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woes replacing kitchen faucet
Yahoo Message Number: 23235
First off, I got permission to replace the kitchen faucet from the boss.  The premise being, this would be a trial of what we might put in our kitchen at home. :-)  I got the $59 model from Home Depot on sale for $52.
I'll most likely get the temperature memory model for home.
What a pain in the rear it has been so far.  I couldn't believe how difficult it has been removing the old one.  I guess that's the price you pay when something is put together well.  There wouldn't be a chance in heck, that thing would ever leak a drop of water.  There was so much caulking/glue under the base, I thought I was going to bend the stainless steel sink when I was trying to break the seal.  Okay, so I get it off, after destroying the old faucet.  No turning back now.  Cleaned off all the gunk and so forth.  Start to install the new one, and now I see I can't.
The plywood that the sink sits on does not have the clearance for the hold down screw and washers.  So, there I am looking at my sink, thinking how am I going to remove wood with out removing the sink.  I can't imagine what a pain that would be.  Right before I was going to start drilling a dozen small holes in a radial pattern from underneath, and chipping away the rest, it came to me.  Why I didn't think of this first, was beyond me.  Use one of those bits used for cutting holes in doors for dead bolts and such.  So, in a few minutes here, I'm off to Home Depot to get a 1.25" bit.  Hopefully, I can complete the installation tonight or at least this week.
Oh, I also wanted to mention, it was very obvious to me that LD puts the faucet on the sink prior to installing the sink.  I don't think there was even enough clearance to get the hold down nuts off the old one.  I ended up having to break the threaded porting the goes through the sink off.

I haven't ordered my Nature Pure filter yet, but I will in the next few days.  I didn't want to do both projects at the same time.  I wanted to keep this project simple, but so far, it's been anything but.  So, have others encountered similar problems?  It seems everyone else did this without issues.

Thanks, -Victor
Re: woes replacing kitchen faucet
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Yahoo Message Number: 23237
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few days.  I didn't want to do both projects at the same time.  I
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keep this project simple, but so far, it's been anything but.  So, have others encountered similar problems?  It seems everyone else did
It sounds like you are having more problems than I did  which was long enough ago that my memory won't be of much help. It seems to me though that you might have an easier time adding a wood shim under the faucet to bring the mounting hardware to the same level as the underside of the countertop. Drill holes in a piece of wood of the right thickness for the three faucet extensions to clear, trim the wood edges to fit next to the countertop edge, then install. Add some big fender washers under the mounting nuts for stability if necessary.

The biggest problem I remember facing was finding the plumbing adapters I needed too connect the lines. You might not have that issue.

Steve
2004 FL
2013 Honda Fit
Re: woes replacing kitchen faucet
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 23312
Victor,

I didn't have any of the problems you're encountering with your faucet change. Mine did have some sealant on the bottom of the original faucet but mainly around the hot and cold water connectors that went through the sink and counter and held the faucet in place.
There was one strip of sealant down the middle of the underside of the faucet between the faucet and sink and then around the water connectors/mounting. It was less than a year old and it came off very easily.
 The mounting system on the Glacier Bay pullout faucet I used had more than sufficient length to hold it in place and the threads on it go right up to the bottom of the faucet so it was no problem at all. I was able to do the entire job of replacing the faucet, install the Nature Pure filter, and install the soap dispenser in only a couple hours. The biggest problem was getting the new fittings installed in the tight space under the sink and hooking the supply lines up to them. The rest was a breeze!

I hope the rest of your job is easier for you!

Mike R.
 
woes replacing kitchen faucet
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Yahoo Message Number: 23242
I had a p"professional" change out a leaky kitchen faucit for me.  He made the mistake of giving me a firm price before he started.  Well, let's just say he didn't make anything on that job.  He spent an entire day getting the job done!   Not to worry, though, he got his money back on other jobs I had him do.

Allen