How to Replace Your Bathroom Sink Faucet

It is easy to replace a bathroom sink faucet. You willfaucet for that, since you can measure it from
only need some basic tools and a little bit of time.below.
Even the absolute beginner can do this DIY project.Your tool of choice is a wrench. Additionally, you'll
If you are on a budget, then it is almost a necessityneed caulking and a putty knife for removing the old
to do it by yourself, since plumbers can becaulk. Sometimes you'll also need a screwdriver, but
expensive.not much more than that. Often, if not always, it is
The first step is turning the water off. It is amazingcheaper to buy all these tools than to hire a plumber.
how many home DIY remodelers forget about thisRemoving a faucet is a straightaway process for
simple step. If you dismount a faucet withouteveryone. There is not much there than unscrewing
worrying about this, you'll probably get yourthe bolts and screws that you find, disconnecting the
bathroom flooded before you can catch up with thissupply lines and cleaning up the old caulk. The process
step.of mounting it is not more than the inverse of
After turning off the water, let the water flow until itun-mounting.
has no pressure. Otherwise, you'll have to dry thisClean everything as good as you can. You can also
water. Now you can start working on the bathroomwait to caulk anything, since caulk will not hold on a
sink faucet.wet surface. Even if you don't see any trace of
You'll obviously need a faucet to do this DIY project,caulking, use an anti-caulking to clean everything. This
but not too much more. Buying a new faucet is notmay seem as a step too much, but considering that
only a question of finding a beautiful faucet at anmildew is a huge hazard for your health, and that it is
amazing price. Not every faucet fits every bathroomvery difficult to get rid of it, it is a sensible step.
sink. Some have two holes other three. Some haveAfter you installed the faucet, let water flow through
the holes 3 inches apart, others, 3.5 inches. Measurethe bathroom sink and try to find any leaks on the
the distance of the holes in your faucet before youinstallation.
go shopping. You don't have to un-mount the old