Fixing a Drip

Wisconsin is known for its rough winters. They don't call Lambeau Field the 'Frozen Tundra' for nothing!

Our home was a foreclosure property. The bank didn't want to pay the heat bill, so after a while the heat was turned off. Unfortunately, the water wasn't completely drained out of many of the pipes before that was done. Water in pipes and fixtures + freezing temperatures = burst pipes and damaged fixtures.

The faucet in the 2nd floor bathroom was one of the fixtures that was damaged. Chris at Sinclair Plumbing thought that the water freezing in the faucet may have expanded and created a small crack. Over time, and as the faucet was used more, the crack got bigger and bigger, until every time the faucet was used, a little puddle of water formed under the sink. We obviously needed to get a new one.

I wanted to make sure we got a new faucet that would look nice with the original pedestal sink, as well as one that was known for its quality.  We decided to get a faucet from the Leland collection by Delta. It's a cute little teapot-style faucet in a brushed nickel finish.

We had to survive without our sink for eight or nine days. Then, Rich from Sinclair Plumbing was able to come over with our new faucet and install it for us. As soon as I turned on the bathroom light, the bulb burned out. He offered to change the light bulb for me, so of course I took him up on it! Customer service at its best!

The new faucet looks great.

Our sink without a faucet.

Our new faucet, along with a clean sink and a de-cluttered bathroom!

Even the Kitchen Sink!

I think that getting a new sink is a pretty big deal. Especially when the old one looks like this:

The old sink.

Of course, our sink wasn't always on the driveway. It used to be in this space:

Where the sink used to be.

We went online to look at all the different styles of stainless steel sinks that were out there, and we found a few that we liked. I went to a local plumbing company's showroom and I saw the one I wanted.  It's made by Kohler, and it's called the Staccato.  We had a choice to either get one with both bowls of the sink the same size, or to go with a 60/40 option; we went with the 60/40.  I am so excited to be able to wash big pots and pans and have enough room to rinse them!

After deciding on the sink we wanted, we had to look for a faucet.  We wanted to get something that was in a chrome finish; having something that looked somewhat old-fashioned was also important.  We finally found one that we liked, and it's made by Belle Foret.

 

A screenshot of the faucet after we ordered it.

All we had to do then was wait for everything to come in the mail...

A few days later, our sink came! 

A few days after that, our faucet came!

We had a gentleman from Sinclair Plumbing come out to the house to come up with an estimate on a number of plumbing issues in our house, and one of them was to get the sink and faucet installed.  This is what it looks like now!

The sink after installation.  Please ignore the missing trim around the window.  

Watch for a future blog post on window replacement in the kitchen!

 

It sure feels great to have a sink in the kitchen that not only works but looks pretty awesome, too.