Scratch another pair of jobs off the “honey do” list! For a month or two, the kitchen and main floor bathroom faucets have been needing some TLC. Today, Ian and I rode our bikes down to Home Depot and picked up some new ones.
The kitchen faucet had a slow, persistent drip. I’d taken it apart and cleaned the internals, but that didn’t really solve anything.
I wanted to just replace worn parts, but at Home Depot, I couldn’t find replacement parts or washers, so I chose to upgrade. Tammy’s been missing having a rinsing wand with the kitchen sink ever since we moved out of the townhouse in Prince George. So I chose a model with one that I figured would fit. It really wasn’t that hard to replace.
The bathroom faucet, on the other hand, was a pain. The cold tap had developed an annoying habit of not shutting off all the way and then making a high-pitched whine as it leaked. But that was just part of the problem. The other part was that the sink wasn’t really installed well. It was slightly wobbly: I’d known that for a long time, but this was an opportunity to fix it.
I took the whole thing apart, finding that except for some gravity anchors on the wall, it was only attached by caulk. 🤦♂️
A lot of time on my back and patience from Tammy later, the sink is now anchored to the wall and the faucet is ready to go. There still is a hairline crack in the sink, but at least now it’s solidly attached.
A new trade “plummer” ???? looks very good.