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Originally Posted by Bluewater
Does anyone have trouble with the hot water facuets squeeking when you turn them on? Mine do and it seems it comes from the inside just below the handle. They are not serviceable and no parts are available that I have found. I just wondered if someone may have found a solution.
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It's probably the o-rings on the ceramic discs "squeeking" as they slip inside the faucet cutoff valve. If it "gets to you" and you can't manage to listen any longer, you can remove the faucet, turn it upside down and spray the water inlet port with silicone, operate the faucet handles a few times, leave the faucet upside down for an hour or so to help the silicone flow toward the "innards" of the valves, operate the handles a few more times and then reinstall. All should be better now.
What happens is the faucet o-rings are dry, supposedly lubricated by water with use, but sometimes the o-rings don't "leak" water around themselves and they stay dry causing them to "squeek". The silicone should stop your "squeeks".