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Installed a new kitchen sink and tap. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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I'm going to change the countertops soon so I wasn't super concientious about the caulking job.

I was a little pissy about the fact that the hold downs seem like they were designed by morons that don't understand Newtons 3rd law, because when you tighten them, they just rotate until they're hard against the sink wall. And the tap still uses a nut that needs a huge basin wrench instead of what I've seen on other taps like a nut that tightens by hand and then you just use a Philips screwdriver to tighten a couple machine screws that finish the job.

Ah well, it's in and I get to do it all over again when I order countertops.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This guy fucks.

Nope. I had to build some shimming because the counter isn't flat anymore (hence new countertops), and then do some weird shit with the trap because it's almost, but not quite, right under the drain on this single basin. Old one was fine for double basin with drains on each side. New drain does a back and under to get around.

What I wish they would give you is some sort of turnbuckle clamp you can screw to the side of the cabinets before dropping them in, and then just hook them down. Those pushscrew things never work right.

For the record, Sharkbite shutoffs rock.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For the record, Sharkbite shutoffs rock.

I feel like those are a great solution for temporarily capping off a pipe so you can turn the water back on with the job half-done, but I would be scared to use them for anything permanent.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've had some in place where I've switched from copper to pex over 15 years ago. Not a drip. They're honestly amazing, but expensive as hell compared to a regular copper or pex fitting for the same job.

I needed to take some height off the supply lines, and didn't feel like farting around with a torch etc to sweat the old valves off and put them on again, especially as it was a vertical solder point. These worked great and took 2 minutes to refit.