Installing the new Bathroom Faucet

Ok. Now its on to the most rewarding part of this segment.  Installing our brand new awesome, beautiful bathroom faucet.  Well it might be that glamorous, but after all the hard work, it might feel that way.  First we clean up the area where our new bathroom faucet will go and make sure our new faucet will fit in the sink with the same amount of holes in the sink as are required for our chosen faucet.

You might want to follow the instructions that came with your new faucet for this step, but I will supply some pointers to make it that much easier.  Your faucet like the drain assembly will most likely come with all the parts you need for it assembled on the faucet already.

Remove the big plastic nuts as they will need to be put back on from under the sink to hold the faucet in place.  Your new faucet will probably come with a plastic washer that surrounds the base of the faucet.  It is probably a good idea to put some silicon sealant or plumbers putty around the base of the faucet.  There are not many leaks than can occur here, but you don't want water getting under the sink through the holes made for the faucet.  Insert the faucet into the sink.  You should be able to leave the faucet laying there while you go back under the sink unless it is very top heavy, but if not you might need some extra hands to hold it in place while you put on the plastic nuts under the sink.

Tighten the plastic nuts under the sink.  You should probably only tighten these by hand unless your instructions say different.  There is no need to make this too tight.

Next connect the plastic water hoses under the sink to the copper piping on the new faucet.  You might run into a little problem here.  Your plastic hoses might not reach your new faucet, but don't fret.  You can buy these hoses at any local hardware store.  They look like the picture over to the right.

Tighten the metal nuts from water hoses onto the copper pipes on the faucet.  These need to have a fairly tight seal because there will be constant water pressure going through these hoses once you turn the water back on.  One thing to note here is that you should not bend (increase resistance) on the plastic water hoses any more than is required.  For instance, cut the plastic hoses to the proper length rather than bending them to fit to the faucets copper pipes.  To much bending of these hoses could cause them to snap out of the copper pipe at the bottom where they connect to the water inlet valves, which will result in a lot of water on the bathroom floor.  This coincidently will result in a very expensive flood repair bill, if you happen to not be at home when they snap out.

Well that should just about do it.  I do have a couple of things to say about installing the drain plug so I will save the last post.  If you have any questions about this part of the installation, please ask in the form of a comment here.  Until next time, you can find a wide assortment of bathroom faucets on our website at TheKitchenFaucet.com