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I've been battling a leaky sink for a number of months now. First one handle on the faucet was leaky - Allen helped me replace the O-ring, and the leak just moved to the middle part of the faucet. Allen took it off, and realized the threads were pretty close to bare. He got some plumber's putty and put it back on with that - it worked for a while, but last week it suddenly started spraying water from the bottom and then the main part of the faucet just kind of fell forward into the sink. There was no getting it to stay on again. Two days after my sink bit it, my microwave stopped working, in the middle of heating up some leftovers. It was apparently a bad week to be an appliance or fixture in my kitchen.
I decided that it didn't make sense to have the work done to replace the faucet without replacing the sink as well. (And as it turns out, the plumbing was such that it was necessary.) The sink couldn't be replaced without tearing out the 1950's era vinyl countertop - which I've always hated, so it was pretty easy to make the decision to plunk down an extra $60 or so for the new formica. I was able to schedule time this week to have my preferred handyman come do the work before he starts student teaching next week. So, now I have a new countertop, a new sink, a new faucet, and a disposal. My kitchen has finally entered the last century! Woot!!
I have ordered tiles for the backsplash - these. I'm going for a red-white-black kind of look when all is done. In a couple more months, I will paint, put in a new floor, and replace my refrigerator. It's going to suck for the couple months that my kitchen doesn't really match at all, but I'll survive. :)
I also lucked out with the microwave - bertine and gwangi were getting rid of one. Thank you again bertine and gwangi!
Before, during and after pictures behind the cut.
Circa 1950's countertop and sink that came with the house:
No more countertop or sink!
Shiny!
I decided that it didn't make sense to have the work done to replace the faucet without replacing the sink as well. (And as it turns out, the plumbing was such that it was necessary.) The sink couldn't be replaced without tearing out the 1950's era vinyl countertop - which I've always hated, so it was pretty easy to make the decision to plunk down an extra $60 or so for the new formica. I was able to schedule time this week to have my preferred handyman come do the work before he starts student teaching next week. So, now I have a new countertop, a new sink, a new faucet, and a disposal. My kitchen has finally entered the last century! Woot!!
I have ordered tiles for the backsplash - these. I'm going for a red-white-black kind of look when all is done. In a couple more months, I will paint, put in a new floor, and replace my refrigerator. It's going to suck for the couple months that my kitchen doesn't really match at all, but I'll survive. :)
I also lucked out with the microwave - bertine and gwangi were getting rid of one. Thank you again bertine and gwangi!
Before, during and after pictures behind the cut.
Circa 1950's countertop and sink that came with the house:
No more countertop or sink!
Shiny!