I just installed my first kitchen faucet! ( I did swallow my pride and accept help from my husband AFTER I spent 2 hours removing the old one, he had a really long day that involved a very important presentation and the last thing he wanted to do was get involved with this!) When he came home I was on my back under the sink clanging away, not your typical "Welcome Home Honey" scene. Ha! I am not going to really write a tutorial on this but will say that YOU CAN DIY this but before we were finished I was wishing that I had a plumber on speed dial! It's all about having the right tools. A basin wrench would have come in handy removing the old bolts because they were in such a tight space, instead I used 2 crescent wrenches. Really the new faucets are not that difficult to install. I YouTubed the installation but it only took him 3 minutes(ha) as opposed to my 4 hours! Here are my before and after pictures.
The Old:
These are the jokers below that require 2 wrenches to remove. They attach to the water supply.
The New One!!! Yay!!!!!!
We went with a Delta model because the pull down sprayer has a magnet that keeps it attached to the body and I have seen some that over time may not continue to say up in the spout .
Not sure what happened here but I wanted to show you the bottom of the sprayer. It has two settings that you will see below.
I must say that this project gave me a great sense of accomplishment but I am not so sure I would repeat it. It might have been easier to have replaced the sink at the same time! Anyway I am lovin it!
