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How to Replace a Faucet - Home 101

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How to Replace a Faucet - Home 101

Lowe's Home 101 experts, Joel and Courtney, demonstrate how to remove and install a new kitchen faucet. If your current kitchen faucet is dripping, you might be in need of a new faucet. Before starting, see how many holes are in your sink to find a faucet that will fit correctly. The tools needed for this project include a new faucet, basin wrench, pliers, supply lines, plumbers putty, putty knife, plumbers tape and a small bucket. As you begin, make sure that all water is shut off. Unscrew and remove the supply lines. Remove the old faucet with a basin wrench and other hardware. Lift the faucet out. Insert the new faucet, soap container and sprayer. Tighten with appropriate hardware and tools and use any plumbers putty or caulk to prevent water leaks. Now your kitchen sink should look brand new. For more helpful Home 101 videos, visit www.Lowes.com Subscribe to Lowe's YouTube for great how to videos and home improvement tips: www.youtube.com Or head to our channel: www.youtube.com

How to Replace a Faucet - Home 101

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Upgrading a bathroom is one of the more popular home improvement projects. Handling the plumbing for draining your shower can be exceedingly simple unless you go overboard.

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Whether you are a bathtub or shower person, most people look for shower only options when buying a home. This simple fact means more than a few homeowners spend a weekend upgrading or installing showers in their bathrooms. Fortunately for you, it is a fairly simple process.

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Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

A collector or pan refers to the horizontal surface located at the bottom of the shower. The collector typically consists of a non-slip surface slightly banked towards the center or wherever the drain is located. Combined with three to four inch walls around the side, the goal of your shower drainage plumbing is to get the water to flow to and down the drain.

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

You can physically build a collector for your new shower, but you really need to think about it. Do you really want to get into the complications of getting the sloping correct, not to mention making sure every aspect of it is waterproof? And I mean every aspect! It is much easier to simply buy a pre-cast collector online or at your local Lowes, Home Depot or hardware store. Building one might sound like a great idea, but you will probably feel differently after a couple of hours.

Regardless of how you go about getting a pan, you should make every effort to use one that has the drain located in the same spot as the original pan. Moving the drain pipes can be a task, particularly if the builder used a unique framing structure. If you are determined to move the drain, you are going to have to cut back the pipe or lengthen it, which may mean ripping up large chunks of the floor. Put another way, you are going to be looking at a multiple weekend project.

Assuming we have our drain lined up, the actual hook up is fairly simple. The drainage pipe should be facing vertical up to the collector. It will often look like a "U", which means it acts as a cleanout to keep nasty smells from coming back up from the drain. To connect the drain, you are going to create a water tight connection between a drain cap on the top of the pan and the drainage pipe. Systems vary, but you are typically going to do this by putting a coupling piece on the top of the drainage pipe. This is then covered with gaskets and literally screwed into the drain cap. The drain cap should act as a locknut, to wit, it screws directly onto the coupling.

The tricky part of this process is getting your drain cap to fit into a watertight position in the pan. This is accomplished by backing off the drain cap once you are sure everything fits together. At that point, you put plumbers putty around the underside of the cap and then screw it back on. The putty should form a tight seal between the cap and the shower pan, which keeps water from trickling under it and into the framing under the shower.

Obviously, bathroom showers come in a wide variety of styles these days. If you purchase a collector, they almost always come with plumbing instructions or the store can note anything unusual you should know. It sounds complex, but is typically pretty straight forward. Have fun!

