Replacing OEM sink faucet set
Plumbing is not my forte but I can do simple, straightforward stuff. DW wants a new kitchen faucet. I saw this in CW. Has anyone installed one? How'd it go? Teach
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I did mine awhile ago
Oh my gosh another plumbing project, you guys are going to think that these are my most favorite projects, It could not be further from the truth, plumbing is my lest favorite thing to do. Inevitability I have leaks.
The kitchen faucet has been needing attention, the white plastic was faded, the faucet did not turn smoothly, when you turned the water on water would run down the valve, and the valve was not centered.
So out it comes, I did not stop to take pictures of the plumbing mess under the sink, serfice it to say that every fitting available at Home Depot has been used and several different pipe materials.
So now we have a hole in the sink that needs to be filled.
So I go to read the instruction and the only instructions are some pictures, with no written instructions at all. As you can see this is a name brand manufacturer but I gues they think Americans cannot rear any more (Moen).
The first problem is the hole in the sink is to small to except the faucet.
So how to enlarge the hole, well time for some testosterone. I pulled out the die grinder and enlarged the hole.
It left a little bit of a ruff edge, but a file smoothed that out just fine and now a test fit.
I eliminated a number of redundant hoses and connections and clamped the pipes to the wall, it still looks messy, but much better than it did. (sure wish I had taken a before shot)
The hardest part of this project was getting my small body into this large space.
It works and amazingly there were no leaks.
So I must have crawled into this spot a 100 times and made a 100 trips to the tool box to get all the tools to do this job.
I can almost guarantee you that the next project will NOT be plumbing.
I hope this helps.
Oh my gosh another plumbing project, you guys are going to think that these are my most favorite projects, It could not be further from the truth, plumbing is my lest favorite thing to do. Inevitability I have leaks.
The kitchen faucet has been needing attention, the white plastic was faded, the faucet did not turn smoothly, when you turned the water on water would run down the valve, and the valve was not centered.
So out it comes, I did not stop to take pictures of the plumbing mess under the sink, serfice it to say that every fitting available at Home Depot has been used and several different pipe materials.
So now we have a hole in the sink that needs to be filled.
So I go to read the instruction and the only instructions are some pictures, with no written instructions at all. As you can see this is a name brand manufacturer but I gues they think Americans cannot rear any more (Moen).
The first problem is the hole in the sink is to small to except the faucet.
So how to enlarge the hole, well time for some testosterone. I pulled out the die grinder and enlarged the hole.
It left a little bit of a ruff edge, but a file smoothed that out just fine and now a test fit.
I eliminated a number of redundant hoses and connections and clamped the pipes to the wall, it still looks messy, but much better than it did. (sure wish I had taken a before shot)
The hardest part of this project was getting my small body into this large space.
It works and amazingly there were no leaks.
So I must have crawled into this spot a 100 times and made a 100 trips to the tool box to get all the tools to do this job.
I can almost guarantee you that the next project will NOT be plumbing.
I hope this helps.
