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Loose Moen Bath Faucet

June 30, 2018, 07:16:04 pm

See attached pic for the Moen bathroom sink faucet. It appears to have been held on to sink with silicone along the faucet base perimeter which now has worked free and faucet lifts up about 1/2 inch and prevented from coming out further by water supply lines. I see three holes in sink and wonder if OEM would have had separate cold and hot handles.  I can see no method by which faucet would be anchored from below but frankly it's in a location where it's hard to see.

Thoughts?

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Reply #1 – June 30, 2018, 07:30:00 pm

Three holes are common.  We replaced ours with a newer more modern looking one.  The base covers up all three holes and everything goes through the center hole.  Installation process is much easier with newer faucets too. Found it at Lowes.

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Reply #2 – June 30, 2018, 07:42:46 pm

Probably a center-holer like Roger described that just needs the nut tightened.

Borrow your wife's makeup mirror and together with a flashlight have a look-see. 

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Reply #3 – June 30, 2018, 07:54:43 pm

There doesn't seem to be a bearing surface underneath and no center but to tighten against a bearing surface.

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Reply #4 – June 30, 2018, 08:30:14 pm

Good job Randy.  The picture quality isn't wonderful but it looks to me like hot and cold to the outside and the stopper in the middle.

And it looks like the whole thing was stuck on with white silicone.  Probably the installer just pulled the pex and stopper linkage up through the holes,  screwed the faucet on,  buttered it up with silicone, mounted it and held it in place until it was dry.  Maybe clean the old stuff off and try using a lot of it again, or you may just want to get a new faucet with the proper mounting hardware.

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Reply #5 – June 30, 2018, 08:41:20 pm

I think a replacement is in order to do it correctly. 👍

Thanks

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Reply #6 – June 30, 2018, 10:44:26 pm

Randy, It might be a great time to get a faucet with a greater reach so your hands do not have to rub the back of the sink when you wash your hands.  Just saying. 

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Reply #7 – July 01, 2018, 12:32:58 am

Randy,
If your faucet was installed correctly, there should be a nut or nuts to hold the faucet in place.  There could be a nut/s above the connections for the water lines that has backed off.  Also possible that there could be a couple of threaded studs that pass through a plate under the sink, but most likely the nuts are on the connections for the pipes.  You may have to disconnect the water pipes to tighten the nuts.  There is a special type of wrench to do that, but they do not cost a lot and most hardware places like Lowes or HD have them. If the pipe connection has a plastic nut you might be able to remove by hand.  Feel above the pipe connections and see if there is a nut that you can tighten.

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Reply #8 – September 25, 2018, 04:27:28 pm

Thought I'd close out this thread. EZ replacement from Lowe's with greater "reach" to make getting hands under faucet easier. 

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