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

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www.plumberx.comHello this is PlumberX. People always ask me what gave you the idea and what made you create these how to plumbing videos? Coming up with the idea was easy. After many years as a plumber and servicing customers at there home I've seen a lot of people in tuff situations, people that could not afford a plumber, people that didn't have time to wait for a plumber to come to there home and make repairs, hearing horror stories of Plumbers that have rip off costumers and gave bad service, to me this was a loud cry for help. One story come to mind; A friend of mine calls me and ask, PlumberX could you do me a favor and help this older lady that I know, and go by and look at her Plumbing, she needs plumbing work really bad but she's to scared to call a plumber because of the cost, and she know that if I send you over there to check out the plumbing she can trust me as a friend recommending you, sure I said I could do that. The next day came and I went to the older lady's home she came to the door with a pleasant smile very humble. I could see it in her eye's she didn't have to say a word ( What is this going to cost ) she was very polite and courteous. Sir would you like some thing to drink and I do appreciate you coming to check out my plumbing on such short notice. No problem mam, lets see what's going on here with your plumbing. This way Sir in the kitchen. As I walk through the home I saw in the corner of my eye younger children around 3, 5 and 6 years of age ...

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Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

Once you decide to change out cabinet hardware you might find the style you pick won't look that great if you try and replace the knobs in the same spots that the old ones were in. Well what to do? You certainly don't want to go back to the same boring old hardware. Instead you need a better understanding of your options for where to place knobs on a cabinet.

Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

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Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

The most obvious place to put a knob will be on a side opposite a hinge. The leverage allows you to open the door with almost no effort. This is great for those that might have a disability limiting their grip strength. The only exception to this rule is if you have roll out bottom cabinets, you know, the giant drawer types. Those you'll want to install the knobs centered on the cabinet to keep it from binding up on either side.

Well that gives you a rough idea of where to put the knobs but you probably need something a little bit more exact. Unfortunately there's no magic formula for where to place knobs on a cabinet. It's all going to come down to how the cabinets are designed and the size and shape of them and your kitchen.

There's a trick you can use to figure out where to place the knobs without just randomly drilling a bunch of holes into the cabinet face and hoping for the best. Head out to the hardware store and pick up a small tub of plumber's putty. Plumbers putty is a non-hardening compound that's slightly tacky. You can pull off little dollops of it then use it to just stick the knobs to the cabinet.

Here's what you'll do.

Open up the tub of Plumber's putty.

Pinch off a piece of putty about the size of the tip of your thumb.

Roll it into a ball.

Take the cabinet hardware and press the putty onto the back of it. Now you can just stick the knob onto the cabinet face wherever you think it will look right. Repeat this for a couple of the doors so you can get an overall feel for how the knobs will look sitting in a row. You can reposition the knobs just by popping them off the cabinet face and sticking them back on in a new spot.

Once you've figured out the right look for the cabinet you'll need to measure the knob offsets from the bottom and side edge of the cabinets. You can then use those measurements as a template for knob placement. Mark the offsets on each of the cabinets and double check to make sure they aren't slanting up or down.

The last thing to do is attach the hardware. Just drill the holes in the cabinet and slide a bolt through the hole and tighten the knobs down onto it. It's all a pretty simple job. Where to place knobs on a cabinet is a completely personal choice. You'll know what looks right once you get the knobs in position.

Where to Place Knobs on a Cabinet

How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

If you are considering upgrading your bathroom and kitchen sink faucets, you have come to the right place. The following explanation will make your task much easier and will save your time as well.

How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

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How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

However, before we start, make sure that you have following materials ready with you.

- New faucet assembly

- Basin wrench

- Adjustable wrenches

- Slip-joint pliers

- Scouring pad

Now follow these simple steps. (Assuming that you are replacing the old two-handled faucet with the more modern single-handled type)

Replacing Kitchen Sink Faucets
1. Before you start, go at the shut-off valves under the sink, and turn off the water.

2. Open the faucet so that it could drain any excess water.

3. The next step is to disconnect the hot and cold water supply lines from the shutoff valves. You can use a small adjustable-wrench to do this.

4. Reach up behind the faucet. You will find the coupling nuts that connect the supply tubes to the faucet. Unscrew the same using a basin wrench.

5. Behind the faucet, you will also find mounting nuts that hold the faucet in place. Remove these nuts using the same basin wrench.

6. Now that you have disconnected the mounting nuts, you can lift out the old faucet. Lifting it out, disconnect the sprayer hose from the assembly using an adjustable wrench.

