Question about new faucet

[NickStone]

Last week I had a new faucet installed in the kitchen; it's a Pfister Marielle faucet.

Is this part (circled) supposed to be able to detach from the faucet?

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*I* couldn't make it budge. Not one iota. So I got my trusty parrot-nosed pliers...then thought, no!, I really don't want to damage my BRAND NEW faucet. I tried, pretty gingerly, with a washcloth between the pliers and the faucet, but got nowhere. I just need to know if I'm attempting to do something that SHOULDN'T be done. If it's removable, then I'll ask someone stronger than me to try unscrewing it. If not, I'll leave well enough alone.

That looks suspiciously like a tap to me.

[vinnywright]

Alrighty, then... The only tapes I have on hand are duct, electrical, and clear shipping tape. Any reason not to try duct or electrical tape? At least as a test to see if that would solve the problem, then I could get some plumber's tape and do it for real.

no ,,,,other than it will look like poo ,,,and that faucet is so pretty + plumers tape (Teflon tape) has no sticky on it to gum up the finish ,,,,but it will clean off.

I would go with a threaded adapter my self

do the threads even touch ?

VINNY

[DoYouKubuntu]

no ,,,,other than it will look like poo ,,,and that faucet is so pretty + plumers tape (Teflon tape) has no sticky on it to gum up the finish ,,,,but it will clean off.

You know, I STARTED writing out that I didn't want to damage the faucet, even just with yucky adhesive from tape, but I erased it. Yes, the faucet is pretty and I really want to keep it like that.

I would go with a threaded adapter my self

I think that's what I'll do. Either that or ask Pfister to recommend an aerator that will fit!

do the threads even touch ?

No. It's like sticking your finger in an empty jar...it just wiggles around in there.

[vinnywright]

or ask Pfister to recommend an aerator that will fit!


No. It's like sticking your finger in an empty jar...it just wiggles around in there.

rite ,,,,,,,,,you need an adapter or an aerator that fits .

VINNY

[SteveRiley]

I thought that stuff was all standardized. Imagine if, for instance, there were a dozen different toilet paper roll widths.

[DoYouKubuntu]

I thought that stuff was all standardized. Imagine if, for instance, there were a dozen different toilet paper roll widths.

See, that's why I *ASSUMED* it would fit! How can this NOT be standardized?

[Rod J]

That looks suspiciously like a tap to me.

Exactly what I was thinking too, a tap! What's this faucet thing??

[SteveRiley]

Exactly what I was thinking too, a tap! What's this faucet thing??

It's simple. Faucets are those thingamabobs that, when whose handles are twisted, lifted, rotated, or otherwise maneuvered, cause liquid water to issue forth.

This is a tap:


And it goes on one of these:


Pressing the spout causes the contraption to issue a frothy, sublime nectar of the gods.


Question for Feathers: do they have gin taps where you're from? Can you get me one?

[Qqmike]

Even if it's the cheap-white-box-China syndrome, I wouldn't think the aerator you have would be THAT far off. Which leads me to ask, could the aerator you have be intended for a shower, where the diameter of the outlet pipe could be that large (like ~3/4" OD)?

[lcorken]

I thought that stuff was all standardized. Imagine if, for instance, there were a dozen different toilet paper roll widths.

The larger role is Costco TP.


This sucks.

I am considering a bidet but, not sure how that works. What do you do, turn it on and wiggle? I don't know.

Sorry about the TP diversion.

The faucet aerator. My suggestion would be to take the aerator from the new faucet you like to the plumbing store and tell a clerk you want an aerator that fits you're fancy and the thread of the aerator you just handed to him/her.

Ken.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Even if it's the cheap-white-box-China syndrome, I wouldn't think the aerator you have would be THAT far off. Which leads me to ask, could the aerator you have be intended for a shower, where the diameter of the outlet pipe could be that large (like ~3/4" OD)?

No, it's definitely for kitchen faucets.

PS The negative review that's now on the item's page wasn't there when I ordered it. I wish it had been!

[NickStone]

...Pressing the spout causes the contraption to issue a frothy, sublime nectar of the gods.

I've tasted "frothy, sublime nectar of the gods" as you call it (American beer) and it's crap. Weak as water!

Question for Feathers: do they have gin taps where you're from? Can you get me one?

You mean something like this?

[NickStone]

Take a look at this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/outdoor-co...item3f4de4d302

[DoYouKubuntu]

If I say I HATE beer...will I get booted out of my own thread?!

[oshunluvr]

If I say I HATE beer...will I get booted out of my own thread?!

No of course. Just leaves more for the rest of us...