TexanLady
New Member
Ok so my very first home has the smallest and most inconvenient faucet ever. So I upgrade to a nice Kohler. I have my husband below the sink and I'm reading directions. Vague to say the least. I am not a manicure/pedicure girl. I'm a handy kinda a gal. I like to work on things and don't mind getting messy in the least. My terminology is layman though, I apologize.
Here's where things went wrong. We had the faucet in, the hot and cold connected (after to trips to Lowes to get the right size connectors). No leaks and center pose was connected. yeah us, right? Then I see this weight thing. Well crud, why didn't it tell me I had to have that put in first? Ugh. So I ask my husband to undo the last step. What I didn't realize was he had just refitted the hot water connection to the faucet lines from the water supply line. When he undid it, I said "not that one". So we try to put it back. Well... it won't sit right anymore.
It leaks. We've used plumber's tape to try to get a better seal but its still leaking. I'm actually thinking its the connector on the water supply. I don't have a photo of the leak itself. That will probably be tomorrow. But I have photos of the two hoses without the compression connector. I think it leaks behind the black part you see below. When we shut off the water and unscrew it the pressure spray comes from the back. Or at least that's how it felt to me.
Question #1: how much trouble am I in? I feel bad enough that if I had just let it go, we'd have a working faucet by now...
Question #2: should we try to replace the connector or the hose?
Question #3: can a plumber cheaply do this as we don't have any of the tools?
and frankly any advice is welcome..
Thank you
Here's where things went wrong. We had the faucet in, the hot and cold connected (after to trips to Lowes to get the right size connectors). No leaks and center pose was connected. yeah us, right? Then I see this weight thing. Well crud, why didn't it tell me I had to have that put in first? Ugh. So I ask my husband to undo the last step. What I didn't realize was he had just refitted the hot water connection to the faucet lines from the water supply line. When he undid it, I said "not that one". So we try to put it back. Well... it won't sit right anymore.
It leaks. We've used plumber's tape to try to get a better seal but its still leaking. I'm actually thinking its the connector on the water supply. I don't have a photo of the leak itself. That will probably be tomorrow. But I have photos of the two hoses without the compression connector. I think it leaks behind the black part you see below. When we shut off the water and unscrew it the pressure spray comes from the back. Or at least that's how it felt to me.
Question #1: how much trouble am I in? I feel bad enough that if I had just let it go, we'd have a working faucet by now...
Question #2: should we try to replace the connector or the hose?
Question #3: can a plumber cheaply do this as we don't have any of the tools?
and frankly any advice is welcome..
Thank you