Hey, everybody.
Today I’m going to be showing you a really cool tool that I want you to know about.
It’s a Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer.
And one of our community members, Adam, asked me to do a tutorial on how to remove faucet
supply lines.
So today I’m going to show you how to use the Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool to
do that and some other cool things if you’re working in the bathroom, all right?
So stay tuned.
I think you’re really going to like this tool.
This is the Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool.
If you’re doing any kind of plumbing work in your bathroom, especially with the sink
or toilet, you need this bad boy.
So the silver insert that I’m pointing to here is for shut off valves.
You slip it over the shut off valve handle, and you turn it counter-clockwise to turn
it on, and clockwise to turn it off.
This is particularly good if you’ve got an old shut off valve and the handle’s kind
of stuck; it just won’t move, and you need to get a little bit of leverage on it.
But just be careful.
Don’t break that handle with the Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool.
So our Home Repair Tutor community member, Adam, asked, “How do you remove the supply
lines without removing the sink from the vanity cabinet?”
Well turn the silver attachment over, and there’ll be grooves in it that will fit
over the nuts of the supply line.
Just make sure that the open end of that silver insert is aligned with the open end of the
orange tool.
And as you can see here, there are those grooves that will fit over the nuts of the supply
lines.
So slip the orange Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool over the supply line and onto the nut,
and turn it counter-clockwise to loosen the supply line.
It’s really that simple; it’s awesome.
I used to use a basin wrench for this, which is a good tool, but the Faucet & Sink Installer
Tool is way better.
So as you can see here, the nut of the supply line fits into the tool, and the supply line,
itself, goes through the opening of the orange part of the Installer Tool.
So that’s pretty sweet.
And if you want to put the new supply line back on, you just thread it on to the bottom
of the faucet by hand; you hand-tighten it.
Then you slip the tool over the supply line and turn it clockwise to tighten down on that
nut.
This is really awesome; it makes your life a lot easier, especially if you cannot remove
the sink in your particular situation.
But what do you do if you’ve got these nuts on the bottom of your faucet?
Well the nuts themselves have these little grooves in them, these little grooves that
will fit down into the slot of your Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool.
So remove the silver attachment, and you’ll want to figure out what slots in the orange
tool will fit over the grooves of the nut.
So there are two different ends to the orange tool.
If one end doesn’t work, flip it over, and try the other slots.
So there you go.
The nut fits into the slots of the tool, and you can just turn it counter-clockwise to
remove that nut.
Pretty, pretty sweet.
I’m telling you; this works great.
Now what about supply lines to your toilet?
Supply lines to the toilet also have grooves in them, typically, and what you can do is
put the silver insert back into the tool, and make sure the open end is aligned with
the silver open end of the attachment.
Then slide the grooves of the supply line down into the silver attachment of the Ridgid
Faucet & Sink Installer Tool.
Make sure the supply line goes down through the groove of the orange part of the tool,
and you’re all set.
Now we’re working in the bathroom.
This attachment here is for attaching basins in your kitchen sink.
We’re not going to deal with that right now, but what you can do is slide it up underneath
the tool—put it into the tool—and there’s a hole in it that you can put a screwdriver
into.
And this will give you leverage on really stubborn supply lines or shut off valves,
and that’s a really good thing if you’ve got an older bathroom.
So there you go, that’s another great attribute.
Well there you go.
That is the Ridgid Faucet & Sink Installer Tool.
I think you’re really, really going to like it, especially if you have to install a new
faucet, and you don’t want to take the sink off the basin or off the vanity cabinet.
So check out this tool; it’s only $20 at your local home store.
I already did a giveaway for one of these bad boys, so I’m not going to do another
one because it was just a few weeks ago.
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So have a great day.
Thanks for watching the video.
Take care, and I’ll talk to you soon.