How To Install a Roman Tub Faucet

Gather any supplies you might need, and bring a few towels to sop up any water. Next, turn off the water supply. Depending on your faucet, supplies may include:

• Allen wrench
• Wrench
• Towels
• Container to hold any small pieces
• Plumbers Putty

Locate the set screws. These will be at the base of each handle. Take your Allen wrench and loosen the screws. When loose, your handles should lift off the faucet.

Take your wrench and locate the nuts that are beneath each handle. Turn each nut counterclockwise. Take pliers and grab the top of your valve cartridges and remove them.

Locate the retaining screw on the back of the spout, and remove it using your Allen wrench. Clean up any debris before you insert your new spout. Install your new tub spout on the deck. Take your Allen wrench and tighten the retaining screw of your new faucet.

Collect your mounting hardware. This may include washers or mounting decks. If any of your mounting hardware has no gasket, then take your plumber’s putty and apply it around those fittings.

Depending on your faucet, you will either screw the cartridges in place by turning them or using set screws. Once the cartridges are in place, take your new handles and slide them over the cartridges, and secure them via set screws.