We had the trap under our sink rust out three months ago, and needed to call a plumber. A lot of money later – admittedly because I had him replace our water shutoff downstairs as well – the leak was fixed.
Then the other day we discovered a more insidious problem. A water line to our faucet had developed a slow drip leak and needed replacement. Once again the plumber was called.
He tore out the water-damaged undersink cupboard floor and we found a puddle. It’s possible water had been soaking into the wood a while, but there’s no sign of serious damage either here or downstairs so it looks good. The pipe on the left was corroded and had at least two slow leaks. It had to go.
That’s our old sink. And when I say old, I mean probably as old as the house. The faucet was terrible and wobbly, and the sprayer was lying in the sink since we discovered a few days back that it leaked into the cupboard too!
KLS wanted a new sink and faucet and as it turns out the plumbers company (who had also done our furnace and AC) was full service and he said he could install everything today! So we had a price estimate chat, I picked out a sink and faucet, and he got to work.
Most of this needed to be replaced, which essentially would erase half the work we paid for three months ago! It looked like hellish work due to how inaccessible it is, and he was both older and bigger than me.
He worked professionally and obviously had a lot of experience. All day he was cutting pipes, welding them together, removing the old sink and putting in the new. Including a trip to collect the parts it took him 7.5 hours in total before it was all done.
The only parts not new are the pipe from the wall and the bottom of the trap. The water lines were replaced from floor level. The black pipe is the line to the faucet sprayer, and the black cylinder is the weight to keep it in the faucet.
And there it is. As you can see I went with a simple design, and unlike our old faucet it can turn to the side thus freeing the sink (which is deeper). It’s all high quality stuff too; leagues better than the old.
Of course it was hellishly expensive, but anyone that owns a home knows the terror of calling the plumber. But this work should last longer than we’ll be in this house, and given we’ve hardly put anything into this place for all the years we’ve been here we reckon that’s not bad at all.
