Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Topic: Kitchen faucet (Read 962 times) previous topic - next topic

Kitchen faucet

Yesterday Jo Ann picked out the new faucet for the kitchen. This morning she pulled everything out from under the kitchen sink, and I'm ready to remove the old faucet. How do I get to it? There is a fixed shelf under there, and I can't figure out how to get it out. Looks like I have to remove all of the drain pipe first. Is that right?

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #1 –
The shelf under our kitchen sink has a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet stuff laying loosely on it.  If I pick that up, there are a few screws that can be removed, then the shelf comes out.

On ours, not necessary to remove drain pipe.  Shelf has a cutout that goes around it.  Working room under and behind sink is very tight.  I totally destroyed the old faucet getting it out, cuz the connections were all rusted and would not break free until I nuked them.  But I prevailed...

New kitchen faucet
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #2 –
Looks like I have to remove some screws on the panel to the left in order to get to the screws that hold that side of the shelf down. The drain pipe goes through the middle of the shelf, so it will have to come out, or at least the trap underneath. Yes, the hold for the hoses will have to be enlarged, too. Oh yes, the vent pipe also goes through the shelf.

After lunch I'll go get two shut-off valves and help my son-in-law with a small project, and then go back at it.

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #3 –
There's a tool known as a sink wrench designed to loosen the nut/washers surrounding the water inlets.
Inexpensive and available at any home center in the plumbing department.
In restless dreams I walked alone.
Narrow streets of cobblestone.


'93 U225
Build 4337
'14 CRV Toad

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Moby –
There's a tool known as a sink wrench designed to loosen the nut/washers surrounding the water inlets.
I have one of those wrenches, but it would not budge the nuts on our original faucet.  The copper tubes that are part of the faucet just twisted.  I ended up cutting the nuts off with a Dremel tool. 
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #5 –
Having just removed and replaced our kitchen faucet a few weeks ago, it is tight.  I would remove the drain pipe and pull out the slide shelf at the bottom and lay some soft blanket down to lay on your back to reach up and remove the old faucet.  It isn't easy, but doable.  I also installed 2 quarter turn ball cock valves to hook to pex and it makes for a nice clean hook up.  I also added a shark bite tee and then a another quarter turn ball cock valve with a 1/4 inch connection to hook up water line to ice maker. 
I have done hundreds of plumbing jobs and working on these coach's with no room is a challenge in itself!
Joe & Dottie Allen
Sold!  December 2023.      2000 U320; build # 5645
Our coach " Maxine"
Motorcade #  15922;  Escapee 150950; FMCA F330833; Boondockers Welcome;  Harvest Hosts;  Thousand Trails
'98 U320 from 2000-'06
USAF '62-'66

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." ―Epicurus

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #6 –
We purchased a couple of kitchen faucets back three or four years. The one for the coach was a lot harder than the house to install and Joe above says it right. Plumbing shops will have the tool to tighten it as big channel locks don't make it.

This last year, the button on the faucet started to wear through so I looked online and found a restaurant type clone and ordered it off ebay. Fit, build quality is very good and unlike a couple of the reviews, it went into place, water lines connected all without a problem. It stared to leak a little but there is an internal Allen fitting that only took a minute to tighten and it's better than ever. We don't use the arm that sticks out but just rotate it out of the way so the water dispenser just hangs. Looks great so not a problem. The pressure is controlled by the valve near the base so when you squeeze the handle, you have lots of pressure for some thing or just a little pressure for others. The plumbing store had these for $400 and when I looked at the box, sure enough, made in China. The chrome finish is good and we like it better than the brushed finish.

$39.00 delivered. Chrome Kitchen Faucet Swivel Spout Single Handle Sink Pull Down Spray Mixer...

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #7 –
Finally got the faucet in, and a picture added to the album in the Classifieds. The new faucet is a Delta 85214, which has a pull-down head, so that it is also a sprayer. You can have the water come out as a normal stream, as a spray, or as an egg-shaped spray. Looks cool, but so far I haven't figured out what it would be useful for. After washing dishes several times with this, I really like it. It would have been nice if the handle could have been on the left, but that's picking at nits.

The old filtered water faucet is still in place, but the line isn't connected to anything. I had to remove the whole filter assembly in order to get the shelf out, and since we never had any filtered water in the six years we've owned this coach, I decided that I wasn't going to put it back. The filter assembly is in a drawer, and will go with the coach, so that the next owner can put it back if they want. A Brita pitcher and a lifetime supply of filters is a LOT cheaper.

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #8 –
I also replaced mine with one from China, $27-00 AUD, Delivered,
I took the sink out to replace mine,
The filter got the Kybosh too, Replacement filters were an arm and a leg,
We also have pure tap water so a filter is not necessary,
I did drain the tanks completely when I first got it, So I know they are clean inside,
I drink the water from the tap and I dont get sick from it,
Cheers, Brian,
1989 Foretravel Grand Villa, 36 foot ORED, 300 HP Catapillar and Four Speed Allison Auto,
Right Hand drive, two Mid doors, Makes a good flow thru ventilation in hot weather,
Located in Melbourne, Australia,  The Land Down Under,
Honda Blackbird, 1100XX.    2002 Gemini 105 MC Catamaran,

Re: Kitchen faucet

Reply #9 –
Picture this:
1. We are wintering in Texas
2. Moen faucet starts leaking
  a. only 28 years old but still looks good.
3. DW calls Moen about parts--for 28 year old faucet!
4. Moen sends complete repair kit including Moen emblem for top of faucet--for FREE!!
5. Great Lifetime Warranty huh?
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD