水回り

A kitchen faucet, with a replacement cartridge, still in its wrapping, standing next to it in the basin’s soap tray.

The parts of a dismantled cartridge faucent lying in a stainless steel kitchen sink: the handle to control the faucet; the screw-on cover that holds the cartridge in place; the cartridge; and a pair of needle-nose pliers. The first two items are smeared in places with black goo.

The parts of a dismantled cartridge faucent lying in a stainless steel kitchen sink: the handle to control the faucet; the screw-on cover that holds the cartridge in place; the cartridge; and a pair of needle-nose pliers. The first two items are smeared in places with black goo.

A kitchen faucet, with a replacement cartridge, still in its wrapping, standing next to it in the basin’s soap tray.

Kitchen-sink cartridge faucets seem to have about a ten-year life span. When we bought the house, it was a bit over ten years old, and the faucet was shot, and replaced in the course of remodelling the kitchen. I was wondering lately whether we maybe had stumbled into a more durable unit, but sure enough it recently began needing a little tap on the handle to keep it from dripping.