Plumbing

How to Replace a Faucet Handle

How to replace the handle on a dual-handle kitchen faucet.
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 Okay, uh, you have a kitchen faucet and you need to replace a handle because, or you need to replace this style faucet handle, uh, because maybe there's some discoloration, maybe it's broken, maybe it's chipped across the top. So what you wanna do is you wanna remove this little indicator or this, this little button on the top.

I typically keep one of these little flathead. Screwdrivers. Uh, and well that came up really, that came up really easy. Uh, but you see the, uh, slotted or Phillips head screw there. Um, so we will put this down and we'll take this screw out.

I think that's enough. But if you, all you were doing was replacing. This, then at this point, you would put on the new one. Uh, you see this broach here. Uh, it's shaped like a, like a d you can see the inside of the faucet there. So you wanna make sure that the flat part of this lines up here. Um, otherwise it won't, won't, won't work.

So if all you were trying to do was replace the handle and you would just put the new handle on, use the screw, put it back in, and then put your. Button back on the top.