReplace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve.\n11. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle.\n12. 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[Inspired Living Blog](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/il)\n2. [Home Improvement 101](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/il\/home-improvement-101)\n\n# How to Fix a Leaky Faucet\n## Your dripping faucet will be a thing of the past with this easy guide to fix the problem from the source.\n\n![Hannah of Mike and Hannah preparing to install new kitchen faucet](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/sites\/delta\/files\/styles\/article_image_md\/public\/2022-09\/Hannah-of-Mike-and-Hannah-preparing-to-install-new-kitchen-faucet.jpg.webp?itok=QgavOeXb)\n\nAt some point, we have all heard that troublesome drip, drip, drip coming from your bathroom or kitchen. Even the smallest of faucet leaks can have a major impact, wasting up to three gallons of water a day. For the sake of your water bill (and our planet!), it’s time to fix that drip. While a plumber is an easy go-to solution, doing it yourself isn’t as daunting as you think.\n\nThe culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how.\n\nThis repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub\/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets.\n\n**What You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet:**\n\n- 1\/8-inch Allen wrench\n- Needle-nose pliers\n- Tongue-and-groove pliers\n- Screwdriver\n- [Replacement parts](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/service-parts\/find-parts-and-identify-product)\n  (If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.)\n\n![Hannah fixing leaky faucet](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/sites\/delta\/files\/2022-09\/Hannah-fixing-leaky-faucet.jpg)\n\n## How to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet\n1. Shut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines.\n2. To remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle.\n3. Depending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam\/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs.\n4. Unscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend.\n5. Pull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem.\n6. Look into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water.\n7. Before putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling.\n8. Insert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set.\n9. Replace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball.\n10. Replace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve.\n\n![pull down bathroom faucet](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/sites\/delta\/files\/2022-09\/pull-down-bathroom-faucet.jpg)\n\n11\\. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle.\n\n12\\. Turn on the water to ensure you’ve fixed the leak.\n\nBy going through these easy steps, your leaky faucet will be a thing of the past and your water bill and the planet will thank you\\!\n\nNeed repair parts? 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Even the smallest of faucet leaks can have a major impact, wasting up to three gallons of water a day. For the sake of your water bill (and our planet!), it’s time to fix that drip. While a plumber is an easy go-to solution, doing it yourself isn’t as daunting as you think.\n\nThe culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how.\n\nThis repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub\/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets.\n\n**What You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet:**\n\n- 1\/8-inch Allen wrench\n- Needle-nose pliers\n- Tongue-and-groove pliers\n- Screwdriver\n- [Replacement parts](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/service-parts\/find-parts-and-identify-product)\n  (If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.)\n\n![Hannah fixing leaky faucet](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/sites\/delta\/files\/2022-09\/Hannah-fixing-leaky-faucet.jpg)\n\n## How to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet\n1. Shut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines.\n2. To remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle.\n3. Depending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam\/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs.\n4. Unscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend.\n5. Pull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem.\n6. Look into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water.\n7. Before putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling.\n8. Insert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set.\n9. Replace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball.\n10. Replace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve.\n\n![pull down bathroom faucet](https:\/\/www.deltafaucet.com\/sites\/delta\/files\/2022-09\/pull-down-bathroom-faucet.jpg)\n\n11\\. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle.\n\n12\\. Turn on the water to ensure you’ve fixed the leak.\n\nBy going through these easy steps, your leaky faucet will be a thing of the past and your water bill and the planet will thank you\\!\n\nNeed repair parts? 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Boilerpipe Text	At some point, we have all heard that troublesome drip, drip, drip coming from your bathroom or kitchen. Even the smallest of faucet leaks can have a major impact, wasting up to three gallons of water a day. For the sake of your water bill (and our planet!), it’s time to fix that drip. While a plumber is an easy go-to solution, doing it yourself isn’t as daunting as you think. The culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how. This repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets. What You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet: 1/8-inch Allen wrench Needle-nose pliers Tongue-and-groove pliers Screwdriver Replacement parts (If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.) How to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet Shut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines. To remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle. Depending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs. Unscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend. Pull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem. Look into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water. Before putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling. Insert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set. Replace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball. Replace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve. 11. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle. 12. Turn on the water to ensure you’ve fixed the leak. By going through these easy steps, your leaky faucet will be a thing of the past and your water bill and the planet will thank you! Need repair parts? We can help .
