We have one of those pullout faucets in the kitchen. About every five years we end up replacing the hose because it starts to leak up near the nozzle. While not technically difficult, replacing the hose involves crawling around on the floor and in the sink cabinet to make the necessary connections. My knees and back are not happy about this.

This, my friends, is why old people hire plumbers...

The air gap for my dishwasher leaks water on to the counter every time the dishwasher empties. There was I time I would have replaced it myself - now I just put the dishtowel around it.

I'll have it replaced the next time I need the plumber for something.

I've had a number of such leaky nozzles, but as technoklutzy as I am. I somehow managed to replace it only from the nozzle end never touching the hose. I thought that was the right (and only) way to do it.

Our problem is a leaky hose, not a leaky nozzle.

There's a crimped connection on the end of the hose that attaches to the nozzle. Over time it seems the crimped connection gets a little bit loose from pulling and twisting the nozzle and water starts seeping out of the connector. Eventually there's enough that it runs back down the hose and into the cabinet.

Here's the faucet.



https://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/...ut-1-75-gpm-04067000

When I went to look for a pic of the faucet, I couldn't believe it when I saw how much they cost. I think we bought ours from Costco for $125 in 2009. It replaced a 25 year old Moen that we couldn't get parts for anymore.

Sounds like yours is good for a while, but if you decide to replace it look for one where the sprayer attaches to the spout magnetically.

We put one of those in in AZ and it’s much nicer than the weighted/friction fit one we have at home.

Steve speaks sooth. They are nice. We have had ours for probably 8 years with no problems, but I seldom pull it very far out.

I am glad someone besides me finds repair gyrations increasingly difficult.

I just replaced the valve in a toilet water closet. It works! Need to replace a sump pump in the basement and that will most like go to a plumber.

J

I just foolishly ordered a bidet attachment. Now I will have to skoochie down and install the damn thing.

Instead of repairing the faucet over and over again for the same old problem, maybe you should consider replacing it.

Like you, I have a kitchen faucet in which the faucet end can be pulled out from the fixed portion of the faucet and become a flexible high pressure sprayer. I don’t use the flexible sprayer because the flexible hose easily crimps by bending it and then the water stops.

I had a part time job in high school working in a restaurant. The faucets they had looked something like the one in the link. I don’t know the manufacturer’s name. It provides a better range of flexibility without hose crimping. It worked very well with never a problem.

https://www.google.com/shoppin...thK0KHRYXApIQ9pwGCAo

I referenced a "crimped connection", but the hose works a charm; it never kinks.

The problem we have happens over time from use.
You can see the big chrome retaining nut that holds the hose on the faucet head.



The hose itself has a threaded metal connector that is crimped onto it; that's what the nut goes over to hold the hose tightly to the faucet head. You can just see a sliver of it above the retaining nut.

Over time (we're talking years of lots of daily use) the hose wiggles back and forth and loosens the crimped connection just a little bit and water starts to seep out of that connection. Eventually it's enough to drip down into the cabinet below the sink.

Thanks for the suggestion but we kinda like this faucet. We had maintenance issues with the Moen we had before this hansgrohe unit (the switch on the top of the faucet head to turn the spray on used to malfunction eventually and we used to have to replace the cartridge occasionally too).

I'm sure the restaurant faucet hoses wear out somewhere eventually, too, and have to be fixed.

Just like a car, things you use around the house need to be maintained. Nothing lasts forever.

edit: This is waaay TMI for the average reader.......

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This is waaay TMI for the average reader.......

I just read the whole thing with great intensity.