How can I make my shower/bath tub faucet stop dripping?

The noise is driving me insane, not to mention how high my water bill will-


I mean, I'm concerned about my wasting water and want to save the world from the evil Global Warming and leave water for the fishes.





Basicly what happens is I turn off my faucet, as far as I can twist the knobs, and it still drips. And drips. And drips. I turn the little lever back and forth from the bath faucet to the shower head, but this only helps a little. What should I do?How can I make my shower/bath tub faucet stop dripping?
Take the knobs off - pull out the cartridge(s) - replace the o-rings - replace the knobs and viola! Go to Lowes or Home Depot - they will walk you through it step by step! Good Luck!How can I make my shower/bath tub faucet stop dripping?
You can repair the faucet. It probably needs a washer, very simple to install. Just go to Lowes or Home Depot and tell them you have a leaky faucet. Go to the plumbing department. They will give you a repair kit. If you need tools, you can get them there also. Go home, install the washer and the leak will stop.
Depending on the age and model of faucet, you might have to replace 1 or 2 O-rings, or there may be a ';cartridge'; that needs replaced. It really depends on the model and age of the fixtures.
call a plumber ,way too many faucets to tell you how to repair.
A new faucet washer would probably amaze you. Give it a try.


On edit, some use O rings.
.25 washer or 2.00 set oring home depot
Put some putty on it.
Go to the room on the other side of the wall where your shower faucet is (probably the kitchen?) and look (often at the back of a lower cupboard) for a panel that can be removed -- often screwed on with a few screws. Remove the panel and surprise! a shut off valve, or likely two. Shut off the valves.





Examine the shower faucet carefully to figure out how to remove the handles. (Since you said you twist the knobS, I assume there are two) There may be a little plastic cap you can pry off to reveal a screw. Remove the screw. Now the hard part. Using two large screwdrivers or another pair of similar tools, gently pry the faucet handle off by prying on two sides of the handle at a time -- first at top and bottom, then at both sides - and by wiggling it. When you get them off, there will be a nut that you can get at with a wrench. DO NOT use pliers because the nuts are made of brass which is softer than steel pliers and will get wrecked.





Remove the nut. Then put the handle back on complete with screw and use the handle to pull the whole guts of the faucet out. Take both sets of ';guts'; down to your local Ace Hardware or Lowes and they will sell you the appropriate washer, o-ring or whatever is needed to stop your drips. (Also before you go to the store, make a note of the brand of the faucet; it will help the hardware person find the parts you need more quickly)





Bring your parts home, put a little Vasaline on any bits that look like rubber, stick them back together and replace those nuts snugly but not really hard. Turn the shut off valves back on.





Your problems should be over and you can brag that you did it all yourself.





By the way, older shut off valves sometimes leak when they haven't been used for a long time. To stop that, use your wrench to back off the nut under the handle about 1/2 turn, open then close the valve, then snug the nut up again. It usually works.





Good luck