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Posted by Airkings on February 8, 2005, 8:35 pm
I'm looking at replacing an older double sink with a new sink, faucet,
disposal, and fittings. How hard to do this on my own? I'm relatively handy,
but afraid of getting stuck in the middle of the job, and no sink to use!!
(My wife would NOT be happy :)
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Posted by Matt on February 8, 2005, 12:44 pm
It's a DIY job for sure.. but you will probably be going to the
hardware store a few times. Mount the faucet to the new sink before
your install the sink..... make sure to use plenty of plumbers putty on
the faucet, and on the drain escutcheons.
Everything you mentioned comes with instructions... I'd say go for it.
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Posted by on February 8, 2005, 1:10 pm
I to am a bit handy but got stuck with no sink for an afternoon and
eventually had to call a plumber to complete the job. The old dual tub
sink of course came out no problem! New sink fit right into old cut
out, faucet installation was easy, disposal no problem, the problem I
ran into was the drains on the new sink. On the old sink they were in
the middle of the old the sink, the new sink they were offset and to
the back! No matter how many trips to Home Depot I could not get the
correct fittings/angles to line the old pipes up with the new drain
holes.
Anyway plumber came and did it in about 1/2. Luckily I was able to get
a plumber to come the same day.
Felix
Matt wrote:
> It's a DIY job for sure.. but you will probably be going to the
> hardware store a few times. Mount the faucet to the new sink before
> your install the sink..... make sure to use plenty of plumbers putty
on
> the faucet, and on the drain escutcheons.
>
> Everything you mentioned comes with instructions... I'd say go for
it.
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Posted by SteveB on February 8, 2005, 1:05 pm
> I'm looking at replacing an older double sink with a new sink, faucet,
> disposal, and fittings. How hard to do this on my own? I'm relatively
> handy, but afraid of getting stuck in the middle of the job, and no sink
> to use!! (My wife would NOT be happy :)
>
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> x-no-archive: yes
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> Dave
You might want to go to the library and check out one of those how to books
if available. If not, just go to Home Depot and stand there and read
theirs. Some special tools might be needed, but it isn't anything that is
that hard. IMHO, that is. YMMV
Steve
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Posted by xrongor on February 8, 2005, 3:24 pm
its gonna take a day. but if you can read, and unscrew things, you can do
it.
do you already have a disposal there? if not add another day to get the
wiring situation figured out.
randy
> I'm looking at replacing an older double sink with a new sink, faucet,
> disposal, and fittings. How hard to do this on my own? I'm relatively
> handy, but afraid of getting stuck in the middle of the job, and no sink
> to use!! (My wife would NOT be happy :)
>
> --
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> Dave
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