7. Lift out the sprayer hose, and remove the faucet.

8. Once you have removed the faucet, clean the surface of the sink thoroughly with a scouring pad.

9. Remove the escutcheon cap and replace the same with the one that is included with your new faucet.

10. Now you are ready to make the new connection. Bring your new sprayer hose, and slip it down through the sprayer hole.

11. Feed the sprayer hose up through the center faucet hole, and connect the hose through the sprayer nipple using an adjustable wrench.

12. If the hot and cold supply tubes of the new faucet have a different length, attach flexible connectors to the fittings on the supply tubes. Hold the faucet fitting stationary with one wrench and tighten each connection with another wrench.

13. Insert and feed the supply lines and the connectors into the center hole, and then seat the faucet.

14. Now crawl up under the sink and in order to hold the faucet in place, install a washer and nut to the end bolts.

15. First, tighten the nuts by hand, and then with a basin wrench.

16. Connect the supply lines to the shutoff valves, and turn the water on.

17. Turn on the faucet and check for leaks.

Replacing Bathroom Sink Faucets
1. Go underneath the sink. Turn off the water. Loosen the collar nuts on the drainpipe.

2. Drain any excessive water, and then remove the drainpipe.

3. Loosen the nuts that hold the pop-up assembly in place under the sink using slip-joint pliers.

4. Unscrew the pop-up flange in order to free the assembly underneath the sink.

5. Remove the fittings that join the supply lines of the old faucet to the shutoff valves, using a wrench.

6. Repeat the steps 4-15 as explained above for replacing kitchen faucet.

7. Now, you have to install the pop-up assembly.

8. Push the pop-up rod down through the body of the faucet.

9. Attach the flat bar.

10. At the bottom of the new flange, use a little plumber's putty to hold the tailpiece so that the whole assembly protrudes up through the drain hole in the sink.

11. Spin the ring to position the same with the tailpiece under the sink.

12. In order to secure pop-up housing in place, tighten the nut on top of the tailpiece.

13. Hook up the pop-up lever onto the flat bar in order to secure it to the pop-up housing.

14. Drop the stopper into the drain hole.

15. Replace the drainpipe.

16. Tighten the collar nuts.

17. Turn on the faucet and check for leaks.

Hence, replacing a kitchen and a bathroom faucet is almost similar except for the work related to the pop-up assembly that is included with the bathroom sink.

How Plumbers Replace Bathroom and Kitchen Sink Faucets

Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

When you own a home the most important lesson is to know the exact time to throw in the towel or plunger and ask for a professional aid. But it doesn't mean that you are ignorant or stupid, it only means that when you have to give up you know it. You act as a smart person who knows the exact time of giving up and do not kill yourself in trying to do it over and over. It is a last resort for most of the people and several times it must be like that. Usually plumbers are overpriced and for the travel time as well as many other hidden fees you have to pay. So before calling a plumber please make sure you absolutely need him. For a project if you have to call the plumber still there are few things that ypu may do in order to save some of your cash.

Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

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Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

COMPARE PLUMBERS:

For the customer satisfaction the best method of selecting the best plumber is to select a plumber who is well reputed. Just check if they have some references when you call. You can ask your family and friends if they know someone and whether they were satisfied with that plumber because satisfaction is a vital thing. At first you might spend more but for one visit you will only pay as opposed to many.

PUT PLUMBING NEEDS TO A MINIMUM:

Perfect way to avoid spending a lot of money for a plumber is by not calling him. Most people call a plumber either for the drain backups or other drain problems, this is the main reason. Generally these things can be corrected much more inexpensively than calling a plumber for this.

The most recurring problem with drains are the grease clogs. You can correct this by doing a trial and error with many things that are in your house to see which one works best for your drain. For most of the people what works is to pour daily some hot water and vinegar in the drain and let it set for say 20 minutes then pursue it with some boiling water and it will clear up normally. On the clog pour the vinegar and water slowly to get a better result.

