Frequently occurring problem of shower head leaks disturbs the overall integrity of the sanitation schema of your bathroom. A wise head on your shoulders however can save the day for you. Keeping a course of action in mind and certain precautions even you can repair your shower head.

Before kicking off the assignment make sure that you have the required plumbing tools to aid the repair work. It includes the typical pipe wrenches or the crescent wrenches and the Teflon tapes. The washers made of plastic or rubber O-ring may be needed as well.

Unmount the shower head from the pipe stem to explore the components in it. In case of screws on the head, a pipe wrench or a crescent wrench may be used to unease the head from the stem.

Check the condition of the washer inside the shower head in order to replace it. If the washer leaves a black goo on your fingers then it has to be replaced by a new one. The size being same to the old one. While placing the washer make sure that it falls flat on the surface and not scrambled.

After fixing the washer check the threads on the stem. They require a regular tightening operation since they’re susceptible to constant loosening. Wrap a Teflon tape (two wraps only) around the threading to tighten the arrangement making sure that tape is wrapped in the same direction as that of the thread flow. Only the area of the pipe where the thread runs should be wrapped and not the smooth pipe area.

After altering with the stem threading remount the shower head back on the pipe and tighten it gently with hands. Don’t over tighten it as that may strip the threads. Now test whether the leaks are still prevailing or they’re fixed.

If the leaks still persist then again open the shower head to replace the tape and wrap it again this time around with an extra wrap. Also tighten the head a quarter turn further.

That should solve the problem for you but if it happens otherwise then make way for a plumber as the leak may be accredited to a faulty water-control valve of the shower.

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