Kashering for pesach faucet

ruby slippers

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 9:51 am

I just can't call my rabbi again..
If I read anymore pesach books I will fall apart.
How do you kasher the faucet where the water comes out from?

ladYdI

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 10:04 am

Clean it well and then pour boiling hot water over it. Our minhag is to also cover it. You can do that with silver foil or a baby sock with a rubberband

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 10:14 am

I have separate aerators (the round bottom piece that screws onto the faucet handle) for Pesach, so that I don't have to put a sock over the faucet. We pour boiling water over the faucet, and then I change the aerator.

sky

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 10:28 am

Don’t use hot water 24 hours
Remote aerator

Turn boiler to highest.
Run water through faucet on hot until faucet gets hot.
(We then move faucet so hottest water hits as much of sink as possible - we line the sink. )
New aerator
Cover faucet with foil

Remember to lower boiler.

ra_mom

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 11:53 am

Don't use for hot chometz for 24 hours (we try not to use it at all to simplify things).
If you have a kashering kit, hold the hot stone with the gripper over the faucet and pour boiling water over it.
If fully kashered stainless, doesn't need to be covered.

saltandvinegar

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 12:08 pm

my sink doesnt have an aerator... is that an expensive piece or I can pick it up at hardware store?

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 12:13 pm

sky wrote:

Remove?

Interesting idea, gonna tell DH about turning up the boiler and then lowering.....

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 12:14 pm

lemondrop wrote:

my sink doesnt have an aerator... is that an expensive piece or I can pick it up at hardware store?

inexpensive, but you want to make sure you get the size that fits onto your faucet.

I got the exact ones for my sink, same company...they were less than $10.

amother

Jetblack

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:01 pm

You have hot chametz pouring out of your faucet?

amother

Mistyrose

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:04 pm

We just clean, pour bit bleach then boiling water over it. We don't cover.

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:08 pm

Yeah, I think DH also pours some bleach down the drain, to be mevatel any chometz down there.

sky

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:28 pm

amother [ Jetblack ] wrote:

You have hot chametz pouring out of your faucet?

Steam from pots hits faucet all the time.

amother

Jetblack

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:38 pm

sky wrote:

Steam from pots hits faucet all the time.

But by definition, it's steam from a pot that's no longer on the flame.

ruby slippers

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 1:51 pm

Holy cow- so many different answers . I am gonna ask my LOR....

amother

Orchid

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 3:07 pm

If you go by the Star-K they put out a video that explains and shows how to kasher a kitchen. It includes a demo of kashering a sink. Btw, they say you do not need to do anything for the part of the faucet where the water comes out. I guess that is the spout? Not sure if that's what you are talking about. You can look it up on their website or look on Baltimore Jewish Life. It was very helpful and not overwhelming.

amother

Sapphire

Mon, Apr 06 2020, 5:58 pm

amother [ Orchid ] wrote:

Thank you!!!!!!!!!