Sundays are days LOML and I do stuff together. We decided that we would cruise Lowes for some house plants. Sounds relaxing right? Wrong.
While walking through the store as we normally do just checkin' new stuff out, she sidestepped me to the kitchen sink section for a looksee. She fell in love with a sink and faucet and I thought she would jump up and down and scream if we didn't get them. I hate that when she does that in public. Anyway, we picked out this sink, and this faucet. By the time we checked out it came to a bit over $500, and we never got to the plants.
So, Monday morning I get to out the old sink and put in the new. I gotta say, I hate plumbing more than anything else, even hanging exterior doors. I have a few gripes about the products. For that kind of money, the instructions for the faucet were not that clear. The way the diagrams were drawn it was hard to tell which washer and which "O" ring went where. I've always assembled all I could on sinks before dropping them in as that's the easiest way.
The clips for the sink were not the rigid type that you could just hook on anywhere and/or slide them to where you need them. Instead, there were little slots that the clip pushes up and locks into. They are somewhat flexible like springy, that you can only get so tight. The screw part drives into a plastic sheath and is very hard to turn. So, laying on your back, trying to keep the clip from swinging around is difficult. I wound up holding the clip with a long needle nose in one hand and a long magnetic phillips in the other hand.
When I got to the disposal and drain hook-ups, nothing would line up as the drains are in the rear of the sink and the bowls are 9.5" deep, much lower than our other double stainless sink. I have gobs of PVC drain fittings and after playing around with possible configurations got it all hooked up.
Then to the water supply lines. The new faucet has a longer hot feed than the cold one, and that one just connected from using the old flex one. The cold was shorter, so I had to run out to the store to pick up one. So, the big test...turn on the water and check for leaks. *&%*#@*&%
. Yeah, you guessed it, a drip. Not one of those that an extra 1/4 turn stops. I did the extra 1/4 turn several times with no luck. So, I run out again for a new supply line. Back to the test. Hooray...no leaks.
I must say LOML loves the new setup. She's thrilled, and I got a few brownie points. So, next time you go shopping with your other half for plants, go directly to the outdoor plant section from the parking lot.
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While walking through the store as we normally do just checkin' new stuff out, she sidestepped me to the kitchen sink section for a looksee. She fell in love with a sink and faucet and I thought she would jump up and down and scream if we didn't get them. I hate that when she does that in public. Anyway, we picked out this sink, and this faucet. By the time we checked out it came to a bit over $500, and we never got to the plants.
So, Monday morning I get to out the old sink and put in the new. I gotta say, I hate plumbing more than anything else, even hanging exterior doors. I have a few gripes about the products. For that kind of money, the instructions for the faucet were not that clear. The way the diagrams were drawn it was hard to tell which washer and which "O" ring went where. I've always assembled all I could on sinks before dropping them in as that's the easiest way.
The clips for the sink were not the rigid type that you could just hook on anywhere and/or slide them to where you need them. Instead, there were little slots that the clip pushes up and locks into. They are somewhat flexible like springy, that you can only get so tight. The screw part drives into a plastic sheath and is very hard to turn. So, laying on your back, trying to keep the clip from swinging around is difficult. I wound up holding the clip with a long needle nose in one hand and a long magnetic phillips in the other hand.
When I got to the disposal and drain hook-ups, nothing would line up as the drains are in the rear of the sink and the bowls are 9.5" deep, much lower than our other double stainless sink. I have gobs of PVC drain fittings and after playing around with possible configurations got it all hooked up.
Then to the water supply lines. The new faucet has a longer hot feed than the cold one, and that one just connected from using the old flex one. The cold was shorter, so I had to run out to the store to pick up one. So, the big test...turn on the water and check for leaks. *&%*#@*&%
. Yeah, you guessed it, a drip. Not one of those that an extra 1/4 turn stops. I did the extra 1/4 turn several times with no luck. So, I run out again for a new supply line. Back to the test. Hooray...no leaks.I must say LOML loves the new setup. She's thrilled, and I got a few brownie points. So, next time you go shopping with your other half for plants, go directly to the outdoor plant section from the parking lot.
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Once the shopping gene is activated all bets are off 
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