do you need to update your kitchen and bathroom are you putting a new countertops you just need
some new faucets today i'm going to show you step by step how to replace faucets and
welcome back to Moore Approved i'm James today we're going to swap out these faucets let's
get started all right to get started you're going to want to make sure your water is off
you're going to want to shut these off you're going to put these in clockwise until they bottom
out don't over tighten them you don't want to break them once your water is off you're
going to want to loosen this nut take this off and put it into a bucket directly then
turn the faucet on to break the vapor barrier which will drain all the water out of the line
so now that the water is off we'll go ahead and loosen this with a crescent wrench
and when you turn the faucet on it's going to let all that residual water
break free and come out so we'll go ahead and do the other side now
since that's all disconnected we can go ahead and get this taken out next step is to remove
these water lines and then remove these retainers and then it's ready to come out
so for these rotators they should just be finger tight if you are having difficulties getting those
off try to position a wide screwdriver and then giving it a tap on the backside
that'll help break it free but obviously you're going to need to use a hammer or something on the
back side just to give a little bit more force to get that initial turn so it's broken loose
all right we'll go ahead and repeat the process on the other side if you do have a drain stopper
you'll go ahead and remove this screw and then you'll be able to remove the faucet
now all we have to do is loosen this screw and the faucet is ready to come out
uninstallation of the faucet fairly quick and simple installation is just as easy
so after we get these countertops swapped out we'll go ahead and install the new fixtures
all right it's the next day we actually have some new countertops put in but we've removed the old
faucets and now it's time to put the new ones in so the installation process is going to be fairly
simple and easy go ahead and put this little plastic piece onto the bottom it has a foam gasket
around it to keep any water from getting through this is then going to go over the countertop
you'll take this piece put it up this threaded bar and then you're going to use this portion and
then thread this all the way in until you have a nice firm seal hook up your water lines and
then you're good to go plastic piece goes down first this is where that little foam seal is
then your fixture feed everything down through the opening
then on the bottom side this is going to come up in through that threaded
rod and then we're just going to tighten this into place hook up the water lines
and we're finished then we're going to take this piece start threading this up
all right we're just going to finger tape this into place for now make sure the fixture is
straight and then we can tighten it down i'm using a crescent wrench we'll go ahead and cinch it down
the new faucet also came with a new pop-up this is a spring loaded
for this you want to make sure that you know the exact way that it came off so this is going to be
your base piece this is your next piece and then it's going to be facing this direction
towards the bottom of the sink it comes with a rubber gasket there's no plumber's putty needed
drop this down on the inside line it back up with your piping and then we go ahead underneath
and put this piece on first followed by this piece and then we just tighten this into place by hand
until it's nice and snug so as you can see this is too long to fit in the existing tube we're
just going to have to trim this down i'll go ahead and make this cut and then we'll get back to it
clean up the edges a little bit so i'm just going to go ahead
make sure we can manipulate and get this all into place here
this piece goes in first
set that into place followed by this piece
and the final piece
now this is for the compression fitting
not easy that way
snug that into place make sure this is lined up
make sure all your connections are firm and you're good to go
the last step is to hook up the water lines
okay
here's the finished product it was pretty simple and quick not too bad after you get your first
one done they're all really easy after there so if you have multiples to do the first one
is going to take you the longest it's going to go a lot faster after that it looks great it
adds a lot of value to your home so make sure if you're going to be doing any home remodeling
and renovations check out my diy playlist for more ideas replacing your existing fixtures is
an affordable and easy home upgrade hope this helped everyone until next time see you then