BUY YOUR OWN FIXTURES:

You can buy in advance stuffs like sinks and toilets tat you will require to install from highest DIY tools. The plumbers will try their best to sell whatever they have with them. The materials that the plumbers have are way overpriced as they generally mark up the cost. If you buy these in advance then a lot of money will be saved. But you can check in advance along with the plumber to find out the best brands to reduce any type of later confusion. There are some products that are cheaply made and most of the plumbers do not prefer working with those products. If you discuss this in advance with your plumber then you can surely buy the best product.

Things To Know Before Calling The Plumber

Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

Repairing a leaky drain basket is actually more complicated than repairing sink pipes. Usually, the most common cause of the plumbing leakage is a loose pipe connection. This problem can be easily overcome by tightening the nut that holds the pipe joints together or by winding up a plumber's tape around the connection. Below is a step-by-step instruction on how to fix sink leaks.

Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

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Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

1. Detach the nuts which connect the sink plumbing with the basket strainer using a pair of slip joint pliers. Also detach the nuts which connect the trap and the pipe leading to the house drain. Remove the basket and the trap from the sink plumbing for getting clearer sight.

2. Detach the cardboard washer and rubber washer from the basket by loosening the large nut which secures the washers.

3. Use a rubber mallet or other hard but non destructive tool to remove the plumber's putty which seals the sink basket and the sink together. Scrape of the remaining putty residue around the sink hole with a putty knife.

4. Once the drain basket flange has been removed, you should check it thoroughly for rust or other damages. In most cases, leakages are caused by the water flowing out of the cracks in the plumber's putty seal. If this is the cause of the problem, simply put the drain basket back to its place and seal the parts properly with the putty. On the other hand, if the flange is already rusted, cracked, or damaged, replace it with a new one then repeat the same procedure to install the parts back properly.

5. To strengthen the connection of the sink drain, apply a thin rope of plumber's putty beneath the drain basket flange. For PVC pipes, this method is sufficient enough for preventing further leakages. However, if your sink drain uses metal pipes, plumber's tape applied onto the drain connection will help to strengthen the joints.

6. Place the drain basket back into its proper place. For safe installation, you can ask a family member to hold the sink in place while you attach the plumbing. Don't forget to put back the cardboard washer and rubber washer that you removed previously. If you use new drain basket to replace the damaged one, use the new rubber washer that comes with it.

7. Place back all the nuts to their original positions and make sure all of them are installed tightly and correctly. Before cleaning up, make sure there are no more leakages in the sink drain basket or pipe connection.

Sink Drain Repair - How to Fix A Leaky Sink Drain Basket

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Upgrading a bathroom is one of the more popular home improvement projects. Handling the plumbing for draining your shower can be exceedingly simple unless you go overboard.

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

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Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

Whether you are a bathtub or shower person, most people look for shower only options when buying a home. This simple fact means more than a few homeowners spend a weekend upgrading or installing showers in their bathrooms. Fortunately for you, it is a fairly simple process.

A collector or pan refers to the horizontal surface located at the bottom of the shower. The collector typically consists of a non-slip surface slightly banked towards the center or wherever the drain is located. Combined with three to four inch walls around the side, the goal of your shower drainage plumbing is to get the water to flow to and down the drain.

You can physically build a collector for your new shower, but you really need to think about it. Do you really want to get into the complications of getting the sloping correct, not to mention making sure every aspect of it is waterproof? And I mean every aspect! It is much easier to simply buy a pre-cast collector online or at your local Lowes, Home Depot or hardware store. Building one might sound like a great idea, but you will probably feel differently after a couple of hours.

Regardless of how you go about getting a pan, you should make every effort to use one that has the drain located in the same spot as the original pan. Moving the drain pipes can be a task, particularly if the builder used a unique framing structure. If you are determined to move the drain, you are going to have to cut back the pipe or lengthen it, which may mean ripping up large chunks of the floor. Put another way, you are going to be looking at a multiple weekend project.

Assuming we have our drain lined up, the actual hook up is fairly simple. The drainage pipe should be facing vertical up to the collector. It will often look like a "U", which means it acts as a cleanout to keep nasty smells from coming back up from the drain. To connect the drain, you are going to create a water tight connection between a drain cap on the top of the pan and the drainage pipe. Systems vary, but you are typically going to do this by putting a coupling piece on the top of the drainage pipe. This is then covered with gaskets and literally screwed into the drain cap. The drain cap should act as a locknut, to wit, it screws directly onto the coupling.

