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I recently had a little accident at home, when my old faucet in the kitchen (a super old one, with two handles, probably from GDR times) simply fell off… So, I asked myself, how to replace a kitchen faucet, since I haven’t done anything like that before? The metal got rotten, and the water pressure just pushed it out. After all, it took me not more than 2 hours of work (I am sure a specialist would complete the task within just 20-30 minutes), but I did it on my own.
How to replace a kitchen faucet?
So, at first, I thought, hey, if I try to replace the faucet myself, something that I haven’t done before, my main fear was, if I make it even worse and end up having a massive leakage and destroy neighbor’s apartment below. Therefore, I opened TaskRabbit service and checked the prices. Hmmm, 60€ for a 1-hour work. What if it takes more than one hour? That’s a lot of money right there. Therefore, I decided to give it a try and use my existing skills in “handymanship” to replace the faucet.
First, I needed to make sure the water wouldn’t run, when I unscrewed the old broken faucet. I found 2 switchers below the sink that turned off both cold and hot water.
Then, I tried to figure out how I should disassemble the old rotter faucet. Fortunately, the screws were not problematic, and I could actually use my hand to detach 2 pipes from the faucet and then unscrew the faucet itself.
Next, I cleaned the area, as the dirt was all over the place.
Finally, I assembled the new faucet (with 1 handle this time) as it was suggested in an instruction. I have chosen a nice faucet from CECIPA, which is simple, and easy to assemble. It came with all necessary pipes, and screws, so all I needed was just to follow the instructions and connect the pipes to the water supplies. I fastened the pipes well enough (but not too hard, as it could break them), and slowly opened the cold-water supply, let the water run from the faucet and meanwhile checked if there was any leakage. All good. I repeated the same with the hot water and finally it was done!
It was much easier than I thought, and I am sure anyone can do it at home.
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