Before & After Installing Our New Kitchen Faucet

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Before & After Installing Our New Kitchen Faucet

I haven't written about our kitchen renovation since 2017. It's been almost four years since my husband and I renovated our kitchen last time, which was painting our kitchen ceiling.

Last weekend, he finally replaced the kitchen faucet and I really like the new one. As you can see the photo below, the old faucet didn't look too bad, but the new one looks much better to me. 😊

The Old Kitchen Faucet

The old faucet was the chrome pull-out kitchen faucet with the instant hot water dispenser. The reason why we decided to replace the old kitchen faucet to new one was that it's gradually getting hard to turn the faucet, so it's time to replace it to new one. We also realized that we have never used the instant hot water dispenser since we purchased our home in 2016, so we decided to remove it this time. By doing so, we have a little more space in our kitchen cabinet under the sink now.

Shopping Kitchen Faucet

Home Depot

We went to our local Home Depot to purchase a new kitchen faucet. At the store, there were so many faucets we could choose from!

Home Depot

Chrome VS Stainless Steel

The old kitchen faucet was chrome, but we looked for stainless steel one this time because our kitchen cabinet t-bar pulls are stainless steel.

Our kitchen cabinet pulls are stainless steel.

Pull-Out Faucet VS Pull-Down Faucet

We decided to have pull-down faucet this time because we have enough room above sink. These years, pull-down faucets are more popular because a high neck looks more elegant, and there are more pull-down faucets than pull-out faucets in the market.

Pull-Down Faucet

Pull-Down Faucets need more room above a sink and is better for a deep sink.

Pull-Out Faucet

Pull-out faucets are a better choice if you don't have enough room above sink.

Spring Kitchen Faucet?

These years, spring kitchen faucets have been popular because they have more professional look. I thought that spring kitchen faucets were very stylish, but I like a simple faucet which is easier to clean.

Spring Kitchen Faucets are popular right now.

Touchless Kitchen Faucet?

Kitchen Faucets with motion sensor are more expensive but are loved by people who look for hygienic option and love technology. However, I didn't choose a touchless kitchen faucet because I read some reviews that they sometimes soaked themselves unexpectedly.

Touchless Kitchen Faucet

We finally purchased this Glacier Bay Mckenna Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet.

Glacier Bay Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet

Replacing the Old Faucet to New One

He finally removed the old faucet and the instant hot water dispenser.

He installed this Danco Kitchen Sink Hole Cover to cover the hole after removing the instant hot dispenser. It was very easy to install.

Danco Kitchen Sink Hole Cover

The size of water supply lines were larger than the size of faucet hoses.

When he was installing the new kitchen faucet, he noticed that the size of the water supply lines and the faucet hoses weren't the same, so he needed joint adapters to connect those. He went to Home Depot again and asked a staff which adapters he should choose. He eventually purchased two Everbilt slip joint adapters (3/8 in x 1/2 in). These adapters work perfectly!