One of the most difficult steps in the install of the new faucet was loosening the supply lines that feed the water to the faucet.  Not because it’s a hard concept - in fact, it’s very easy (unless you don’t know about righty-tighty/lefty-loosey). It’s the most difficult because you put your hands in a very odd angle and have to loosen things that Thor himself tightened.

Your mileage may vary, but I had a really difficult time getting these dudes loosened.

We have a top-mount faucet, so we had to loosen the nuts from underneath the sink.  This whole process could have been made a lot easier if I had a basin wrench, but alas, I did not. Here’s what the bottom of the sink looked like from my perspective on my back:

Like I said, your mileage may vary, but I had a tough time getting everything loose (and subsequently an even harder time getting everything tightened again).

Once you have the supply lines removed, you’re free to remove the faucet from the top of the sink.  It should now look like this (from the bottom):

We’re now ready to proceed to the next step, preparing the surface area of your sink for the installation.

This is the third post in a series about installing a new faucet. If you happened upon this post through a search engine and would like to read from the beginning, please click here.

I briefly thought about titling this post “How a broken spray nozzle turned into a $100+ repair,” but went for something a little less verbose instead.  Hence, “installing a new faucet” - the latest how-to series on Fix It Up.

It all started when I was doing dishes one evening. I was reaching for the spray nozzle when the handle popped off.  So my wife and I made the executive decision to scrap the faucet and just install a new one.  We had our reasons, but the main one was that it felt really cheap - it was constructed with some fake chrome plasticky substance (probably a “space-age” polymer or something - I don’t know).

At any rate, we scoped out a few deals on Pricegrabber and eventually settled on a Peerless faucet.

The posts in this series will deal with the following:

1. Removal of the old faucet
2. Preparing the surface area for the installation
3. Installing the faucet
4. Securing the water lines
5. Finishing touches

Enjoy!