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Tuesday: new kitchen faucet
Nov. 12th, 2024 09:16 amOn Sunday, I noticed that there was water under the sink in the cabinet when it spilled out onto the floor. *sigh* Papalia was busy with a waitlist on Monday, but I got first appointment today. I went to Lowe’s yesterday to pick up a Kohler faucet. Alas, it is not exactly like what we are getting in the new house, but those are another day or two lead time and I don’t want to wait.
The leak was indeed in the old faucet’s innards, so it was good I bought a new one. The new faucet is very nice. R. isn’t sure about the magnetic grabber for the pre-rinse (we don’t like having the sprayer hose catching on the garbage disposal under the sink, so we get the pre-rinse style instead). We also got a new Kohler basket and tailpiece — they asked before doing it, but I had also noticed the visible rust which suggests it also has some kind of breakdown internally and the rusting is plugging it but it could become a problem at any time. They’re here. Why not.
I got up early enough so I could get my breakfast, A.’s lunch and even A.’s breakfast all set up before they arrived. I emptied the dishwasher and made sure everything was cleared out of the way. I put A.’s breakfast in her room and woke her up at the early end of her normal time. R. put all the stuff back under the sink after the work was complete. All things considered, this went really smoothly.
I see in my blog (https://walkitout.dreamwidth.org/1100250.html) that we did the previous faucet replacement 10 years and a few months ago. The original faucet was cheap and we hated it. R. had picked up a cool looking one at a Home Depot and the box had sat around for a long while. The day before the 2014 replacement, T. ordered and paid for his Dunkin order using his phone app. I was super proud of his independence then. I’m still proud of his independence now.
The leak was indeed in the old faucet’s innards, so it was good I bought a new one. The new faucet is very nice. R. isn’t sure about the magnetic grabber for the pre-rinse (we don’t like having the sprayer hose catching on the garbage disposal under the sink, so we get the pre-rinse style instead). We also got a new Kohler basket and tailpiece — they asked before doing it, but I had also noticed the visible rust which suggests it also has some kind of breakdown internally and the rusting is plugging it but it could become a problem at any time. They’re here. Why not.
I got up early enough so I could get my breakfast, A.’s lunch and even A.’s breakfast all set up before they arrived. I emptied the dishwasher and made sure everything was cleared out of the way. I put A.’s breakfast in her room and woke her up at the early end of her normal time. R. put all the stuff back under the sink after the work was complete. All things considered, this went really smoothly.
I see in my blog (https://walkitout.dreamwidth.org/1100250.html) that we did the previous faucet replacement 10 years and a few months ago. The original faucet was cheap and we hated it. R. had picked up a cool looking one at a Home Depot and the box had sat around for a long while. The day before the 2014 replacement, T. ordered and paid for his Dunkin order using his phone app. I was super proud of his independence then. I’m still proud of his independence now.