Gravity opens sink faucet

[Marc]

Click to Enlarge

42.04 KB

Click to Enlarge

42.98 KB

Is there anything I can use against this faucet that gravity alone might open some day once it's broken in?

Marc

[Nolan Kienitz]

Consider a "rubber band" around the top of the handle and the faucet spout.

Of course the band would have to be replaced periodically.

[:-slaphap

[Jerry Simon]

If only you had a plastic cup nearby, you could prop-up the handle.

[ghentjr]

Install it upside down.

[Les]

black electricians tape will work more better that duct tape, and it is cheaper. find a used toilet tissue holder and an old 2"x3" from a mobile home from circa 1984 and 6 1/2' of universal hanger strap.

use a standard drywall screw (2") and small flat washer to fasten the strap to the ceiling. Then bend the strap over and down to a point directly above end of knurled knob. bend the end of strap over to blunt and prevent accidentally cutting fingers. apply tape. repeat as needed or desired.

[Richard Moore]

Silly people! Just leave the lever fully open, in the middle, and then you can control the water flow using the stop valves under the sink. This has the added advantage of exercising the lower back muscles as well as regularly viewing the trap piping for leaks.

Or you could just trust that friction will likely remain stronger than gravity, especially as the lever in the closed position seems to be directly above the pivot point...but where's the ridiculous credential burnishing in that?

[Jim Baird]

hmmmm, so the gravitational force exerted by your hands pulled the water down?

Maybe a Moses style staff to send the waters back to whence they came?

[Marc]

Buncha geniuses. Thanks fellas. I'll put these remedies in the report.

Seriously, it's like a wall switch. Should be oriented in such way that if the forces of gravity were to act upon it, it would be in such direction as to turn it off instead of on.

So this here faucet handle, if it becomes loose by virtue of age, defect or whatever and the almighty forces of gravity were to act upon it, it should be in such direction as to turn it off, donchathink?

Marc

[inspector57]

I think you are over thinking the issue. If it quits working properly due to age or wear then fix or replace.

It is not a code issue.

[Erby]

Marc's over thinking and the imaginative literary geniuses are showing their stuff.

[John Kogel]

Bad design, maybe. Maybe water pressure holds the valve shut.

Maybe grasping for straws in a house where everything works OK. []

[Les]

i can rotate any photo, using my computer, so it would be a snap to just edit it and include it in report

[kurt]

I think you are over thinking the issue. If it quits working properly due to age or wear then fix or replace.

[:-thumbu]

[Marc]

Alright fellas, false alarm. It goes in the trash bin.

John, this was not a 'everything else works' house. In 10 years, I haven't had my first one yet. Maybe when I die and go to heaven I'll get one, ehhh?

Marc

[Nolan Kienitz]

Actually I installed one like that in our kitchen sink about two years ago.

So far ... it is still working.

[Les]

Actually I installed one like that in our kitchen sink about two years ago.

So far ... it is still working.

Nolan,

are you sure it is not coming on in the middle of the night? Maybe the lever is just slipping down a little bit and SNAPS back when you enter the room!

[Nolan Kienitz]

Actually I installed one like that in our kitchen sink about two years ago.

So far ... it is still working.

Nolan,

are you sure it is not coming on in the middle of the night? Maybe the lever is just slipping down a little bit and SNAPS back when you enter the room!

You know ... I've been hearing some strange noises, but I think there is a damper controlling the the return SNAP noise. []

[Jim Baird]

A bachelor I know had a cat that came and went via cat door, and was so smart he could turn on the kitchen sink faucet to get himself some water. Bach had to go into surgery for a cpl of days and in his absence, cat turned on faucet but sink was clogged. Whole house flooded by time bach returned.