This HouseCall request takes Ron to a Tacoma neighborhood where the mountains tumble into the sea. Jeff and Anne McKay live in a beautiful Spanish style home in on the shores of Puget Sound. Although Anne loves her spacious kitchen, she has struggled to put up with a sink that she thought was unattractive and leaky not to mention connected with the disposal on the wrong side. When she heard that Ron was coming to town, she hoped he could help her make the long awaited change.
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1. Remove old sink:
- The first step in removing the old sink was to turn off the water at the shut off valves located underneath.
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- Ron used a large pot to collect any water remaining in the lines as they were disconnected.
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- Ron showed them how to loosen the nut right on the valve with adjustable wrench and then disconnect the drain line.
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- Some of the plastic nuts could be loosened by hand but others were more stubborn. For the harder ones, Ron recommended adjustable multi-groove pliers, which opened wide enough to grip the large nut.
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- They carefully removed the "U" shaped piece of pipe, known as the P trap, which is always full of wastewater. This water provides a seal that keeps the sewer gases from coming up through the sink.
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- Ron made sure that the power was turned off, and then carefully disconnected the wiring for the garbage disposal, which they would reconnect to the other side when they install the new sink. To remove the disposal, Anne inserted a screwdriver through an ear on the retaining ring, she gave the ring a quarter turn and it easily came off.
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- Finally, Ron unscrewed the metal clips that attached the sink to the countertop and they were able to easily lift out the old sink.
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2. Attach faucet:
- The new sink was cast iron with a porcelain top coating.
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- The first thing they needed to do was attach the new faucet. They decided which hole to locate the faucet through and then placed the rubber gasket around the opening.
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- They positioned the faucet's base plate over the gasket.
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- Ron had Anne drop the single lever faucet right down through the hole.
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- Jeff secured the faucet from the underside of the sink using first spacers and then nuts. They used a the black plastic socket wrench made just for this purpose that came packaged with the new faucet.
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- Jeff slipped the air gap device into the remaining hole. This device is designed to prevent dirty sink water from siphoning into the dishwasher.
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- Next, Jeff took the wand to the faucet and threaded the end of the hose right down through the portion of the faucet already attached to the sink.
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- When the water hose came through from underneath, Anne screwed it onto a fitting that was attached to the underside of the faucet.
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