Tom I would have to feel up under the back of the sink to see how
this was plumbed in but I know a foot or so up from the floor he cut
in some new plumbing as the old shutoffs were frozen open.. I am not
really interested in turning it around because of attitude city but
instead just tell anyone who visits that this is a new style faucet
andlet it go at that. . you referred to caluking around the base of
the faucet set I am thinking you r reffering to plumbers putty right?
thanks to all who responded. one other comment I was going to make
and Ill pat myself on the back for being smart. years ago we had
relocated the washing machine to a different part of the basement and I
chose to leave the old hot and cold waer shut off connections there in
case I ever wanted put in a deep sink. I was glad I did as even after
turning off the main street valve inside the house and after turning
on the washing machine to drain water back it was those old faucets I
had left intact which had to be opened to complete the task of
drainging water back so this plumber , by the way who did this job for a
rate that was cheaper than the faucet set someone else had picked out.
My lesson learned from this for the time being is I leave my so called"
honey do" list if there is such a thing , would be to projects outside
the house.. Nuff said. Lee
On Wed, Jan
20, 2010 at
12:00:13PM -0800, Tom Fowle wrote:
> If the high spout will swing full circle then he could have turned it round
> but unless he soldered it in which is unlikely, it should be easy to fix,
> except for removing any calk he may have put under the base of the
> faucet,
> Most modern faucets don't even need wrenches except for the connections to
> the shuroffs.
>
> Tom Fowle
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:25:14PM -0500, Lee A. Stone wrote:
> >
> > yes it is a dual handle only idifference is it has a high neck on
> > the faucet . I was hoping this was some new design. oh well stuff
> > happens.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:52:18PM
> > -0500, RJ wrote:
> > > Lee, to answer your question. Yes. I take it is a double handled faucet?
> > > If it is a single lever, most handles are to the right side of the
> > > faucet. If a double handles, most handle turn on toward you or away from
> > > the back flash or wall. And turn off usually pushed away from you or
> > > toward the wall.
> > > RJ
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Lee A. Stone
> > > To: Blind Handyman
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 18:42
> > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] newkitchen faucets
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it possible to put a new kitchen faucet on backwards?
> > > I hired someone who I thought did a good job to install a new high neck
> > > kitchen faucet it is a low end delta and did not go for the higher
> > > priced ones as I am told by several due to our hard water and sometimes
> > > excessive chlorine we would be lucky to get a unit to last much more
> > > than 5 years. so for $132 and change this man installed the new unit
> > > and he had to cut one pipe out with a sawzaw . installed to new under
> > > the sink shutoffs. Now I am told he did it backwards as the handles
> > > must move to the wall to turn on and off. so is it possible to
> > > install one backwards? I'm hanging up my handyman apron and thinking
> > > of going into the claymoor mine business. Lee
> > >
> > > --
> > > The duck hunter trained his retriever to walk on water. Eager to show
> > > off
> > > this amazing accomplishment, he asked a friend to go along on his next
> > > hunting trip. Saying nothing, he fired his first shot and, as the duck
> > > fell,
> > > the dog walked on the surface of the water, retrieved the duck and
> > > returned
> > > it to his master.
> > > "Notice anything?" the owner asked eagerly.
> > > "Yes," said his friend, "I see that fool dog of yours can't swim."
> > > .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> > --
> > The duck hunter trained his retriever to walk on water. Eager to show off
> > this amazing accomplishment, he asked a friend to go along on his next
> > hunting trip. Saying nothing, he fired his first shot and, as the duck
> > fell,
> > the dog walked on the surface of the water, retrieved the duck and returned
> > it to his master.
> > "Notice anything?" the owner asked eagerly.
> > "Yes," said his friend, "I see that fool dog of yours can't swim."
> > .
--
The duck hunter trained his retriever to walk on water. Eager to show off
this amazing accomplishment, he asked a friend to go along on his next
hunting trip. Saying nothing, he fired his first shot and, as the duck fell,
the dog walked on the surface of the water, retrieved the duck and returned
it to his master.
"Notice anything?" the owner asked eagerly.
"Yes," said his friend, "I see that fool dog of yours can't swim."
.
