Here's the deal: faucet and drain can be tricky. And in today's video we're going to show you
how to replace or how to install a bathroom faucet, specifically a single-handled faucet
by Hansgrohe which is called the Talis Select. Now, we really like this faucet for a few
different reasons, but let me tell you a quick story.
In my home, we used to have a lot of double-handled faucets. So when I say a lot, I mean like
two or three because we have a master bathroom and then a second bathroom. And what I saw
over time is that the cartridges in these faucets would go bad. Now, that can happen
for a variety of different reasons: you might have hard water, like we do; or, they're being
used all the time, and they tend to go bad. So why I switched to single-handled faucets
in our personal home is: you got one cartridge; you got one faucet handle to deal with; it's
so much easier to clean; it's so much easier to clean; it's going to be less expensive
over time to maintain that faucet. So the Hansgrohe Talis Select, we like it
because it comes in a variety of different finishes-but we like chrome; that's easy to
clean. And then number two: you have just one cartridge to kind of deal with. And then
three: it comes with a hair catch which is down in the drain, which catches hair and
prevent clogs from happening over time. So this is the Hansgrohe Talis Select faucet.
It's a single-handled faucet with one push-button function. It's a really great faucet, and
that's what we're going to show you how to install today.
There's a centering ring that goes on the bottom of the faucet. This is a rubber centering
ring, and what it does is it goes into the faucet, then you feed the supply lines down
through your sink like so. So you just want to make sure that the mounting ring of the
faucet is put in place. And then you tighten it down using a screwdriver in the provided
accessories. The pull rod goes down through like so. It's
nice and hidden there. And then you'll assemble the drain.
Make sure that you don't lose this little plastic insert in here, so make sure you keep
that in. I'll just use 100% silicone. So we're going to be using 100% silicone on
the sink and on the bottom of the drain. Directions call for plumber's putty, but we find that
silicone works better. It's always better to have too much silicone
than not enough. You can always wipe that off later. So you can see how that's oozing
out around the edges there. Assemble the rubber washer onto the bottom
of the sink drain body. You want to slide that up along the drain body like so. And
then there is a metal ring that you're going to twist onto that. And as you twist it on,
you want to hold the drain down, and you'll see the silicone ooze up from the drain from
the bottom. You'll want to clean that off from the sink with a rag or some paper towels.
You don't want that to be lingering on your sink.
Put some silicone on this little tail piece too-this is always a problematic area-before
you thread it into the bottom here. So this is not part of the instructions, but
I always silicone these pieces together here. You have a rubber gasket in there, but there's
just been so many times I've had issues. I just like to put a little bit of silicone
within that joint. This guy actually has this little plastic
piece on it, so you just take your adaptor on there. And then you'll have to put this
through the eyehole of the lever on there. You can thread the remaining drain parts together.
You can also use Teflon tape on all the threads for a water-tight seal if you want. We used
a wrench to tighten that down like so. Put your pop-up down into the drain. And then
you feed the rod through the drain body and into the little hole in the pop-up.
Depending on how thick your sink is, you might have to adjust this down a little bit and
just tighten that nut up against that hair catcher.
So this is kind of nice. This is just basically a two-way tightener/spacer. So you just stick
each side of the trip lever on this. You'll slide the little piece on for the pivot
rod, and the drain pull rod slides down into that. And you just tighten those screws with
a screwdriver. This is a nice, little mechanism. It's way better than traditional setups, and
it's way easier to connect, as a matter of fact, than the clip version in traditional
faucets. So they come with these little adaptors. Basically,
it transitions as from a half inch to be able to thread onto your 3/8" valve. So make sure
you put your washer in here first. And since we don't have the length here, I bought these
12" extensions. So we'll just thread that into it, and thread
this one in here. Let's put our nut on here first.
And screw the goose neck from the P-trap and the nut on the drain coming from the wall.
Slide your nut on and your washer. Make sure that the tapered end of the washer goes into
the drain like so. Then what we did is we fed this little 6" extension onto the drain.
Pretty far down on this one. Of course there's a 12", but I got two 6" adaptors here. And
then we'll just mark this pipe here. You don't want to have all this length going into your
pipe because if hair gets in here, like the back of your pipe, hair can get caught in
between that elbow. So you want to make this just go into probably at least 2 ½" or so
into your fitting. We'll go ahead and just cut this.
And I find that the ones that have this little rubbery gasket for it definitely work better
than the hard plastic. They just have a little bit more flexibility to them, and it just
seems like they grip harder onto the pipe. Okay, got everything sturdy. We're going to
turn our valves on. Okay, so pull this little tab out of here.
When you flush the faucet for the first time, remove the aerator so you don't get any particulates
in it. And you'll want to check that you don't have any leaks in your drains and your pipes.
If you do, you want to fix that right away. Okay, so this is a push-button, obviously,
to turn it on. We can keep this from scalding you as well by adjusting the temperature plate
on. So you just need a regular screwdriver. So this guy comes out of there.
Put your pop-up stopper in the down position so you don't lose any parts at this point.
This little spring comes out of here as well. And then this little green spacer is what
sets the temperature. So you'll be able to see on here the line is up the same direction
in here, and they have these little tick marks. It's really tough to see inside of here, but
there's these little tick marks that indicate the temperatures here.
It's a little bit hard to see, but the green limit stop, this is what it looks like whenever
it's down in the faucet body. Spring back in after you adjust it. And then
this is important: this little indicator back here. You want to have this directly straight
back of the valve. So this little arrow goes straight to the back. Thread this back in.
Okay, and then that arrow in the back, you want this the opposite direction. So this
little piece is going to go to the front. The temperature's controlled by turning the
faucet either clockwise or counter-clockwise. And what we really like about this faucet
is the fact that it's so easy to use. It's just one handle; it's push-button; it's pretty
cool. As you saw, the Talis Select is pretty straightforward
to install. Now, here's our question for you: Would you prefer to have a single-handled
faucet in your bathroom or a double-handled faucet like this one here? Let us know down
in the comments. I'm just curious to get your thoughts on it. As you saw at the beginning
of the video, you know that I have my own opinion on this topic.
So that's it for today. Thanks so much for watching, and we'll see you in the next video.
Take care.