The tricky part of this process is getting your drain cap to fit into a watertight position in the pan. This is accomplished by backing off the drain cap once you are sure everything fits together. At that point, you put plumbers putty around the underside of the cap and then screw it back on. The putty should form a tight seal between the cap and the shower pan, which keeps water from trickling under it and into the framing under the shower.

Obviously, bathroom showers come in a wide variety of styles these days. If you purchase a collector, they almost always come with plumbing instructions or the store can note anything unusual you should know. It sounds complex, but is typically pretty straight forward. Have fun!

Handling Your Own Shower Drain Installation Project

How to Replace a Sink Strainer

If you notice a leak around a sink drain hole, you may be able to fix it by simply loosening the strainer from underneath and applying fresh plumber's putty under the lip. Often, however, the strainer itself is corroded--it may break apart as you pry it up. Replacement is simple and inexpensive.

How to Replace a Sink Strainer

How to Replace a Sink Strainer

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How to Replace a Sink Strainer

How to Replace a Sink Strainer

There are two kinds of basketball 8: one secured by a lock nut, and the other held by a plastic retainer and three screws. The lock-nut type is generally used for stainless-steel sinks because the lock nut tightens against the sink without bending the metal sinks.

To remove an old strainer, first detach the tailpiece. Then remove the lock nut or detach the retainer screws and pry the old strainer out.

When installing a lock-nut, seal the strainer firstopening. Turn off the water supply. Remove all old putty from around the drain opening in the sink and dry it out completely. Apply a 1/8-inch bead of plumber's putty to the flanges of the opening and place the strainer body through the opening, pressing down firmly so that the putty spreads evenly.

To secure the strainer, place the rubber washer and the metal washer onto the strainer body. Then screw on the lock nut finger-tight to hold the strainer while you work underneath the sink. Place the handles of pliers into the crosspieces of the strainer and slide a screwdriver between the handles. Hold onto the screwdriver with one hand to immobilize the strainer while you tighten the lock nut.

Tightening the lock nut comes next. Tighten the strainerseveral turns more, using a 14-inch pipe wrench or a hammer and wood dowel. Brace the dowel against one of the grooves of the lock nut and tap it with the hammer. Do not over tighten the lock nut because you may distort the metal parts or crack the ceramic.

If the tailpiece is worn or corroded, replace it. Otherwise, fit the strainer sleeve over the existing one, and secure it by tightening the coupling. Then tighten the trap coupling. Wipe away excess putty with a soft cloth. Turn on the water and check to be sure there are no several.

How to Replace a Sink Strainer

PLUMBERS PUTTY

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE! DunbarPlumbing.com OR OUR PLUMBING FORUM! DunbarPlumbingForums.com NORTHERN KENTUCKY PLUMBERS The video shows firsthand how plumbers putty can break down over a short period of time and causes leaks at connecions that need to stay waterproof. Putty can also cause problems with synthetic marble or granite, plastic or composite whereby the ILO basis of plumbers putty can slowly leach into the sink's surface and causes issues with staining or material breakdown. Often, plumbers will recommend a "new" type of plumbers putty that is not damaging to the above type of sinks. Too often with both products, the material hardens over a short time and does not perform the function that the product should provide, at least as long as the disposal/strainer or any other type ofinstallation is involved. For some areas across the nation and the globe, plumbers putty is a code requirement. Proper amounts of putty when used is crucial, most times issues arise from using too much putty which can cause leaks over time. We welcome any questions or opinions on this video, we are sure that people will argue the benefits of putty as it is a hotly debated topic on plumbing forums across the internet. Dunbar Plumbing for a number of years used plumbers putty but the reasonable choice these days for reliability is silicone sealant. A product that aging along quite well and is resistant to water simply by it's chemical makeup. Contact Dunbar Plumbing @ 859-359-4833 to schedule ...

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