Kitchen sink faucets; Which ones are easily fixable Moen, Delta, Wewe

[Leo 'Gus' Gustafsson]

Hello fellows,
I've just about had it with what I know is a pipe issue but lacking funds in the extreme I cannot do a repipe job. Some time after replacing faucets in my home they seem to clog up. I know Moen has a removable cartridge design and that may be the marque I go with but are there others that lend themselves to disassembly and cleaning out? I have to keep this on the cheap and I know a repipe would solve these issues once and for all, but, being on welfare despite owning my home this solution is the only one open to me. I hope you'll understand.
So, makers and models please, of those you've had experience with. Thanks very much for your help and a lift of the lynch lid.
Gus

 

[Matt30]

While I’m normally a pusher for Moen products, if you’re having issues with cartridges plugging up then delta may be a better option when it comes to disassembly and cleaning components.

Although with Moen, you can always get cartridges free of charge anywhere that sells them and just change it out

 

[Geofd]

Delta is probably the simplest and least expensive to fix

 

[Leo 'Gus' Gustafsson]

As a stop gap we went with a cheapie Aqualife (sounds like Sponge Bob) faucet that is slowing down since December. Thanks guys, keep 'em coming

 

[DFBonnett]

Have you verified that it is not the aerators clogging?

 

[Leo 'Gus' Gustafsson]

Yes I have and since moving here I'm beginning to suspect city water may be the culprit.
From another forum :

• #7

"Be ready to change the filter every year or so. The crud in municipal water lines could gag a horse. When I was in college I worked summers as a laborer for an underground construction company. Much of our work was replacing old water mains. The crud we found inside those pipes made me swear off tap water. Today I have a whole house filter as well as a filter on our kitchen faucet. I still don’t like to drink the water coming from our tap."


I just saw a 1/2 inch FPT T strainer when I was on Yahoo, I wonder if these come in steel or iron and I could thread one of these onto the supply valve nipples?