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skyewinter194 t1_iu4nnbx wrote

Replace the entire faucet. Probably from the back side of the shower. If the screws are that rusted, chances are its old enough to warrant a total replacement. In the long run, it will probably be less effort than dealing with repairs to an old set

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F1RST_WORLD_PROBLEMS t1_iu5atyu wrote

This is the real answer. Fix it, don’t put a bandaid on it. It’s easy enough to replace and not terribly expensive.

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fosighting t1_iu6ii5a wrote

100% agree. When that old valve leaks in the wall, you'll be redoing the whole shower because of mould. And potentially even more.

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Bergwookie t1_iu8f2uc wrote

That's the only right way to do.... Faucets are not that expensive, if you think about it, you use it (almost) every day, if it holds 15-20years you're paying less than ten bucks per year for it... Even if you take a high quality expensive one.

Buy yourself a bit of peace and replace it with a decent, quality brand one which has a replacement parts supply ( some parts get bad faster than others but if it's already rusty, throw it out)

Edit: don't take fancy fashion colours, just plain chrome, the fashion faucets look nice, but if you want to replace one after a few years, you have almost certainly to replace the whole set of the bathroom, as those colours are out of production.

And don't take matte finishes, they draw calcination like a magnet iron shavings...

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