A step-by-step beginner’s guide for how to replace a kitchen faucet. Learn about what to look for in a faucet and how to change the kitchen faucet easily yourself and save money!
If you had told me a few years ago, I would be switching out faucets, I wouldn’t have believed you!
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Building furniture and painting rooms are one thing…
Dealing with plumbing and electrical has been something I have avoided…
Never say never because here I am, changing out the kitchen faucet!!
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Replacing the kitchen faucet is an easy way to upgrade your kitchen quickly.
You can go from a basic faucet to a nicer-looking, functional, and convenient faucet in just a couple of hours.
We installed the Pfister Miri which has over the sink installation – which means that you don’t have to wiggle yourself under the sink to install the faucet!! (Of course, you will have to do that to remove the old faucet)
There are many things to consider when picking a kitchen faucet –
Changing a kitchen faucet is a very easy DIY job.
Don’t let it intimidate you!
If you hire it out, you might end up paying $150-$200 to the handyman in addition to the cost of the faucet. By changing it yourself, you can get it done for just the cost of the faucet!
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Trust me when I started looking into it, it seemed a bit overwhelming.
But when I actually got down to doing it, it was super quick and easy. It might need a bit of elbow grease to get the old faucet out depending on how old it is but once it was out, it was smooth sailing!
Especially, with the new Miri TopPFit kitchen faucet, where you don’t even have to crawl under the sink to attach it, things are SO SO easy!
So here is the old faucet.
Not too bad…
There were a few little issues – like the cold and warm water was switched, the spout was crusty with deposits that refused to come off… it was getting a little harder to operate…
Nothing we couldn’t live without…but it was time for a change!
Depending on the make and model of your old kitchen faucet, this can look different.
Once you have the old faucet out, the new Pfister Miri kitchen faucet makes installing a new faucet as easy as it can be!
It has a new TopPfit above-the-sink installation technology which means it installs from above the sink!!!
You don’t need to go under the sink to install it – genius!!
Before installing the faucet, be sure to read the manufacturer’s instructions.
The Miri faucet has this genius new technology where you don’t need to go under the sink to tighten the faucet!
Can I get a high five?!
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The TopPfit tool goes in from the top and you rotate it until the faucet is snug against the sink.
As you crank it, the horizontal metal brace from step 4 works its way up towards the sink and tightens.
Thread the sprayer hose in through the faucet attachment and down under the sink.
Under the sink, add the weight and connect the sprayer hose to the waterline with one click.
Time to connect the water supply lines. Since the hot and cold water lines were not marked in our original faucet, we used the splitter for the refrigerator connection to identify the cold water supply.
The Miri faucet water supply lines are color-coded and easy to identify.
How do you connect faucet supply lines?
The Teflon tape helps lubricate the joint and keeps it from seizing.
Be sure to test to make sure there are no leaks from the water connections.If there are leaks, check to see if the water connections are tight.
Note: Be sure not to over-tighten. That can cause the connections to crack in the future too!
That’s it! There is a new kitchen faucet!
The Miri faucet also comes with a soap dispenser too and I so wish we had an extra hole in our sink for it. I did toy with the idea of making a new hole but unfortunately, there isn’t any space around the sink.
In summary, if you are looking to replace your kitchen faucet, definitely check out the Pfister Miri kitchen faucet.
You won’t believe how easy it is to install it! Go ahead and do it yourself!
If I can do it, so can you!!
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Categories: Kitchens
This post was last modified on 05/11/2023 03:45
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