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The culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how. This repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets. What You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet: - 1/8-inch Allen wrench - Needle-nose pliers - Tongue-and-groove pliers - Screwdriver - [Replacement parts](https://www.deltafaucet.com/service-parts/find-parts-and-identify-product) (If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.) ![Hannah fixing leaky faucet](https://www.deltafaucet.com/sites/delta/files/2022-09/Hannah-fixing-leaky-faucet.jpg) ## How to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet 1. Shut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines. 2. To remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle. 3. Depending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs. 4. Unscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend. 5. Pull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem. 6. Look into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water. 7. Before putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling. 8. Insert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set. 9. Replace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball. 10. Replace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve. ![pull down bathroom faucet](https://www.deltafaucet.com/sites/delta/files/2022-09/pull-down-bathroom-faucet.jpg) 11\. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle. 12\. Turn on the water to ensure you’ve fixed the leak. By going through these easy steps, your leaky faucet will be a thing of the past and your water bill and the planet will thank you\! Need repair parts? 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Readable Markdown	At some point, we have all heard that troublesome drip, drip, drip coming from your bathroom or kitchen. Even the smallest of faucet leaks can have a major impact, wasting up to three gallons of water a day. For the sake of your water bill (and our planet!), it’s time to fix that drip. While a plumber is an easy go-to solution, doing it yourself isn’t as daunting as you think. The culprit is usually a failure of the faucet’s seats and springs — rest assured, this is a relatively simple DIY fix. Here’s how. This repair will work for kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and tub/shower valves but will only work for faucets with a ball valve assembly (seats and springs) — not DIAMOND Seal Technology faucets. What You’ll Need to Repair the Faucet: - 1/8-inch Allen wrench - Needle-nose pliers - Tongue-and-groove pliers - Screwdriver - [Replacement parts](https://www.deltafaucet.com/service-parts/find-parts-and-identify-product) (If you have a lever-handle style product, you need RP61; if you have a knob handle, you need RP188.) ![Hannah fixing leaky faucet](https://www.deltafaucet.com/sites/delta/files/2022-09/Hannah-fixing-leaky-faucet.jpg) ## How to Easily Fix a Dripping Faucet 1. Shut off both the hot and cold water supply valves underneath your sink. Turn on the faucet and let the last of the water trickle out to completely drain the water lines. 2. To remove the handle, take off the screw cover; use a screwdriver or Allen wrench to remove the screw. Lift off the handle. 3. Depending on the age of your faucet, you may not have an adjusting ring. For those with newer faucets that don’t contain adjusting rings, please skip this step. If you have an older faucet with an adjusting ring, it will not be needed after the repair if the cam/packing is replaced. Investigate the cap and adjusting ring by taking a good look. If the faucet seems to be leaking from there, try tightening the adjusting ring with needle-nose pliers. If that doesn’t stop the leak, you’ll need to replace the faucet’s seats and springs. 4. Unscrew and remove the adjusting ring. Then, unscrew the dome-shaped cap by placing a cloth over the cap for grip and using tongue-and-groove pliers to unscrew it. Be careful: Use too much pressure to remove the cap and it may bend. 5. Pull out the round metal stem; when you do, you’ll remove the ball, as well as the piece called the “cam and packing.” If your faucet’s leaking from here, replacing the cam and packing should resolve the problem. 6. Look into the valve and you’ll see a small mechanism called the “seats and springs.” The “seat” is the small circular part, and the “spring” is beneath the seat. Use the Allen wrench to pry out the seats and springs for both the hot and the cold water. 7. Before putting the faucet together again, remove the aerator and turn on both the hot and cold water all the way to flush the lines. The water needs to run for one minute. For kitchen & bathroom faucets, be sure to put a bucket upside down over top of the faucet in order to direct the water down to the sink, or water will spray everywhere. Turn the water off at the supply lines again before reassembling. 8. Insert a new set of seats and springs into the holes. Thread one set onto the Allen wrench through the flat side of the seat, then through the skinny end of the spring. Use the wrench to tip the set and spring into its hole in the valve. Repeat on the other set. 9. Replace the ball assembly, aligning the pin and the valve to the slot on the ball. 10. Replace the cam and packing, aligning the tab on the cam with the slot on the valve. ![pull down bathroom faucet](https://www.deltafaucet.com/sites/delta/files/2022-09/pull-down-bathroom-faucet.jpg) 11\. Gently screw the cap on the valve using only your hand. Replace the adjusting ring and tighten with needle-nose pliers. Reinstall the handle. 12\. Turn on the water to ensure you’ve fixed the leak. By going through these easy steps, your leaky faucet will be a thing of the past and your water bill and the planet will thank you\! Need repair parts? [We can help](https://www.deltafaucet.com/service-parts/find-parts-and-identify-product).
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