{"id":12634,"date":"2021-07-27T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T08:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/?p=12634"},"modified":"2021-07-27T09:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T08:58:32","slug":"diy-replace-your-old-faucet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/diy-replace-your-old-faucet\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY: Replace Your Old Faucet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replacing your old faucet at home is one of the easiest home makeovers you should be able to handle without paying an extra charge.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several reasons you might want to fix your kitchen faucet; Does it drip ? Does it make a funny sound ? Do you want to replace the old one ? This DIY guide is here to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Luckily, many of these modern faucets can easily be installed with little patience and direction to avoid flooding your apartment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/property-for-rent\/flat-apartment\/?search=Lekki+%2C+Lagos&amp;bedroom=&amp;min_price=&amp;max_price=2000000\"><b>Apartment in Lekki\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Here are supplies you need when replacing a faucet:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">New kitchen faucet (and the installation manual)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Adjustable wrench<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Flashlight<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Bucket<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Rags<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cleaner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Screwdriver<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Towels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Black Tape (Teflon Tape)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Let&#8217;s get started, first check under your kitchen sink to see how your current faucet is being set up to register the number of holes it is connected to. Preferably take a picture and show the vendor to buy the right type of faucet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Clear out your sink cabin, make sure every supply you need is within arms reach and lock the water supply\u00a0 connected to your faucets. It is usually a small tap under the sink or outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Now you have shut the water off, turn on your faucet to relieve the pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">If a leak should happen, a towel and bucket come in handy to clear out the residual drops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Get your adjustable wrench, loose the valves of your current kitchen faucet counterclockwise to get it removed. Once this is out of the way you can now it&#8217;s time to remove the old faucet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Try not to drag it out, simply look under the sink should incase there is a nut holding it, loose that to get it out freely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Step 3<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Clear out the dirt residue underneath the kitchen cabin, put in an extra effort to make it clean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Check out modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/search\/pins\/?q=modern%20kitchen%20faucet&amp;rs=typed&amp;term_meta[]=modern%7Ctyped&amp;term_meta[]=kitchen%7Ctyped&amp;term_meta[]=faucet%7Ctyped\">kitchen faucet<\/a> for inspiration<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Unveil your new faucet! Grab the manual to carefully read through the installation to see any direction we may have overlooked. You are almost there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Pass your new faucet through the top of your sink and get under the cabin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Step 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Once you get hold of the faucet, tightening properly some might require screws which always come with the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Attach your lines to the valves and make sure they are well snugged. Use your adjustable wrench to get that done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Use your teflon tape popularly known as black tape to make sure your seal is tight and leak free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Finally, turn on your locked water supply taps, do it slowly to confirm the faucet isn\u2019t leaking and it is working perfectly. And you&#8217;re good to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note, if you don\u2019t have the patience for this exercise you should hire a plumber, get them <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/service-providers?category=plumbers\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also having someone around while replacing a faucet is highly recommended.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Replacing your old faucet at home is one of the easiest home makeovers you should be able to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":12636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,36,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-decor","9":"category-home-decoration","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12637,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12634\/revisions\/12637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}