Replacing Galley Faucet
Spyderweb
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Finally launched boat Thursday. As every year, there always seems to be some gremlins that pop up. Stuff that worked fine when the boat was put in storage, and then Spring comes...So the faucet developed a leak. Not a drip, but an actual thin stream of water despite the handle being off. I suspect bad winterization. Don't know how it would leak so bad despite being fine last Fall.
With the sink being in front of the faucet, there is minimal room to reach the faucet. I figure the sink needs to be removed. It has about a 1/8 inch lip all the way around, and that allows the sink to sit on an overhang of wood that is somehow attached to the underside of the Corian. My thought is that if I break the seal of caulk all the way around, perhaps with a razor blade, I would be able to pop the sink up and out (after undoing the drain pipe). Is it truly that simple or am I missing something?
I then plan to replace the faucet with a similar one from Lowes or Home Depot. Any thoughts or tips to make this project go smooth?
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@YYRZ did you need tools to get the nut off that holds the faucet in place? Didn't seem like there was enough room in there. Did you take any of the cabinet apart?
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The faucet I bought ended up having a similar underneath attachment. Very little room for my hands but I got it off and new one on
Was all set to install water lines when I realized fittings on new braided lines were a different size than original, hence did not work on plastic water lines. Went to hardware store to buy a transition piece.
Was told to use teflon tape. Could not imagine how hard it was wrap the tape around the male end of the plastic water fitting. All done with hands scrunched up and barely reaching the water line at back of cabinet and working sight unseen.
When all hooked up, I turned on the water pump and water sprayed all over. As i was working alone, I had to rush back to the breaker box to shut the pump off. Took several tries of doing this to figure out where the leak actually was coming from. Cabinets were emptied (unlike picture) and I had towels stuffed in there in case this happened, but they also got in the way of me trying to figure out what was wrong. Turned out one of the fittings was cross threaded badly. Part of the problem of working blind.
After much tightening, untightening, redoing, and still leaking, I figured there needed to be a washer between the new metal transition piece and old plastic water line. Took 2 more trips to the hardware store to get a size that fit.
Now I just get a small seep. Continued to tighten, take apart, redo, tighten more and finally no seeps in either line.
This went on from 10:00 AM until 5:50 PM until I declared tentative victory. Most of that time I'm on my knees, hands contorted, holding 2 wrenches, working mostly blind fastening and unfastening the water lines. Probably did that step alone 20 times.
@aero3113, the good news is I was finally successful and I have that tiny screw you need from the old faucet.
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Thanks again!!
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Been stumped as to how to fit a new bolt in that limited space. (without major disassembly) This will be perfect.