Installing the New Flange

This weekend my wife and I were doing some clean up and repairs around the house and one thing we needed to fix was the basket at the bottom of the kitchen sink. Our old basket was broken in half and seeing as there was almost no possible way to fix it, we had to go out and get a new one :) I guess I could have used some super glue and jerry rigged it back together, but that wouldn't be any fun so we MUST PURCHASE NEW STUFF. Much more fun, right?

So in order to remove your old flange, your going to probably need a couple of pipe wrenches to get around the drain. One to hold the top part and one for the bottom. Another problem you might run into would be holding the the top part of the drain in place with a big screw driver or something. There is a tool used to do this, but normally the two pipe wrenches should do the job.

If your looking up at the sink from underneath, turn the lower piece holding the drain pipe up clockwise until it comes loose. That will remove the drain from the lower pipe drain. Now for the top one. It's pretty easy, just make sure the top of the sink drain isn't moving while you turn the giant nut underneath to get it off.

Before you go ripping it out from under the sink, make a note of where the different pieces are when taking it apart. Believe me, it will save you probably an hour of undoing the new again because you put something on upside down.

We hope this helps with your quest of a clean sink. If you ever need a kitchen faucet, bathroom faucet, or shower head, check out our shop at TheKitchenFaucet.com

Remodeling the Master Bath

This past weekend, my Wife and I decided we wanted to remodel our master bathroom. We painted the walls a nice green color. I "very carefully" replaced the light switch recepticals. I think that was one of the cheapest ways to make a room look new and fresh. You can get nice white light switches for about $.69 at Home Depot, and the cover plates are even cheaper.

The next big conversion is going to be what? You guessed it. Our bathroom faucet. I think this nice satin nickel center faucet from theKitchenFaucet.com will look very nice in our new bathroom. As soon as I have installed the faucet myself, I will post instructions on how to get one of these installed yourself. Not that I don't already know how to install it :), I just want to make sure I get it right and make some documentation before I dive into a posting.

Delta Faucets company is going Green

Recently, one of my favorite manufacturers of kitchen and bathroom faucets has released a new model of faucet that has gone over to the green side of things. Delta has started building there faucets with water conservation and maximizing water efficiency in mind.

The Delta Company is working with the EPA to offer what they call WaterSense. Basically they are making their faucets that operate at 1.5 gallons per minute instead of the standard which is 2.2 gallons per minute. We at TheKitchenFaucet.com love any company who has committed themselves to help clean up the environment, and hopefully we will be caring their product soon. You can read more about Delta's new campaign on there website.