Pretty!

More work done around the house yesterday. Cait and my parents did quite a lot of yard work. The rocks that were removed from the front of the house are now surrounding the A/C unit.

This will help with drainage from the air handler. They also moved some of the plants that weren't working in the front of the house to the side.

And Cait has been clearing out a flower bed that was full of weeds and something that was attached to the tree.

After I got home, it was time for my dad and I to tackle the faucet. Below is the new faucet that we bought.

The process was longer than it should have been. I was able to disconnect the water lines, and old spray nozzel with no problems. Then came the plastic nuts that held the old faucet in place. I would like to mention that I have attempted to remove them a few times before. With no luck. I had tried melting the plastic. Didn't work. Hammer. Nope. This time I tried the basin wrench. All that managed to do was snap off the rest of the flimsy plastic tabs. Thankfully my dad was able to remove them using a hammer and a screwdriver. It was nice to see the old crappy faucet taken off. There was a little bit of cleanup needed for all of the gunk left behind.

For the new faucet, we decided that we were going to waterproof it with some plumber putty. It works pretty well, except when you need the faucet to remain stationary. Then, not so much. But with a little elbow grease, we secured the shiney new faucet onto the sink. The supply lines were replaced with new ones, and then the big moment came. We turned on the water supply. No leaks. So far, so good. Time to test the faucet itself. we opened both handles and water came pouring out of the bottom of the spout. Definately not where it was supposed to be flowing out of. We took the spout off and found that an O-ring was missing. But, because the faucet we bought was the floor model, there were no instructions and certainly no replacement parts. Time for a trip to the home improvement store. I was hoping that we wouldn't need to go there today. The plumbing guys are starting to get to know us a little to well... We found what we needed (we hoped) and we were off to the house.

Upon our arrival, we quickly set to ensuring that one of the o-ring sizes would fit. After finding the correct one (we hoped), we placed the spout back on and opened both handels. SUCCESS!!! Finally! Below is the fruits of our labor.

That's it for today. More to  come tomorrow.