Removing the Old Bathroom Faucet

Now that we are finally done with the drain and everything is working properly with no leaks, we can start installing the actual bathroom faucet.  The first thing we want to make sure we do is turn off the water flow valves under the sink.  Turn the valves clockwise until they won't turn anymore, and then test it by trying to turn the water on from the faucet.  If it no workie than we are good to go.

Installing a new faucet while the sink isn't installed yet in the bathroom is much easier than replacing one.  This is just because now we have to get under the sink like we are working under a car.  You will probably want to use a pillow under you because those cabinet corners will really hurt your back otherwise.  There is not to much to this step so if you do it right, you won't be under the sink long.

First you need to disconnect the sink hoses from the copper pipe of the bathroom faucet.  Most plumbers will use a pipe wrench here, but I find its better to use vice grips because you can lock them down to the nuts and free your hands to get up and do something like reading these instructions.  Look in two vice grips as shown in the picture.  Hold one vice grip and turn the other one clockwise.  This should loosen up the nuts.  As you can see in the picture, these might have been glued together because it never came loose.  I turned  it until it twisted the copper pipe until it snapped.  This is ok since this was the old bathroom faucet.

Let the loosened nut fall to the bottom of the sink hoses as we will need them later.  Now the last thing is to disconnect the faucet from the sink.  There should be two nuts clamping the faucet to the sink.  Normally these are directly below the hot and cold knobs.  Turn these clockwise and the faucet should come loose of the sink.

That should be it.  Remove the faucet and clean up the area to install your brand new bathroom faucet.  If you have any questions about this part, feel free to ask a question in the comments section.  Next we will install the  new bathroom faucet.  Until then take a look at our wide variety of bathroom faucets at TheKitchenFaucet.com.